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i suggest booking a private one unless you have OBC to burn. The cruise line books the same minibuses and upcharges you.

I use the stick but only on my face. I had a bad habit of getting the liquid sunscreen in my eyes. The stick solved that.

It is not profitable. If it ever became profitable there would be.

I am retired and have no need to be connected on a cruise but I want to be. I like to download the news in the morning and read some of it later. I like to maintain contact with family. I am able to control myself and not spend every. moment on the interent. It is my vacation and don't need a presumptous lecture not to connect on vacation. Celebrity understands that many passengers do need it, some for work or business, and desire faster internet and is making an upgrade. That is what this topic is about. Your posts on this thread have nothing to do with the topic.

The only problem could be is that X has been known to block some VPN's too.

I get that now. I was not getting that it was political before because I don't look at things that way. It didn't occur to me.

You have to wait until Celebrity changes its website. The call center people are bascily human robots who read from a script on their computer screen. It is a waste of time to call them or argue on this matter. Bermuda made their changes late last week and the Celebrity certainly sends those changes to their legal department. There is always going to be a lag before the website is changed and phone reps updated.

I would not call it a city but their ship may be in the berth where they would turn left. In any case it is almost impossible to miss the staging area which is between the two berths where the shuttles are waiting.

i was able to accèss Cruise Critic and even make Facetime calls with the basic but my reading of more recent reports is that they are seem to be blocking or trying to block everything but email and texting and force passengers to have the costlier package if they want to do more.

Honestly you are not making any sense to me. You don't want to visit Manhattan for some political reason? Or are you saying you have some bigoted reason? I really don't comprehend. Confused......

The beach is not comfortable at 75 with cold water temperatures. Also i should mention the swarms of portuguese man o war in the water that wash ashore and are laying on the beach. But I agree with your that it is great golf weather.

You posted that you won't take private excursions because of the risk of missing the ship.

How can it be pleasant for beach bathing when it is not warm enough for swimming? They make no sense. I went once in middle May and could not even sit on the beach as the wind was blowing sand all over and 70 felt like 60. So sure if you want a hotel at $400 a night instead of $800 I guess that is what they mean by a great discount.

It is funny to me that two ex military police are scared of Manhattan. I have been there many times day and night and your fear gives me a chuckle.

I don't know where you googled that it is the best time of year. But if you like the 60's and not doing the beach I guess that is the time for you. Beach season begins at the end of May. March and April would be great golf weather or whale watching but there are no crowds because there is not much to do in March or April. Also no casinos and entertainement is pretty limited. Not only limited cruises in the winter but limited flights to Bermuda.

They think they are posting something profound when all they are doing is being ignorant.

I think a tour is a great option for Saturday or Sunday. You can do a taxi tour $50 an hour minimum 3 hours now but taxi rates ar going up soon. There are also private minibus tours. You can pre arrange tours which is best but usually you can get a taxi tour or minibus tour when you get off the ship. They also have 2 seater electric vehicles for rent in Bermuda but you must book those in advance. We used to have a good list of tour operators but because of the covid hiatus it is pretty dated. One tour operator that I know is still going strong is Heidi Cowan of Bermuda Byways. https://www.bermudabyways.com/tours/

Bermuda anounced the changes dropping testing late last week so my insight is that the cruise lines have not caught up to change yet. You will have to comply with what NCL tells you but what they tell you will likely be updated before your sailing. https://www.gov.bm/cruise-travel-authorisation

Elon Musk jokes aside I would reserve judgement on Starlink onboard. Lets see what people think in six months. All I read in this thread is that one person making Facetime calls was disappointed. So on an iPhone or iPad, don't know what model. There could have been hardware or software problems on the device or there could be just plain operator error. Or maybe OP was on when there were some network issues. We can't expect there never to be network issues.

If someone stole my iPhone all they would have is paperweight. It can’t be reset as it has activation lock. That said I don’t leave my phone or iPad unattended or where I can’t keep an eye on it. A casual dumb thief of opportunity may not know that they won’t be able to use the phone. With 3000 onboard I am sure there are some idiots among them. If I am alone and have to go to the toilet. I take them with me. I have lands swimwear with pockets.

It happened at Labadee too. The phone was recovered after the local "boss" stepped in.

Elon is a "genius". A genius at overpromising.

I beleive that is what happened. Bermuda boxed itself in by signing a contract with a company to administer the protocal through March 2023. They have been steadfast about that date so far. Testing and vaccination requirements will end on October 25 but they have not decided on the fee because there probably is some penalty. NCL has added a lot of off season sailings to Bermuda. Winter sailings at non desirable times of the year. Will be interesting to see how that goes for NCL. There is not a lot to do in Bermuda in the winter and the air and water are chilly. .

So you think they will drop Austrailian and Greek ports? I don't think so.........

That is the thing. It is somewhat misleading because no matter what NCL says about dropping protocols they have to follow the protocols of their destinations. Royal has seemed to be more honest.