NJLVW

Thank you JMcgo1979. Does anyone have any information on the Hyatt Place City Center? Would love some opinions if you have recently stayed here..

On 5/24/2018 at 2:43 PM, JMcgo1979 said:

I'm going on the 9-22-18 to 9-29-18 Freedom of the Seas crew. My wife and I are getting in a few days earlier and are staying at the Hyatt Place San Juan/City Center for $150 a night. It looks like a beautiful hotel and can't wait for the entire trip.

 

https://sanjuancitycenter.place.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html

Would love to know your thoughts on the Hyatt Place City Center. Will be staying there pre & post cruise. Thank you for any information you can share.

10 hours ago, mommyto2girls said:

Sorry NJLVW I don’t know. I know about Roy because I spoke with him a few days ago. Feel free to tell him  Andrea and Harold said hi.

Will do & thank you again.

15 hours ago, mommyto2girls said:

Right now the Concierge is Roy ( former Incredible amazing Butler) I do not know how long he will be there. But as of today when we spoke he is still Concierge 😊

Thank you for the info. I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting Roy. We will look forward to meeting him. Any other info on who the HD, CD & butlers that will be are on board? Much appreciated. 

Does anyone have any info on the Dawn? Would especially like to know who the concierge, butlers, HD, & CD. Thank you

Glad to see we are starting one for 2019.

We are cruising in March. Does anyone have information on the Dawn? Would love to know who the current Concierge, Butlers, HD, CD & everyone else if anyone knows..

Thanx in advance...

4 hours ago, johnnydeo said:

Let me know as I also leave on the 3rd... Thanks

Come join our roll call!

Loving the pictures and daily review. Just what I need until my cruise date arrives. Thank you for posting Carney’s menu. Love the new menu with some of our old favorites back. If you happen to go to all the others I would love to see them as well. Again, thank you for your time of doing this review!! It is much appreciated. 

Have a great trip. Will be following along as we will be boarding the Dawn in just a few weeks. Sounds like a great start to a great vacation!

Have a great trip.  Will be following along as we will be boarding the Dawn in a few weeks! Sounds like a great start to your vacation!

I celebrate my Birthday every year on board. I usually let my PCC know ahead of time. When I arrive in my room there is a card that we just bring to dinner any night we want. I personally like the cake they have for birthdays.. We usually just have it brought to the room as we are so full from dinner. Enjoy!

Loving your review and pictures. Thank you for taking the time to do this. We are going on the Dawn in March and can hardly wait. It has been quite a few years since we cruised on her and through your pictures I see a lot of changes. I am quite excited to be going on her again. The last time was before the refurbishment. She will be like a new ship for us! We are also doing the same ports so reading about each port & what to do is quite helpful. Again I thank you for doing this and I look forward to reading more.

Anyone have information on the Dawn? Especially would like to know who the concierge and butlers that are on as we are traveling on her in March. Thanx in advance. 

We are cruising just a few weeks before you. Pan American in Island Grande is where our docs say to go. 

On 12/1/2018 at 1:05 AM, Jcdcruise said:

We are going on a southern Caribbean cruise the first week of March on the dawn! We were wondering if anyone else has done this cruise and if they have any tips or advice that they could give us. Also, what type of crowd should we expect on this cruise?

 

This is our first cruise so any information you tell us we will value!

 

Thank you!

We love cruising. We have been on the Dawn 5 times with our next one coming up. We have not been on her since her last refurbishment. I know they have added Los Lobos which is a Mexican restaurant. I am excited to go there as well. 

I have found the very first week of March has been more quiet then the next few weeks. I think it can be hit or miss depending on school breaks. I think this week is probably going to be quieter. Because of the dates it falls on. Hopefully.

You should get active with your roll call as well. Some may want to plan things that may have an interest to you. 

On the ship there is so much to do. Be sure to go to the shows. Always enjoyable. They have many different types of game shows, events, lots of activities at the pool when it is a sea day, and there is a casino. Many different restaurants. They have the complimentary dining rooms as well as the specialty restaurants. I think everyone should experience the specialty dining at least once. If you get active on your roll call go to the Meet & Greet, NCL always puts out a nice little spread but most importantly you get to meet all those you have chatted with and you meet the head staff. They want to be sure you are enjoying your week as well. Go on some excursions. I do recommend the ships excursions especially if this is your first cruise. You will get to see many different things at each of the ports.  It depends on what you enjoy doing. There are always beach excursions as well as seeing the islands. 

Importantly go with an open mind. This is your vacation. Enjoy each and every moment. Have fun, get involved. This is your cruise vacation.Your vacation is what you make it. We have never had a bad cruise vacation. Sure things happen but they also happen in life. So enjoy each and every moment. Smile and have fun....

See you on board!!!

