DaisyGoldberg

Going to be sailing in my first suite this fall -- we booked last summer, and will have two weeks in the SJ suite on the Dawn for less than a thousand more than we spent on the POA last year for one week in a balcony. If you count $450 in onboard credit and leaving from our local port so no airfare (especially compared to Hawaii) - it's a lot cheaper vacation. The pain was spread out by paying through the year. Now it's all paid for except the excursions, so I'll take care of them over the next two months and step on board without expectation of spending much at all.

Need to buckle down and do some house stuff for the next few years, so cruising may be put on hold, but I hope to try the Tampa to Boston reposition in a suite for my return. Of course that's assuming I LIKE the suite life ;)

The lei making classes were fun, and so were the hula classes. Doesn't matter that you have two left feet - it's fun!

I truly didn't see any of the "attitude" people report about POA employees. But then I don't enjoy the over the top fawning that some cruise staff do to ingratiate themselves. Efficient, cheerful -- great qualities in service positions. Beyond that I get uncomfortable.

I thought the POA staff hit just the right note.

Can't wait to try them all -- love my memory foam mattress topper but haven't tried a pillow, plus the one that stays cool sounds wonderful. I will definitely buy one if I like it!

You will see in the Freestyle Daily that NCL does not permit door decorating. Like any other rules that does not stop many from just doing it anyway.

I wish people would be more considerate of the other passengers. A magnet on the door or item placed in the "mailbox" thing to help identify your cabin is one thing. Decorating the door like a parade float can be really annoying to people who prefer to let the cruise line determine the decor of the public spaces.

I never have a clue as to why anyone cares who the cruise director is.

Pretty much my thought when I see these threads chasing particular staff members around the world in hopes that they'll see them again. I certainly notice when there's a bad one, but I wouldn't notice or care if you swapped a good one for another good one mid-cruise.