Everything.. Norwegian Viva/Prima class #2

[romalley99]

On 12/15/2022 at 5:49 PM, BirdTravels said:

Nope. Dec 6 appears to be the one and only continental US cruise of the Viva. After that, she goes to San Juan and never returns to the continental US (at least the current advertised schedules through the end of 2025).

 

From Nov 27-Dec 6 will be PR/Media/TA cruise(s) (Prima did one to Halifax) and then a repositioning cruise from NYC to Miami. 

 

It doesn't quite look like there will be time for a repositioning cruise from NYC to Miami. It'll very highly likely be a 4 day from NYC (invite only) and then 2 days down to Miami (without ant guests) and then two 2/3 day Inaugurals from Miami to island and back, plus a night onboard for shoreside employees. 

 

[BirdTravels]

On 12/16/2022 at 1:49 PM, PATRLR said:

Thanks for the sanity check on my observation.  Much appreciated.  I've booked that week.  Will @BirdTravelsbe on that week?  We know how the Bird seems to enjoy inaugurals.

The Bird has not decided on Viva yet. The Birds loves a good inaugural. The Birds have been on the "maiden" voyages of all of the BA and BA+ ships (maiden = first revenue voyage after christening), except the Joy. We were supposed to be on the first US voyage of the Joy to Alaska, but NCL slipped it a week for more PR cruises and the new date conflicted with a RCCL cruise we had booked. The Birds were on the "maiden" voyage of the Symphony of the Seas; and the maiden/very first revenue voyage of the Wonder of the Seas earlier this year. The Birds were on the first post-pandemic North American restart cruise for both NCL (Encore out of Seattle) and Royal Caribbean (Adventure of the Seas out of Nassau)... which were totally different experiences. 

[BirdTravels]

3 hours ago, romalley99 said:

 

It doesn't quite look like there will be time for a repositioning cruise from NYC to Miami. It'll very highly likely be a 4 day from NYC (invite only) and then 2 days down to Miami (without ant guests) and then two 2/3 day Inaugurals from Miami to island and back, plus a night onboard for shoreside employees. 

 

Yeah.. by "repositioning" I meant a 2-day dead head NYC to MIA. Since NCL is going through the effort of brining the ship into NYC, I figured the 27th is a write off disembarking the TA followed by a couple of days in NYC followed by a Canadian PR cruise is about all the time they had. Kinda like the Prima. 

[pinklady65]

9 hours ago, JIMESOPUS said:

This was posted on another thread, thanks @Crazy planning mom 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BEETLEJUICE-to-Play-Norweigian-VIVA-Cruise-in-2023-20221217

This is very exciting news, thanks for sharing

 

[Steff79]

to collect here all:

 

 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BEETLEJUICE-to-Play-Norweigian-VIVA-Cruise-in-2023-20221217

 

@FreestyleNovice everything ok? misses posts from you since a while

[sjacobs11]

It looks like Viva will be done earlier than they anticipated as there are now sailings as of August 10th, which brings up the inaugural sailing by two weeks!

[SpacemanSpiff]

2 hours ago, sjacobs11 said:

It looks like Viva will be done earlier than they anticipated as there are now sailings as of August 10th, which brings up the inaugural sailing by two weeks!

Without looking at the NCL site (too many crises at the office today!), are those "public" sailings, or are they of the "lets send out the TAs and VIPs on a pre-cruise cruise" variety?

Edited December 19, 2022 by SpacemanSpiff

[sjacobs11]

23 minutes ago, SpacemanSpiff said:

Without looking at the NCL site (too many crises at the office today!), are those "public" sailings, or are they of the "lets send out the TAs and VIPs on a pre-cruise cruise" variety?

They're publicly available sailings. A 9-night from Venice to Lisbon on August 10th and a 7-night from Lisbon to Rome on August 19th.

Edited December 19, 2022 by sjacobs11
"on" August 19th.

[SpacemanSpiff]

2 minutes ago, sjacobs11 said:

They're publicly available sailings. A 9-night from Venice to Lisbon on August 10th and a 7-night from Lisbon to Rome August 19th.

Thanks.  As someone who's been on pins and needles after the last set of cancelations (we're on the 9/13/23 sailing), I am glad to hear this!

Edited December 19, 2022 by SpacemanSpiff

[sjacobs11]

23 minutes ago, SpacemanSpiff said:

Thanks.  As someone who's been on pins and needles after the last set of cancellations (we're on the 9/13/23 sailing), I am glad to hear this!

We are on the sailing before you, so happy that it'll be done and some of the kinks can be worked out before our voyage.

