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Seems good. Is the Continental Breakfast delivered into your room ?

It's a very short menu for room service delivery only early morning. It is free, but only coffee, juice, tea, and some assorted pastries.

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Hi,

Thank you for posting all this wonderful and helpful information!!!

We are traveling on the Jade August 25, from Southampton doing an almost identical itinerary.

 

Was there an extra room service charge for having coffee in the room in the mornings?

Thank you,

Gull

Continental breakfast (coffee, juice, pastries) is no charge for room service.

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You do know who owns and operates this site?

 

 

 

Registrant Name: TripAdvisor LLC Legal Department

 

Registrant Organization: TripAdvisor LLC

 

 

 

Everyone here is on the TripAdvisor platform. That said I do find it strange how may posters here seem willing to settle for what the company says. Several just make the best of your cruise comments, it is your money you should not need to just make the best of a cruise that has not even started yet.

Just stating the difference in the people on either platform. This posting will be read by cruising minded people. I love the trip advisor for hotel reviews, as all those posters have stayed in a hotel.

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Thank you for the support! I posted this on TripAdvisor as well and I got some very angry folks telling me it was all my fault and I got what I deserved. Whereas on this forum everyone has been amazing, can’t thank everyone enough. You have all made me feel so much better :)

 

 

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People on this forum are cruisers. Been there, done that, and have more booked. We understand the situation. The crowd on Trip Advisor is mostly wanna be travelers and armchair quarterbacks (sorry, Loo Goalies in the U.K. vernacular) that have never even seen a cabin on a cruise ship. Pay them no mind. Just make the best of it all.

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True! Due to the Oceana being an older ship, the cabins tend to be smaller than the newer ones so there might be some positives to having this perhaps disjunctive room. However I'm sure as people understand, it would be preferred if we could have the Queen layout cabin that we thought we would have. :)

Just keep you mind focused on your intention. You wish to have a balcony and a twin bed. Period! Put it out to the universe. Do not question what has happened. It happened for a reason. Maybe you will truly enjoy the circumstance as it appears now. Or, something other will happen that is ultimately better than your perceived outcome. Maybe an Owners Suite becomes the only available cabin due to a no-show. Whatever will be, will be. Go without resistance, and everything will work out for you. You will have the best time, if that is what feel it is, then it will all work out.

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5-Element style Acupuncture works wonders on removing sciatica and piriformis nerve pain.

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Hi I have a question regarding the escape. I wanted to make sure I have the correct email for setting up the M&G.

groupeventescape@ncl.com. I have sent 2 and no response from them thanks

Use specialeventsescape@ncl.com Same for all NCL ships (just sub any ship name) for the group coordinator.

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Yeah, I booked directly through NCL. I saw on this post it was either Marriott or Aston, but I'd like to know for sure where we will be staying, what time we can check in that Friday, arrangements for getting to the port the next day, etc and wasn't sure if NCL would email, would post somewhere on my account, or when this information would be relayed.

If you have never been, book the Pearl Harbor excursion. They pick you up at the hotel, do a nice tour (including USD Arizona Memoral by boat), then they take you to the gangway to board You leave your luggage in the hotel room. It magically appears later at your cabin door. Smoothest boarding I ever had.

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Fjording in August. Great info here. Thanks

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Say hi to Monica at Almaplena. And Bella, your personal beach dog[emoji190], for the day. I highly recommend Almaplena. Been there many times. Your taxi fare is included, so, one cab or two matters not. No seatbelts or boosters. Also, almost zero traffic. All very long back roads. Almost a thrill ride, though. The roads are a little tougher than you are probably used to. But don’t worry. The cabbies are very experienced. Enjoy.

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Check with Uber. I think I saw something about requesting a car seat. Not positive. Just a thought. Good luck.

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Hi

 

 

 

I will be cruising in Norway in August 2018 and am seeking advice on what shore excursions to plan and how/where to book locally.

Are you doing the NCL Jade, August 12th? We are. If you are, get on the roll call. We will be having fun.

