Mad dash for Vibe passes on Joy

[jlowe420]

Hey everyone, sorry in advance if this question has been asked and answered recently.  I only ask because I know all of you fine people know this answer right off the top of your heads and you are seasoned travelers who love to help fellow passengers!

My ex-GF didn't really like the cruises all that much and so this year I had started looking into land vacations when we broke up.  All the better, I'll use this as my opportunity to go out and do the vacation the way I want.  On a whim I booked the Feb 2nd sailing of the NCL Joy to the ABC islands and a partial panama canal transit.  I'm super excited but now starting to wonder if I've broken off more than I can chew for a first solo/singles trip.

 

My last 3 cruises had all included rooms in the Haven, which we all know are wonderful.  I really was trying to watch costs this time (saving the money for the casino) so I booked a GTY balcony cabin.  This is going to force me to get out in those public areas and socialize with the common folks -- which include me!

 

Ok, this turned into more of a story than I was hoping.  So long story short i really really want to try to get vibe passes.  I'll be at port very early and am a gold member so assuming I'll be let on sort of early, though not in the first several waves.  In the past cruises on the Escape where we did get vibe passes, we bought them down one floor in headliners.  So I made it a point to break off from the esort and run down there.

 

Do we know where they sell them on the Joy?  Is it still the comedy club down on 6 or guest services?  Just want to make sure I'm prepared to dart to exactly the correct place and there's not a whole lot of info out there on Joy.

[Two Wheels Only]

1 hour ago, jlowe420 said:

So long story short i really really want to try to get vibe passes.  I'll be at port very early and am a gold member so assuming I'll be let on sort of early, though not in the first several waves. 

 

Have you seen/read about NCL's Priority Access program? You pay for it but it does allow you to Priority Boarding after Haven, Ambassador, Platinum, etc. but before general boarding. 

 

Click HERE

 

It's still a rather new program and results are "mixed" since some port employees aren't familiar with it. If all goes correctly, you should check-in/board similarly as you did when you sailed in the Haven. 

Edited January 14, 2020 by Two Wheels Only

[jlowe420]

Thanks i did see that!   It was 259 and the vibe will be about 259 and i just couldn’t justify that much expense only for the vibe.  I’m just going to chance it and haul butt down to headliners!

[CRAustin]

So is it comedy club or guest services?  Also, does concierge get on with Haven or Priority?

[jlowe420]

On 1/22/2020 at 12:36 PM, CRAustin said:

So is it comedy club or guest services?  Also, does concierge get on with Haven or Priority?

These are great questions.  I think I found a video where they were doing it in the comedy club which was headliners on escape.  That means it's down a flight and in the middle of the ship.  I'll be preparing to run as fast as possible!

 

I have several competitive bids in on haven rooms - they were already sold out when i booked.  I didn't look at concierge class.  I would guess you would board in a first group after platinum and haven.