Mommyof9 Posted July 22, 2020 #1 Share Posted July 22, 2020 We have booked a 7 night cruise to the eastern Caribbean in 2021. NCL offers excursion credits and specialty dining packages for guests 1 & 2 for free. How much are the excursion credits per port? Is the dollar amount for our cabin or for each of us? How do the specialty dining packages work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted July 22, 2020 #2 Share Posted July 22, 2020 49 minutes ago, Mommyof9 said: We have booked a 7 night cruise to the eastern Caribbean in 2021. NCL offers excursion credits and specialty dining packages for guests 1 & 2 for free. How much are the excursion credits per port? Is the dollar amount for our cabin or for each of us? How do the specialty dining packages work? $50 per port per cabin for excursions. For specialty dining, you make reservations 120 days prior to cruise. Most restaurants are a la carte. You get appetizers, a single entree, an desserts. A limited number of items (like lobster);have an upcharge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budget Queen Posted July 22, 2020 #3 Share Posted July 22, 2020 It depends specifically on the terms you booked. Go to your Latitudes account and check the details of what you booked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
complawyer Posted July 22, 2020 #4 Share Posted July 22, 2020 the excursion credit is $50 per cabin not per person. if you are a platinum or plus you get an additional 15% off the price also. most of the time i dont even bother to make a dinner reservation until im on the ship unless its teppanyaki. they usually book out 1st as there is limited seating. your key card will have the dinner package imprinted already. just show it when you are done with the meal and you wont get billed for that meal. you cab buy additional meals, but i figured the total cost of a dinner at say cagney's vs additional dinner packages, and it doesnt seen worth the price. hope this helped you out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casofilia Posted July 22, 2020 #5 Share Posted July 22, 2020 @complawyer if you are a platinum or plus you get an additional 15% off the price also. Not totally true; 10% Silver to Platinum and then 15% Platinum Plus Discounts On Shore Excursions4 10% 10% 10% 15% 20% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
complawyer Posted July 22, 2020 #6 Share Posted July 22, 2020 sorry for the misinformation. promise i'll do better next time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanBill Posted July 22, 2020 #7 Share Posted July 22, 2020 On specialty dining: It will cover your entire meal for restaurants that are pay one price, such as Moderno and Teppanyaki. Most others have gone a la carte pricing, and your dining package covers one entree, but in some venues there will be some premium menu items that are a further cost even for dining package meals. Then what you get included is still, it seems, controversial. The terms and conditions aren't completely clear and people were still reporting different interpretations and experiences as of February. In some cases it was salad or appetizer, one side, and one dessert. Other said it was unlimited sides and dessert. I don't think we will be sure until we get new reports when cruising returns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drvmywifecrzy Posted July 22, 2020 #8 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Also under current conditions no advance reservations are allowed. It may or may not return once sailings resume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DCGuy64 Posted July 22, 2020 #9 Share Posted July 22, 2020 1 hour ago, drvmywifecrzy said: Also under current conditions no advance reservations are allowed. It may or may not return once sailings resume. Could you explain that? My understanding from others is that you have to book online once the 120 day window starts or you risk not being able to get a table. Are you saying they're doing away with that? Thanks. Love your handle, BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drvmywifecrzy Posted July 22, 2020 #10 Share Posted July 22, 2020 19 minutes ago, DCGuy64 said: Could you explain that? My understanding from others is that you have to book online once the 120 day window starts or you risk not being able to get a table. Are you saying they're doing away with that? Thanks. Love your handle, BTW. My understanding is that yes they have currently suspended that process. Mainly because they do not know if dining areas have special rules like 25% capacity versus the ship can sail at 50% capacity. If too many make reservations for a particular restaurant that puts them out of compliance then what do they do. So for the time being no advance reservations may be made. Everyone would be on equal footing theoretically when they get on the ship. No under the old method they did not book 100% of the time slots in advance online anyhow. I don't know the % held back but you could still get reservations on board and even potentially during the cruise on the day of, etc. Of course summer cruises sailing full on mega ships were more difficult then low season but going forward who knows what will be high and low season LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kierste Posted July 22, 2020 #11 Share Posted July 22, 2020 I booked all my dinners for my November cruise (that may or may not be cancelled), so advanced reservations are still taking place. They may be