DCGuy64

Thank you, @njhorseman, that's exactly the table I was looking at earlier today. There's always the possibility Bermuda will relax its requirements over the next 4 months, but I'm going to assume this will be the SOP unless I hear otherwise.

Check out many of the dining code threads, you'll always find those who say things like "I should be able to wear shorts and a T-shirt to dinner I'm on vacation!" - and that's what people wear to the places I mentioned. I was just at the beach last week, FYI. 😉

I agree with absolutely everything you said. 100%. I am 58 years old but I've held the same view about society cascading downward since I was 15 years old. It's always funny to me: as you say, the "let it all hang out" crowd gets really testy if someone disagrees. Why are they so bothered when people like us decide to dress up and feel good about it? Not to worry, stick to your guns and know there are others out there like you. Even if I'm traditional in my sartorial ways, I was also taught to be kind and polite to people. So if I'm decked out in my tuxedo and a chap next to me is wearing shorts and a baseball cap, I'm very likely to strike up a conversation with him and buy him a drink!

100% agreed. I'll never understand why some people think wearing the same clothes to a fancy restaurant as they'd wear to the beach or a baseball game is OK, but there we are. Anyway, our next cruise is in December (north Atlantic) and I'm pretty sure I won't be wearing ANY shorts for the duration of the cruise. I'd freeze to death!

I promise! 😄 And I'll ask our trusty TA to keep a lookout in case of further price drops, in case we can take advantage of any FCC. Thanks for that tip!

Also meant to chime in, @BermudaBound2014 that I agree with you this is great news for NCL. The vaccination requirement had been holding some folks back, and removing this requirement should be good business for NCL!

Thank you, you have such a good memory! We actually made our final payment earlier this morning, and our travel agent was able to get us a couple of price drops, the last one being sometime last week. Very excited to see that, actually!

Thank you, yes I'm aware of the ransom, I mean $40 fee. 😁 Since we're on the ship for over a week before arriving in Bermuda, we'll have to (as I understand it) show proof of a negative test before embarking in Lisbon and another one en route 2 days before, when we'll still be at sea. I'm sure NCL will have testing available onboard. From what I've read, Bermuda won't allow an unsupervised self test.

Thank you! Yes, we still have 4 months to go, but just in case, I put a reminder in my calendar for 30 days before we arrive in Bermuda so I can get that travel authorization done (assuming it's still in effect, of course).

Thank you for this helpful thread. We are doing a transatlantic cruise with NCL in December, so we'll be getting a test before embarkation and another one 2 days before arriving in Bermuda. I'll check around on CC but it seems we have to go online and get the Bermuda travel authorization on our own, i.e. it's not done through NCL, as I understand it.

Like the OP, joins and posts on the same day. If I had a dime for every time I saw that, LOL.

^^^ This Cruise Critic, where total strangers argue about things that haven't even happened, but are 100% sure they will, and that their predictions will pan out completely. 6 pages of comments and counting. Wow. No wonder we all need a vacation. 🙂

Thanks for the helpful post. We aren't sailing until December so by then, I hope the maintenance has been completed.

Agreed.

We stayed at the Hotel Aliados and loved it, great central location and a good value. Hotel is beautiful.

Haha, good solution, I like it! You can get these things for pretty cheap in the UK. This one's only 22 quid: https://*****.com/yeyr69jp It might be worth investing in one of these for doing video chat and taking pictures. Have a great cruise!

That's what I was thinking. It would seem logical that anyone savvy enough to navigate this site should have no issues with NCL, but I could be mistaken. Anyway, glad for the OP that the crisis has been averted.

We flew into Miami last September same day as the cruise, no issues whatsoever. This was using NCL's BOGO airfare, which was way cheaper than what we could have gotten on our own. Got there in plenty of time. We were flying from DC. We DID have an issue flying into SJ back in 2017 for an RCI cruise, but that was when we'd used frequent flyer miles and did it ourselves. Flying in a day early wasn't an option for us due to the required number of miles. It was same day or none.