On 9/23/2018 at 10:28 AM, delaware32 said:

You can board as usual . Sail away is at night . Neat seeing SJ and the forts all lit as you head out .

Thank you. Sounds like I can get on the ship early to enjoy my time on board! As many cruises as I have been on I still like the feeling of first seeing the ship and being one of the first ones to board! 

I would also like to know what is recommended for flight time home and what the process would be if there is customs with long lines. I debark also on the time change day not sure if that will have a bearing. Any thoughts would be appreciated as we are trying to book flights. Thank you

Does anyone also know what time you can embark on the ship? We will be cruising out of San Juan on the Dawn as well. It does say we leave the port at 9:00pm. I am used to going out of Florida with a 4pm cruise time. We are always at the port by 10ish in the morning. Yes I like to be first one on!!! Just do not want to get there to early and can not check in. Anyone know? Thank you in advance..

Remembering all the memories!! Does anyone else remember the skeet shooting off the ship? Fun times. How about being able to throw the streamers at sailaway? I think I still have a package! LOL. The real glasses when you bought a drink to keep as a souvenir? Yes I remember the midnight buffets, chocolate buffets, all the little extras. Lobsters & beef wellington. YUM. So many wonderful fun and delicious memories. Would be nice to bring some of them back.

Is it possible you added a tip to the bill that was charged to your account? On the bottom of the bill where you sign there is a place to add additional tip. Just a thought.

Here is my update from our vacation. We took SAS from the Miami cruise port to FLL airport. Flew SW to Orlando. Easy check in and flight. We were staying at Disney so Magic Express picked us up and Disney picked up our luggage and brought it directly to our room. Yes, I would do it again. The flight was maybe 40ish minutes from take off. The longest wait was for SAS to wait to fill his van. That probably took over an hour. I do appreciate everyone's responses to my original post and thought for anyone else looking to find the best option from Miami or FtLauderdale to Disneyworld. I do recommend flying. We did book early once the flights were available and they were inexpensive compared to what I was finding for car rental, bus or train. Plus, for me less stress...:)

I am sorry I missed having David by one week. He was getting on Epic last year as Leah was leaving.

 

I hope to cruise with him sometime in the future.

 

 

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What were your thoughts on Leah? Thanx in advance.

30 days until we are on the Sun. Anyone recently back from her that can share who the concierge & Hotel Director will be? Hoping someone will know. Thank you.

Maybe be just a little to soon to ask however lets try. Does anyone know who the HD, Concierge & Butlers will be on the SUN in March? It's only a few weeks away so hoping someone has had some contact. Thanx in advance.

Just off the NCL Getaway. I just wanted to give the heads up to anyone who doesn't frequently sail on Norwegian, that if you have Non-refundable On Board credits, they cannot be applied to the daily service charges. This is different than all of the other cruiselines I have previously sailed and we were totally blindsided when we got our final bill and lost out on $150 of non refundable credit. I checked my account frequently and it shows your charges and your credits, but it doesn't give you any indication that the credits aren't being applied until you get your final bill. Very disappointed that we didn't know this ahead of time, thus this post. Hopefully, it helps someone else.:(

The policy is not in fine print or hidden on their page. It is under the terms & conditions. Here is a screen shot from the website when looking at the T&C of any of the programs that offer OBC. I put highlighted stars next to the line that shows OBC. Hope this helps the OP. If you use a TA they should have explained this to you when you booked and they gave you the promotion.

Terms and Conditions:

Offer is not applicable to categories IX, OX, BX or MX (Sail Away Categories).

Offer is for new individual FIT reservations and new speculative groups delegates.

Qualifying new individual FIT reservations can be moved into an existing speculative group and count towards tour conductor credits.

Offer is not valid for affinity groups or tour operators and cannot be held as group block.

Not valid on 1 - 4 night sailings.

Onboard credit is per stateroom, based on cruise length and category booked.

Anything consumed above the promotional benefit will be the responsibility of the guest at prevailing rates.

*******Onboard credit has no monetary value and is non-transferable. It may not be used toward on board service charges, pre-purchased activities or foreign exchange transactions.*****************

Onboard Credit is applied to the 1st and 2nd guest on the reservation. Singles paying 200% are entitled to full onboard credit value.

Government taxes, port expenses & fees, discretionary on board service charges and are additional.

Cancellation fees also apply based on the booking/sailing date; therefore, Norwegian Cruise Line strongly recommends the purchase of travel protection on all bookings.

Not applicable to Chartered Dates and Group Types: CMI OP EVENT, CMI OP LG EVENT, INCREG & INCLARGE

Offer and combinability with other promotional offers is subject to change at any time per Norwegian Cruise Line's discretion. Other restrictions may apply.

Applicable to NCL MIAMI, NCL INTL, AUSTRALIA, NCL ASIA, and NCL BRAZIL . Not applicable to CE and UK offices.