Tkriger

Figured I would try asking here instead of a new thread:

Does NCL charge for taking cash off your onboard account? Going on Epic in April via a Foxwoods (CT casino) offer, wondering if I should do a line of credit, or if I can take cash at the tables off my onboard account for no fee (I can on RCL, part of the Casino Royale VIP program).

Was able to get all dining reservations set without a hitch.

First NCL cruise, so was going kind of blind on what to pick, decided on:

Day 1- Cagneys

Day 2 - La Cucina

Day 3 - Teppanyaki

Day 4 - Shanghai

Day 5 - Moderno

Day 6 - Le Bistro

Day 7 - Cagneys

3 steakhouse meals would be a tough sell to the vegetarian GF, but she won't know till we are on board =p

I could be wrong, but I'm on the same sailing, and booked all my dining this morning around 8 am EST, and even then there were no entertainment options. I did a quick google search and found something that said entertainment opens up for booking at 45 days out (don't have it open right now).

So I will keep checking periodically and will definitely check 45 days out.

Thank you, I figured it was something like that, will put a note in my Calendar for 5 days from now.

I'm 95 days out from my first NCL cruise on the Epic, purchased the dining packages last week, but when I go online to try and book it says

We are sorry, this event is not available to book online at the moment. Please check back later or book on board the ship."

Above that it says reserve dining on 4/12, the day the ship leaves.

Am I too far out to book, or is something going on?

Sometimes glass breaks.

 

 

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+1 agreed.

Could it have been worse, definitely. What are you hoping to get out talking to RC, a free cruise?

Looking at my Folio statement for last week, 2 of the normal size cupcakes was a total of $5.50

My one complaint with last week on Indy was the shops...they had almost 0 in the way of souvenirs.

I know, not a huge deal, but I've been collecting a ship's magnet from each of cruises we take, and they didn't even have that. I just tried looking on ebay with no luck.

Just got off the Independence, which was my first cruise in Club Royale. Had a blast, enjoyed not having to carry cash with me, just took it off my account. Even had some good luck, hitting both a 4oak and straight flush in Ultimate Texas Holdem, plus a straight flush in my 10 minute 3 card poker session.

My question (which I meant to ask the host), is does membership expire if I don't take a cruise every year? I don't think I'll be able to cruise again until late 2015, just wondering if I'll lose my membership.

Was on this cruise, great time, awesome weather after Sunday.

Even the casino was good to me... a Four of a Kind and Straight Flush at Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em, plus a straight flush at 3 card. If you played in the casino, you probably saw me at the UTH table.

Great info. We are leaving for the 8 day Indy cruise this coming Saturday. It seems you liked the post cruise tour? I could only get a 7:30 pm (!) flight back to Boston, so I'm not sure if we should do a tour and then just wait at the airport, or rent a car and drive around for the day. Anyone else ever have that much time to kill between leaving the ship and flying home?

5% is crazy! I am thankful we got into the casino club....although we donated way more than a 5% fee lol

Same here, although I won last cruise when I was invited. We sail on the Independence next week, and I'm only bringing a few hundred dollars in small bills, I'll get the rest from the casino as needed (no 5% charge, in fact I'll get 2% back as cash from my CC, that's not a bad deal).

I believe they will give you the $950 in cash. I thought I was getting a nice chunk back with my $650 on Independence in 2 weeks. The way I understood it is they can either apply it as a discount to your cruise cost, or you get it in cash from the cage.

Great review - we will be on Indy in 18 days, first time ever in a Junior Suite. Don't have any excursions planned yet, so your beach reviews gave me some good ideas.

We've only been to Labadee once which was last year, and we scored an over the water Cabana. Not sure what do without one this year - might try the zipline and/or coaster. Anyone have suggestions for which of the beaches to go to for most of the day?

Will be in St. Maarten in 3 weeks on the Independence. We've been there once before and did Bernard's Tour, so I think I just want a beach day. Mullet Bay looks nice, one question, were there taxis waiting when you wanted to get back to the ship? That's the only thing that worries me about going off to a beach all day, not on a tour/excursion.

What Cody said - I think the carrot (?) symbol is the symbol for a Vegetarian dish.

I should give them a call... I got he card offering $30/day, we are on the Independence in January. Although I already was going to have $625 in cash waiting for me - I don't thin they will allow both, so I may pass on the $30/day if that is the case.

