scott8815

We never ate lunch in the specialty restaurants. I believe they are only open for dining at dinner. We tend to eat lunch and breakfast at the buffet. Then dinner at a specialty restaurant or the main dining room.

Free style dailies from Encore Alaskan Cruise 7/9/2023.   I searched all over the Internet for recent free style dailies for the Encore and could not find them.   I hope this helps someone else out.

Free style dailies from Encore Alaskan Cruise 7/9/2023.   I searched all over the Internet for recent free style dailies for the Encore and could not find them.   I hope this helps someone else out.

Another sad vote to see the end of your journey, and the end of your marvelous review.

How was the glow party?   It is good to see that they moved it from the H2O area to the pool.   Is the smokestack soot still a problem in the H2O area?   

Great posts, by the way.  They are getting me excited for my summer cruise to Alaska.   I, being originally from California, am a warm weather guy.   However, I'm running out of Mexican and Caribbean places to cruise to.

Spencer, Do you (or your daughter) dance?   If so how is the DJ?   I was on the Epic last year and found the DJ very annoying.  He showed up late, play premixed overmixed EDM (Electronic Dance Music).   I'm hoping the DJ on my summer Alaska cruise is netter.

We will be at the CasaBlanca hotel in old San Juan.  Is it walkable from old San Juan to the cruise port?   I remember in New Orleans we took a cab for what turned out to be a 3 block ride.  From the map it looks walkable, but sometimes cities are not pedestrian friendly. 

On 4/4/2018 at 9:23 AM, mking8288 said:

Just a quick note / FYI - for a good laugh - on NCL's not so wonderful customer service and call center agent giving inaccurate information, on buying their own ETPP this week.

 

One of our BIL/SIL+1 sailing later this month to Bermuda, as usual - they prefer to have inexpensive & basic, minimal travel coverage - against unexpected medical, not trip interruption. Thus, the cheapest ETPP of $25 p/p ($75 for 3) sold by NCL is a good match for them. Insure My Trip has better coverage and prices, lowest offered are $165, $174 and $204.

 

Long story short, this was offered to them last October and they purchased it as add-on, long after final payment but before they sailed. Email pushed out to them again last week, inside the 30 days mark to call, buy & add.

 

He called and the call center agent said, SORRY, you can only buy that within 24 hours of final payment and it can no longer be added, etc. etc. Well, not satisfied with the answer & I looked up/reviewed the fine prints ... nothing in writing about it in the PDF, quite to the contrary. What B.S.

 

I called and got (probably, for sure) a different agent who apparently knew what he was talking about, and said - yes, it is available, looking at the reservation record, etc. Fifteen minutes, credit card charged and bargain plan added, confirmation emailed and also listed under their Reservation Summary-At-A-Glance ... in the Payment section.

 

In short, don't like their answer(s) or disagree with their scripted response, hang up, wait and do a quick fact-checking yourself, call again and there is a good chance for getting a different response. This seemed to be fairly consistent and inline with some of the other feedbacks lately of NCL customer services being all over the place.

 

(And, you have to wonder, is anybody really monitoring and listening in over their call centers at the supervisory level to assure quality & customer satisfaction ... I am afraid to guess the possibility, feel free to debate.)

I work with computers and this is the same with any call center.   If you get a less than helpful person, hang up and try again.

Can anyone post the free style dailies for the Norwegian Star from 2018 or 2019?   I'm specifically looking for the freestyle dailies after the H2O area was added.   I'm looking to see how much dancing was added post refresh, if any.

Scott D.

I have to wonder why you brought up this 11 year old thread on the Carnival forum to direct people to your review about things being loud on your NCL cruise earlier this year.

I did a search on "Loud Music" and it came up with this thread. I did not notice the date though. Also my post of the link to my review was in response to the post asking if anyone else felt the music was too loud.

I did indeed post my review, and thoughts, in the NCL section. Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks the music on cruises is too loud, no matter the cruise line. On NCL, even the movies were way too loud in the atrium.

Wow, I can certainly see where the OP got the idea that it's a very common complaint.... NOT :p LOL! So far, not many complaints.. and I've still yet to see one in a review, LOL!!! :D

Here is a review with comments about loud music from me:

https://www.cruisecritic.com/memberreviews/memberreview.cfm?EntryID=568330

I was unable to use the fight club heavy bags for free except for a few minutes during the ship tours before sail away. Leave the boxing gloves at home, unless you want to pay for the structured class.

Congratulations on your 26 years but maybe a thread about bars isn't the right one for you.

I've been sober 30 years, and find dancing in H2O and the Bliss Ultra lounge very fun. You don't have to drink to have fun. If the song is right, I'll jump on an empty dance floor by myself.

I took my first cruise solo on the Norwegian Epic solely because they had solo cabins. I'm taking my fifth cruise with Norwegian next month. There are usually two places to dance on Norwegian's larger ships, and I do a MUCH better job of socializing when a dance floor is involved. I'm mid 50's, but I got the youngsters (mid 20's) involved in circle dances, dance challenges (think dance offs) , etc, etc. I suppose to be fair, it should be noted I will get on an empty dance floor by myself if I like the music (Brick House, Motown Philly,Uptown Funk, most stuff by Pit Bull).

If you are a solo traveler, don't be shy, get out there. Remember, you will probably never see these people again!

I've taken kick boxing classes for a number of years. One of the most VIGOROUS work outs around. I have my own gloves (and punching mitts) so hopefully I can sneak in a workout on their bags when class is not in session! (and not have to pay ;-)

Scott

Great thread! I've spent entirely too much time reading this and there are so many things I definitely wouldn't have thought of before. DH and I just booked our first cruise for our 10th anniversary and I am so excited. Only now I have to wait 9 months. :P

You mean after you deliver? ;-)

Here is my top five list (OK plus a couple of extras). Some are repeats of what others have said, but I think they are worth emphasizing:

 

 

• Arrive at your departure port one day early to avoid stress.
  

I'm taking the red eye flight and will arrive at the miami airport at 5:40 a.M. !#$%!

I think 5 -6 hours should be enough. I'll find out.

Scott