Laszlo

The Jewel class ships have a very small Haven Courtyard. Suite guest on Jewel class ships get all the perks of Haven guest with the exception of 2? things. Use of the Haven courtyard and use of the Haven sundeck. Butler service, concierge etc.... is all the same. Suites on Jewel class ship can be considerably cheaper. My wife and I booked a forward suite on the Gem for Bermuda. It was 2K cheaper than the smallest Haven cabin

My wife and I have a forward suite on deck the Gem deck 10. From pictures the balcony is huge, small table, two chairs and two loungers. We would like to have dinner out there (while in port) with two friends. Will the butler set up a table for 4 of us on the balcony or is that asking too much. We have a small table in the cabin with four chairs but the table is pretty small

My wife and I decided to sail again to Bermuda in June. We opted to go out of Boston instead of NYC. Its a 5 hour drive compared to 90 minutes but we love the Jewel class ships

I've seen some people do some pretty gross things at the buffet. The worse is one someone picks up a piece of food, usually something baked. They sniff it and put it back......🤢 If you touch food you own it, it doesn't get put back

No, unfortunately I can't unsee it LOL I would have liked to see the look on my face

I miss the winters when they have two ships sailing full time. One doing a 7-10 day and another doing 12-14 days.

True story, saw a women at the buffet on a cruise a few years ago. Her friend needed her cabin card, the women pulled her card out from her bathing suite bottom, the card was in the crack of her butt 🤢

It really is, people are filthy animals

Not to someone I'm talking on the phone to 🤣

Gifts? They are working at their job

Assuming you are driving and parking at the port. You will go up the ramp to the parking lot. Pay and go down to the pier, turn into the parking area and security will be there to look in your trunk or hatch. As soon as you are cleared their is an area you can pull over, porters are there to put your baggage on carts and take them down stairs. Go park and make your way down to the security and check in

If you are not in the Haven Vibe is the next best thing....

Flip a coin. Been to Bermuda 4 times on cruises with NCL. Twice getting on and off was paused for 30 minutes to rotate the ship 180 degrees part way thru the 3 days there

Lots of things to consider, you might want to do some mock bookings to see how many cabins are left. Low bids usually lose out in the Haven

Its a great place for breakfast or lunch on a sunny day

I catch a lot of them during the summer (Dolphin) they fight like heck and taste great

Lots of good YT videos to watch https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+use+Fujifilm+x30

Friends just got off the Encore on Sunday after a 7 day cruise. They ate dinner twice at specialty restaurants and the rest in the main dining rooms. They said the food including the buffet (breakfast and lunch was very good

A decent underwater camera is the Nikon Coolpix AW100 https://amzn.to/3T7iGzP A better camera I use is the Nikon 300 https://amzn.to/42Jv9Ne They are both pretty simple to use and give you good results Two other cameras which I have both is the DJI Action 4 or the GoPro 11 or 12. Both of which will give you excellent results https://amzn.to/49mQlef https://amzn.to/49grngG

Keep in mind if you are in the Haven or a suite it won't matter. Our last two cruises my wife and I have 1pm. We arrived at the terminal at 10am and by 10:15 we had our cabin cards and were waiting in the Haven boarding room

They don't have a freezer. I get migraines also, have the last 20 years and when we are traveling I bring a half dozen of these. They are small and light weight and work well.... https://amzn.to/49hMGhZ

We have an 11 day cruised booked February 2025 on Oceania. Not cheap, cheaper than the Haven and basically every cabin is a suite

Depending on your cell provider you might just want to spend the $10 a day for the international plan. We have Xfinity and its really easy to do

If you are looking for the best food you need to sail Oceania