[bluesea777]

We booked the Viva TA (16-27 Nov 2023, 11 days from Lisbon to New York) back in September. And now this cruise has disappeared from NCL.com - I saw it last week but it disappeared around mid-last week.

 

mmmmm .... wonder why ..... maybe they're changing the itinerary???

 

 

[JIMESOPUS]

1 hour ago, bluesea777 said:

We booked the Viva TA (16-27 Nov 2023, 11 days from Lisbon to New York) back in September. And now this cruise has disappeared from NCL.com - I saw it last week but it disappeared around mid-last week.

 

mmmmm .... wonder why ..... maybe they're changing the itinerary???

 

 

Hope not we are booked on that cruise also, wait this is NCL maybe they will contact us on 11/15/2023 and give us a update. 

[bluesea777]

1 hour ago, JIMESOPUS said:

Hope not we are booked on that cruise also, wait this is NCL maybe they will contact us on 11/15/2023 and give us a update. 

The Prima is doing a TA from BCN on Nov 20 …

 

We’ll see …. 🤓

 

 

[JIMESOPUS]

@bluesea777 If the TA does get changed to a more northern path, say starting from Southampton or Amsterdam then you can count me out, but as we all know the NCL site gets glitchy at times.

 

Have a Merry Christmas

 

Jim   

[bluesea777]

49 minutes ago, JIMESOPUS said:

@bluesea777 If the TA does get changed to a more northern path, say starting from Southampton or Amsterdam then you can count me out, but as we all know the NCL site gets glitchy at times.

 

Have a Merry Christmas

 

Jim   

Yeah, that also counts us out! We have been on several TAs and prefer the southern ones. 
 

[RVACruiser43]

3 hours ago, JIMESOPUS said:

Hope not we are booked on that cruise also, wait this is NCL maybe they will contact us on 11/15/2023 and give us a update. 

No way, they would wait until embarkation day and hand out a flyer at checkin.

[Sea Monster 2]

5 hours ago, bluesea777 said:

We booked the Viva TA (16-27 Nov 2023, 11 days from Lisbon to New York) back in September. And now this cruise has disappeared from NCL.com - I saw it last week but it disappeared around mid-last week.

 

mmmmm .... wonder why ..... maybe they're changing the itinerary???

 

 

Hmmm, we’re on that one, too, and have never done a TA. It still shows in our app, but you’re right, nothing online.

[JIMESOPUS]

1 hour ago, RVACruiser43 said:

No way, they would wait until embarkation day and hand out a flyer at checkin.

This is NCL we are chatting about, what do they say .. " read the fine print " 

[SpacemanSpiff]

2 hours ago, RVACruiser43 said:

No way, they would wait until embarkation day and hand out a flyer at checkin.

Don't laugh. It could be worse.

 

[BirdTravels]

4 hours ago, RVACruiser43 said:

No way, they would wait until embarkation day and hand out a flyer at checkin.

That's what they did on the Prima's first voyage from New York. The crew knew a few days in advance, but the passengers were notified at check in that the itinerary was changed. 

 

Showing up in Bermuda at 5:30 at night, closing the shops and casino, is pretty useless. 

Edited December 20, 2022 by BirdTravels

[RVACruiser43]

1 hour ago, BirdTravels said:

That's what they did on the Prima's first voyage from New York. The crew knew a few days in advance, but the passengers were notified at check in that the itinerary was changed. 

 

Showing up in Bermuda at 5:30 at night, closing the shops and casino, is pretty useless.

My comment was based on what happened to us on the Gem Thanksgiving cruise 2012.  Concierge handed out itinerary changes when we were in the Haven terminal waiting area.  Charleston SC was dropped and an overnight added in Port Canaveral.  Not my choice to stop there to begin with, then the Thanksgiving day GSC was cancelled and we left right away.  Would have been better to stay in the warmer area of GSC just to enjoy the warm weather,  sigh 

[FreestyleNovice]

On 12/18/2022 at 7:50 PM, Steff79 said:

@FreestyleNovice everything ok? misses posts from you since a while

 

Still here!  Awfully busy with the offline life heh. 

[JIMESOPUS]

7 minutes ago, FreestyleNovice said:

 

Still here!  Awfully busy with the offline life heh. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New year !!!!