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If you must carry a lot of items, putting them in any bag or purse is not the most secure. Fishing shirts and cargo shorts are my usual travel/boarding attire. Pockets everywhere....

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30+ cruises and lessons learned. Drivers license, Passport, copy of passport (carried in my water wallet, anytime we go ashore), credit card, and cash. That is all we need. You don’t need a printed boarding pass. Everything else is in both our cell phones and iPads. I store maps, plans, excursion emails and receipts, and pretty much anything we could need, all digital. Disembark paperwork (mostly done away with now for customs), and the poot and sneeze documents are there where you need them. So, on your next cruise, see how much of all that paper ballast you actually use, and how much you can just carry in your smart phone.

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Congrats! We finally took an upsell offer last month for our Royal Princess cruise. I wonder if accepting one offer will get us tagged to get more. It was only our second one out of 21 cruises on Princess.

Upsells are a baiting game. They get you in a better cabin, and you are spoiled. Next time, you book that category, they try to move you up again. Worked on me. Can’t, not have that balcony, or better, ever again. Worst thing now, on NCL, it has all gone to a third party bidding process, with no immediate gratification. The upgrade fairy has died.

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I really resent the whole "its the attitude" argument. I have chronic vertigo. I can get sea sick rolling over in my own bed at night. It has nothing to do with my attitude and everything to do with how my ear canals function. On the other hand I can operate my phone while my DH drives the car and it rarely makes me sick. But put me on a small craft--erg. I have even gotten sick while lying on a float at the lake!

Seasickness relates to ocean motion. What you have does not really equate to this thread Sorry that you have to go through life like that, without the benefit of the cruising.

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Ain’t gonna do it. And, you can’t make me.

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How many days are there till Armageddon? I’ll never cruise that cattle call cruise line again. If you don’t know any better, please take a cruise on RCCL, NCL, or, Celebrity. Carnival is a trailer park at sea.

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A place to eat, pub grub so to speak, is Lulu's:

http://www.luluswaikiki.com

 

Turn left on Kalakaua coming out of main entrance, just a block or so on same side of the street.

It is Hawaii! Expect all prices to be double what you expect. $12 hamburger was tasty but hard to swallow!

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I am looking at a promotion by NCL that includes a precruise hotel in Honolulu. The description says "a free night at a Waikiki Beach hotel before your cruise (normally from $235 per person)".

 

 

 

Does anyone know which hotel it would be?

NCL put us in the Marriott on the 15th floor overlooking Waikiki beach. Nice suite. We watched the Pride pull in on second morning. Just left the luggage in our room, and it made its own way to our cabin. Overall, it was perfect.

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It can take up to 72 hours for the email/link to appear. And yes, if they booked with a TA, some of them have opted out of the program. Unfortunately there is no list saying who has and who hasn't opted out.

Some of the PCCs at NCL will still help with upgrades. Sometimes, even better than the bidding. Depends on how booked it is.

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Sure miss the Upgrade Fairy. This bidding stuff sucks. And, it seems that loyalty is no longer a factor. Platinum don’t mean squat anymore. Worse, it starting your vacation in a negative, depressed state of mind. I sail tomorrow, in a cabin that already seems like a let down. Way to go NCL. Buzz kill.

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I just coordinate the M&Gs, and provide a fluid spreadsheet that roll call members can edit and join events as they wish, for the fun of it. Any perks are a plus. But the main perk is the fun of a group of Happy cruisers, having a couple of organized events to attend with those they have already been communicating. Have made many long-lasting friendships from CC.

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I was in the engine ion on the carrier USS Nimitz. We rarely felt motion down on the bottom decks. Whenever we had a 'newbie' in a group chat situation, we would all start swaying in unison. Just a given thing. Usually, it became a 'sick' initiation. So, yes, a lot of it is in the head.

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I got to be immune to motion sickness. Having been in the Navy. Then lived on my own 40 footer for seven years. And umpty squat number of cruises later. But, if someone is calling Ralph within earshot, or the unmistakeable scent, I join right in. Have always been a joiner.

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