Veectoor

You gotta be kidding? Years ago when you go on a NCL cruise, everything is included and now everything is a la cart. Sure, you pay about the same fare today for a balcony as 20 years ago, however, even adjusted with inflation and when you add in the a la cart for:

 

1) Hot tubs in the Spa $220 a week.

2) Vibe beach $ 80 a week. Why do they section off here and make you pay 80 bucks when you already paid for your full cruise fare in thousands? Why do you have to pay again for sunbath?

Why do they let 15 kids in the hot tubs even thought some hot tubs said adults only? Do they care about you? Nope!!

3) Services are getting worst by day since they introduced included gratuities because there are no incentives for the staffs to work hard. Example, how come there are no pool towels at the H2O? I have to go to my room to get the pool towels and I paid thousands for this cruise?

4) When did the captain's party become a sale pitch? I don't think I go on a cruise to listen when I need to make my next deposits? What happen to the day when the captain and his staffs chit chat with the passengers? Oh...you have to pay $ 3000 more to be in the Haven so you can chat with the captain?

5) You also have to pay 10 bucks to tour the galley? What? It used to be free so now you have to pay?

6) Where' the arts and crafts? Sure, they have it. It's call a pay only water painting class. It used to be free.

7) Lets talk about some basic sushi. They used to have sushi in the Garden buffets now is call a la cart. ka- ching ka-ching...Can you hear $$$ now?

 

I am tire of listings and even adjusted with inflation with your cruise fare, the a la cart examples here can easily outweighed inflation by hundred of %%%%.

Don't forget about all those kids playing on your lawn while you were away!

My last cruise on the Fantasy was much like the previous poster's.

In Meridian on the Fantasy. Some guests got to mix up drinks, and each guest got a full size drink for each of the 5 drinks sampled. Our group were heavy pourers. I got back to the room and the wife looked at me and said "Great......get ready for dinner". I was a mess. Excellent time.

We've done the Fantasy before (kids were 6 and 8) and the Oasis (kids were 8 and 10).

From a kids club point of view, there is no comparison. While they both loved the kids clubs on Fantasy, they were very reluctant to go on the Oasis after their first time. We left them there for an hour to try it out, and when we picked them up, it was chaos. The staff basically just told them to play dodgeball for an hour, and the kids had worked themselves into quite a frenzy.

that theme continued on for the whole week. They'd see an activity in the Navigator, and want to go to it, only to find out it was some form of dodgeball, or another activity that had nothing to do with the title.

they also had little science experiments that could be done...short 20 minute experiments for the whole family. We went to three of them. The staff member told the woman sitting next to me how much he hated doing these because he didn't like science.

Oasis wasn't all bad, but when you leave the ship and both your kids say they don't want to go on another cruise with them...

The DCL policy statement used to expressly state unopened bottles only. I see that they changed their wording and removed that wording.

Isn't the Mailman the best!?! Probably one of the best tours we have EVER taken. Great value for your money and a great way to see much of the island. Remember why they call him the mailman...cause he delivers (at least according the the women of the island who fathered the Mailman's hundreds of children).

The Mailman only has 2 kids. His dad had 20 or 25.

The Oasis just had a small celebration for both Canada Day (July 1), and a larger one for July 4th. The July 4th consisted of a lot of red, white, and blue balloons, banners, bunting, and flags placed along the Royal Promenade. There was also a giant sheet cake decorated to look like the flag. Someone sang the National Anthem, and then the cake was cut and served to everyone who wanted some.

I'll second Bernard's. used them this week with Mailman. One of the best island tours we've ever taken. Every single person in our van was a happy customers, and that's not easy.

We found the machines in Wind Jammers (two near each entrance), next to Sorrento's (two), and found one hidden away in the arcade on deck 15 aft.