[BenCoudon]

On 12/20/2022 at 2:20 AM, RVACruiser43 said:

My comment was based on what happened to us on the Gem Thanksgiving cruise 2012.  Concierge handed out itinerary changes when we were in the Haven terminal waiting area.  Charleston SC was dropped and an overnight added in Port Canaveral.  Not my choice to stop there to begin with, then the Thanksgiving day GSC was cancelled and we left right away.  Would have been better to stay in the warmer area of GSC just to enjoy the warm weather,  sigh 

 

Similar situation occured to me.  NCL Sun, June 2016.  Few days prior to boarding in Seaward, Alaska, I read comments that Skagway stop was cancelled. It appears that people that booked with a Travel agent were informed of the change but no one else received an email about that.  Sure enough, at the time of check-in in Seaward, I was given a flyer informing us about the change.  I was fortunate that I was still within my 48 hours deadline to cancel the private tour booked for Skagway.  As I never heard about similar situations since 2016,  I assumed that NCL had improved their communications to inform passengers about changes to the cruise.  As for cancelling a cruise once already on the ship, no needs to repeat what happened to lots of us in March 2020 due to the covid shutdown.  

[bluesea777]

Yup, the TA itinerary got changed - to a more southernly route. Got the email today ...

 

Dear Valued Guests and Travel Partners,

On behalf of Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), we thank you for your loyalty and for making us your vacation of choice.

We have important information regarding your upcoming November 16, 2023, sailing aboard the new Norwegian Viva. Travel Partners are asked to share this information with impacted guests.

We are committed to delivering exceptional vacation experiences around the world. While it is always our intention to maintain original itineraries, at times unforeseen circumstances require us to make modifications. As a result of fleet redeployment, your itinerary has changed and your voyage will now end in Miami, FL. The revised itinerary is as follows:

 

 

Guests who are impacted by this change have the following options:

1. Sail the amended itinerary above, disembarking in Miami, FL and receive a 10% discount of the voyage fare originally paid, inclusive of all previously selected promotions. If this is the preferred option, no further action is required. Final itinerary, invoice and reservation details will be shared by January 20, 2023.

OR

2. Cancel the current reservation and rebook at later date. Guests who choose this option must contact us no later than January 18, 2023. In the U.S. and Canada, guests should call 1-800-327-7030, visit www.ncl.com or contact their travel advisor. Guests residing outside of the U.S. and Canada, should visit www.ncl.com for local contact information. Upon cancelation, guests will receive a full refund that will automatically be returned to the original form of payment. The refund will be processed within 30 business days of cancelation and will be returned within 7 to 10 business days following the processed date. The visibility of the funds is dependent on the guest's financial institution's internal policies.

-If the current reservation was paid utilizing a Future Cruise Credit (FCC), 100% of the FCC used will be re-applied to the guest's Latitudes account. No further action is required. The FCC will be automatically added within seven business days of cancelation.

Guests who do not contact us by January 18, 2023, will have their reservations adjusted to the first itinerary option which includes modified ports of call and disembarkation in Miami, FL, in addition to receiving the referenced 10% discount.

We want to do the very best for you, so in addition to the above, all impacted guests will receive a 10% discount on a future cruise combinable with all available promotions at the time of booking, regardless of the option selected. The 10% discount will be added to your Latitudes account and will be available as of January 20, 2023. This discount can be applied towards sailings from January 20, 2023, through December 31, 2024.


SHORE EXCURSION NOTICE
Shore excursions booked through NCL for Funchal, Portugal, and Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda will be automatically canceled, and a full monetary refund of the fare paid will be returned to the form of payment used at time of reservation; no further action is required. Shore excursions booked through NCL for Ponta Delgada, Portugal will be automatically adjusted to the new dates and times in port; no further action is required. If you are interested in booking new excursions for your upcoming vacation, please login to your MyNCL account or contact us directly at (866) 625-1167. TRAVEL DOCUMENTS
Depending on nationality, guests may require a passport and/or a visa to visit certain ports of call. All necessary documentation should be printed and available to present at check-in on embarkation day. Guests who fail to obtain these documents will be denied boarding. For more information on the necessary documentation to sail and for all ports of call, please visit www.ncl.com/freestyle-cruise/cruise-travel-documents. Requirements and policies are subject to change.

YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY
We have updated our protocols to further align to those of the broader travel, leisure and hospitality industry worldwide, making it easier for guests to return to sea with us. As such, we welcome all guests to sail with us, regardless of vaccination status and age, and with no testing or masking requirements. For additional information on our health and safety protocols, please visit www.ncl.com/sail-safe.

Please note that destination specific travel requirements supersede any NCL embarkation protocols. As such, we strongly encourage you to visit www.ncl.com/travel-requirements-by-country to ensure you are in compliance and avoid any chance of being denied boarding. We encourage you to check these sites often, as regulations change frequently and with very short notice.

We sincerely appreciate your understanding and look forward to welcoming you aboard the beautiful new Norwegian Viva for your dream vacation at sea!

As always, we are at your service.

Sincerely,

Katty Byrd
Senior Vice President, Guest Services