Just booked the same cabin (9338) on the Independence for an 8 night trip in January - can't wait for it now, thanks for the pictures!

Was on the Allure last week - no giant wins, but lots of good ones.

Straight Flush at Ultimate Texas Hold em which paid 40x on my $10 Trips bet, plus 50x on my $15 Ante bet for a total of $1,150.

The next day at the same table I had four of a kind which paid ~$500.

Hit the two Queen of Hearts side bet at Blackjack for $750 ($6 bet, dealer didnt have blackjack or it would have been $6,000).

I dont usually play slots, but on a whim entered the last $25 slot tournament, made it to the finals and came in 2nd for $550. So close to the free 7 night cruise. I decided to throw $100 in my tournament machine after, and got almost a full screen of wilds for about $600.

Marie was cold so we skipped the ice show and I played in three slot pull. Top twelve score got a final where you could win a cruise. I an not holding out hope as I was fifth in my round.

 

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I was on last week, and happened to be in the casino for the last slot tournament. Entered it, made it to the finals (top 2 from our round went). I was only a few thousand points short of the cruise, but 2nd place got me a nice $550 :)

the Assistant waiter, "Princess" was from that country that Douglas McArthur vowed to return to and I can never spell right

 

Canada? :p

Thank you! Ugh...sticky. It was AWFUL! And I had no wipes...no water...to wash off with...so, I had to improvise. ;)

 

 

 

See...you saw first-hand evidence of my Directionally-Challenged Self, and you will always bring that up!

 

And to think...I was on my BEST behavior on that trip, with my young, impressionable daughter in tow. Which is why you didn't see me drinking any of the rum punch on the bus...altho I was soooooooooooo tempted. ;)

Dont feel too bad about spilling the rum. The same thing happened to me with the little bottles of multi-colored Curacao liquor we bought from the factory tour on our first cruise on, well Curacao. It leaked in my luggage though, not on my lap.

 

I noticed that my lap was getting…wet. This is curious. I’d been holding the bottles of rum I’d purchased at MaMaDoux in my lap, and when I started investigating, I saw that the bottom of my paper sack was soaked.

 

Uh oh. This does not bode well.

 

I opened the sack, and noticed that the lid on the banana rum bottle had not been completely sealed, and I now had a puddle of dark, sticky liquid in my lap. Oh, joy. I quickly sealed the bottle, but I’ve now got rum ALL over my fingers…REALLY sticky, sweet rum…and the only way to deal with it is to begin licking my fingers. Cuz' I HATE sticky on my fingers....a lot. It's one of the (many, sigh) textures that I can't stand. Sticky. Shudder. I had to get it off - and I had to get it off NOW. So I began licking...and licking...and licking....I’m sure I made quite the sight to my fellow cruisers – the lush lady who is licking and slobbering all over her rum-soaked fingers at 11:00 am in the morning…it’s no wonder she’s traveling SOLO. Not to mention – I now REEK of rum…and we’re heading to a perfumery.

 

Ha..this defintley beats you and your daughter making us (a little) late at every stop on the tour you did last time you were in St. Maarten (nope, never gonna let you live that down) =p

 

Oh, NOW you tell me! Where were you when I needed you??!!

I hope you didnt really need it!

FYI, it can be found here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005RDJ63C/ref=oh_details_o04_s01_i00

If you have a Kindle touch, you do need to use the foam bumpers it comes with, but other than that, it works great.

I also can't say anything about mixing water with a Kindle. We were at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas last May, and my Girlfriend had her Kindle in her ginourmous purse. Well I had put a bottle of water in there as well, being the desert and all - having water close by is usually a good thing...except when the flip top comes open in her purse. Cue us standing in line to cash in our chips, and there is water dripping down onto her shoe.

Long story short, I had to buy her a new Kindle, had it shipped next day to our hotel. =p

 

 

The decking around the Beach Pool slopes, and there's shallow water around the decking...it was awesome to pull your deck chair into the shallow water and create your own little island. Just be careful to not accidentally drop your Kindle or iPhone into the water surrounding your little island; I'm just sayin'.

 

 

Did you find out first hand not to drop your kindle into the Sports pool? I found a waterproof kindle case on Amazon for my Kindle Touch, its great, I was reading while in the pool all last cruise. Had a bunch of people asking about it - totally worth the small amount of hassle it is to put the kindle in and seal the case (it uses basically a heavy duty ziploc seal, with a couple folds thrown in for extra protection.)