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Just curious, if someone does a bid upgrade into the Haven, are they entitled to all the benefits of staying in the Haven? I know at least one line *cough*MSC*cough* allows you to bid for a room in their ship-within-a-ship, but doesn’t give you all the services.

Duh. You’d look like an idiot. Now a Buccaneers Brady Jersey, that’s a different story.

Baby, won't you help me to understand? Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

So you are saying…. There’s no such thing as a free lunch?

20 minutes to JFK??? I take it you don’t have to get on the Van Wyke.

But I think it clear NCL is playing games. Jacking the drink package price to over $100/day and then setting a tip rate of 20%. No sane person would pay that, would they? Don’t get me wrong, $20+/day is a nice price for drink package. But Im allowed a few eye rolls at calling it free.

Throw a nice shirt in you bag at the last minute just in case. Importantly, do not check to see if shirt has shrunk during Covid (as so many clothes seem to have done.) Fill rest of bag with t-shirts and beach ware. Reserve a restaurant when you get on board, but don’t bother unpacking shirt. About 10 minutes before dinner, remember you need to dress. Find shirt at bottom of suitcase. Dig pants you wore onto the ship out of dirty clothes pile. Dress. Tell yourself “you look fabulous” but do not look in mirror to confirm. Have a wonderful dinner.

These are the requirements for online check in. If you don’t do online check in, they can do everything for you at the dock.

In LA? 🙂

when you have a drink package. Always a fun time, but mostly for the free champagne I think. Just a big goof - a only on a cruise ship activity. But somehow I feel like I’m being cheated since I’m not “scamming” free alcohol. Maybe I could actually buy some art. Bwahahahaha. Kidding. Anyway, auction starts in 10 minutes. Hope everyone is having a great day.

When my wife and I were in college the was a shoe store on the shopping street that was always having a sale. We were recently back in town 30 years later. Warmed our hearts to see the shoe store was still there. And yep, they were having a sale.

70% of flight horror stories include that phrase.

at the way you pulled me out of time You hung me on the line Maybe I'm amazed at the way I really need you Ba da da da da da da da da

For what it’s worth, I flew BDL -> SJU yesterday. As I’m sure the news reports pointed out, it seemed like half the flights in the country were cancelled or delayed. I hear there’s some sort of storm going on (It’s 78 and beautiful here in San Juan on board the Epic.) We were only delayed 90 minutes, but that would not have been fun if flying in with a quick turnaround

I’m on the Epic. It was bad! It took me three hours from the time I got to the terminal until I was on board. Spoke to a couple that had priority boarding due to status and it took them 2 1/2 hours. So much for customer appreciation. Rumor in the line was that some people from the previous cruise didn’t get off and had to be found and removed. True? Not true? Who the heck knows. Lots of chaos. Hours of waiting, much of it outdoors. At least I was in the shade. And as just about everybody pointed out, nobody from NCL was around. It would have done a world of good to have people out, reassuring people that, yes, they were in the right line. Handing out water. Giving some special care to the elderly and those who needed it. Maybe even an apology or two. Not a good start.

I normally take risks with my flights. Arrive day of? Sure. Saves the cost of a hotel room. Connecting flights? Why not. So I’m leaving out of San Juan tomorrow for a Christmas cruise. Tickets for holiday week are 2x-3x what I want to pay. I reach into my bag of tricks to find cheaper flights. But nothing seemed quite right. For whatever reason, I just said ef it and booked expensive non-stops arriving the day before. Phew. Have you seen the flight delay map for today? Yikes. But I should be ok flying New England to Puerto Rico. Delays, but I’ll make my cruise tomorrow. And to think I was seriously considering a New England -> Denver! -> Orlando -> San Juan ticket. (It was dirt cheap 🙂 )

Note: We fully understand the advantage of sailing with a passport, but this is a last minute thing and someone wants to join. Details: American citizen with dl and bc. Sailing on Norwegian out of San Juan with stops in Aruba, Curaçao, St Lucia, Grenada and St Kitts. Is a passport required?