limiting how many are available in advance however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budget Queen Posted July 22, 2020 #12 Share Posted July 22, 2020 18 hours ago, complawyer said: the excursion credit is $50 per cabin not per person. if you are a platinum or plus you get an additional 15% off the price also. most of the time i dont even bother to make a dinner reservation until im on the ship unless its teppanyaki. they usually book out 1st as there is limited seating. your key card will have the dinner package imprinted already. just show it when you are done with the meal and you wont get billed for that meal. you cab buy additional meals, but i figured the total cost of a dinner at say cagney's vs additional dinner packages, and it doesnt seen worth the price. hope this helped you out! It depends on their terms. There have been some promotions that shore excusion credits were for each passenger. The Platinum shore excursion is 10% not 15%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budget Queen Posted July 22, 2020 #13 Share Posted July 22, 2020 13 hours ago, casofilia said: @complawyer if you are a platinum or plus you get an additional 15% off the price also. Not totally true; 10% Silver to Platinum and then 15% Platinum Plus Discounts On Shore Excursions4 10% 10% 10% 15% 20% 20% Ambassador 10% for Silver and gold as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalaziza Posted July 22, 2020 #14 Share Posted July 22, 2020 6 hours ago, PelicanBill said: On specialty dining: It will cover your entire meal for restaurants that are pay one price, such as Moderno and Teppanyaki. Most others have gone a la carte pricing, and your dining package covers one entree, but in some venues there will be some premium menu items that are a further cost even for dining package meals. Then what you get included is still, it seems, controversial. The terms and conditions aren't completely clear and people were still reporting different interpretations and experiences as of February. In some cases it was salad or appetizer, one side, and one dessert. Other said it was unlimited sides and dessert. I don't think we will be sure until we get new reports when cruising returns. A bit off topic but,***** Please tell me that this is not the "Bill Abrams - Rochester, NY" that use to work at Cooper Vision in the 80's in the Maintenance Dept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted July 22, 2020 #15 Share Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, drvmywifecrzy said: My understanding is that yes they have currently suspended that process. Mainly because they do not know if dining areas have special rules like 25% capacity versus the ship can sail at 50% capacity. If too many make reservations for a particular restaurant that puts them out of compliance then what do they do. So for the time being no advance reservations may be made. Everyone would be on equal footing theoretically when they get on the ship. No under the old method they did not book 100% of the time slots in advance online anyhow. I don't know the % held back but you could still get reservations on board and even potentially during the cruise on the day of, etc. Of course summer cruises sailing full on mega ships were more difficult then low season but going forward who knows what will be high and low season LOL Hmmm,,,, as far as we know, there were no suspension of that process. We recently were able to book all specialty dining for our October cruise. Since this was a re-book of a cancelled March cruise, all of the reservations were made well into the current corona virus shutdowns. There were no restrictions. "Special rules like 25% capacity" are pure, unsubstantiated speculation. Edited July 22, 2020 by BirdTravels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanBill Posted July 23, 2020 #16 Share Posted July 23, 2020 1 hour ago, crystalaziza said: A bit off topic but,***** Please tell me that this is not the "Bill Abrams - Rochester, NY" that use to work at Cooper Vision in the 80's in the Maintenance Dept. @crystalaziza nope! I am an IT Guy. But I know another Bill Abrams who was a farmer out east of Rochester near me... who married a woman who grew up next door to my wife. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoCruiseFan Posted July 23, 2020 #17 Share Posted July 23, 2020 8 hours ago, drvmywifecrzy said: Also under current conditions no advance reservations are allowed. It may or may not return once sailings resume. We were able (just last week) to make advance reservations for our upcoming cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalaziza Posted July 23, 2020 #18 Share Posted July 23, 2020 10 hours ago, PelicanBill said: @crystalaziza nope! I am an IT Guy. But I know another Bill Abrams who was a farmer out east of Rochester near me... who married a woman who grew up next door to my wife. Weird. If he was a pig farmer, That's the one! So funny and sorry to have bothered you, but put a smile on my face just the same! Have a great day!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanBill Posted July 23, 2020 #19 Share Posted July 23, 2020 3 hours ago, crystalaziza said: If he was a pig farmer, That's the one! So funny and sorry to have bothered you, but put a smile on my face just the same! Have a great day!! Fantastic! Love finding a random connection. You have a great day too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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