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amyandgreg
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Posted: Wed Jan 24th, 2007 11:10 pm | 176th Post |
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Catnip wrote: amyandgreg wrote: 4/1/07 to Hawaii, 10 hour direct flight
7/28/07 to Bermuda/Bahamas with no kids 
2/6/08 to the S. Caribbean on the new Gem
All on NCL.
WOW!!! Sounds like you've got some great cruises planned!!!!! I'm jealous. :out of it:
Yeah, we're excited. I'm hoping the kids (5&9) handle the flight to HI well. The summer one with no kids will be awesome, a week on the Dawn. The NCL CC card is great.
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Posted: Wed Jan 24th, 2007 11:34 pm | 177th Post |
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We've got an American Airline CC, so we get frequent flier miles! Aren't they great!
Have you always cruised on NCL? My first cruise way back in 81 was on NCL.
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Posted: Wed Jan 24th, 2007 11:53 pm | 178th Post |
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RCCL once, our first. 2X on Carnival with no kids, 2X on NCL with kids. Amy also did a one nighter on the Dawn to show her Mom what it's like.
With the kids fresstyle works great for us. We really like the RCCL cruise on the then-Nordic Empress, but the set dining was a little problematic with a young child. Now that we have 2 NCL CCs we pile up the points and it makes'em cheaper.
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Posted: Thu Jan 25th, 2007 04:23 am | 179th Post |
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| Going 2/18/07 on the NCL Dawn and 1/26/08 on HAL Noordam.
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Posted: Thu Jan 25th, 2007 01:00 pm | 180th Post |
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Hi Jodi!
Do you typically cruise once a year? My mom and I go every spring, usually around the end of March/first part of April.
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Posted: Sun Feb 11th, 2007 01:55 am | 181st Post |
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| We leave on the Liberty on February 25th! Can't wait-only 2 weeks! Probably the Miracle Next February or March. This is my 3rd cruise-all with Carnival
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Posted: Sun Feb 11th, 2007 02:03 am | 182nd Post |
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| Finally . . . the Liberty, 10/13/07!! Cindy, I'll be waiting on your report! :D
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Posted: Sun Feb 11th, 2007 02:29 am | 183rd Post |
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hstrybuf wrote: Finally . . . the Liberty, 10/13/07!! Cindy, I'll be waiting on your report! :D
You betcha!
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Posted: Sun Feb 18th, 2007 11:08 pm | 184th Post |
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Hi:
We are on the NCL Dawn on 8/18/07, with our kids, age 12 and 9.
We are also on the NCL Dawn 10/26/07 for a 2 night, without the kids.:D
We are staying in the same AB suite (our first time in a suite) for both cruises!
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Posted: Mon Feb 19th, 2007 12:49 am | 185th Post |
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That sounds great, Jim! I've never been lucky enought to stay in a suite!!!!!
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Posted: Mon Feb 19th, 2007 12:57 am | 186th Post |
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Catnip wrote: That sounds great, Jim! I've never been lucky enought to stay in a suite!!!!!
Last year on the NCL Spirit, we had all 4 of us in an inside. It was 3 lower beds and 1 upper. It was a great cruise. The cabin was way too crowded with wall to wall beds.
The AB suites on NCL are 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living and dining area, and balcony. We also get to have the services of a butler. I am told that the suites are great. This will be a big change for us. It seems like a long way away!
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amyandgreg
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Posted: Mon Feb 19th, 2007 03:00 am | 187th Post |
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jimswims wrote: Catnip wrote: That sounds great, Jim! I've never been lucky enought to stay in a suite!!!!!
Last year on the NCL Spirit, we had all 4 of us in an inside. It was 3 lower beds and 1 upper. It was a great cruise. The cabin was way too crowded with wall to wall beds.
The AB suites on NCL are 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living and dining area, and balcony. We also get to have the services of a butler. I am told that the suites are great. This will be a big change for us. It seems like a long way away!
The ABs are awesome. For us the butler was no big deal, we only had coffee delivered in the AM.
Have fun.
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jimswims
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Posted: Mon Feb 19th, 2007 03:21 am | 188th Post |
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amyandgreg wrote: jimswims wrote: Catnip wrote: That sounds great, Jim! I've never been lucky enought to stay in a suite!!!!!
Last year on the NCL Spirit, we had all 4 of us in an inside. It was 3 lower beds and 1 upper. It was a great cruise. The cabin was way too crowded with wall to wall beds.
The AB suites on NCL are 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living and dining area, and balcony. We also get to have the services of a butler. I am told that the suites are great. This will be a big change for us. It seems like a long way away!
The ABs are awesome. For us the butler was no big deal, we only had coffee delivered in the AM.
Have fun.
My wife and I are looking forward to the space and also to having a hot breakfast delivered in the am while the kids sleep in. I hear that the tub is also great
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Posted: Mon Feb 19th, 2007 04:07 am | 189th Post |
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| Wow! Those suites sound nice! We had our first suite on Carnival last year but it was nothing like these.
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Posted: Mon Feb 19th, 2007 02:47 pm | 190th Post |
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amyandgreg wrote: jimswims wrote: Catnip wrote: That sounds great, Jim! I've never been lucky enought to stay in a suite!!!!!
Last year on the NCL Spirit, we had all 4 of us in an inside. It was 3 lower beds and 1 upper. It was a great cruise. The cabin was way too crowded with wall to wall beds.
The AB suites on NCL are 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living and dining area, and balcony. We also get to have the services of a butler. I am told that the suites are great. This will be a big change for us. It seems like a long way away!
You will love the AB. We got an upsell to one in 4/05 and became spoiled. We had one this past November also, that I booked outright. They are great for traveling with kids, lots of room. The butler service is a great perk as well as the conceirge. They make all your dinner reservations for you as well as arranging that you are the first off the ship at all ports of call.
We had an AC suite on the Spirit last week which is the same as the AB without the extra bedroom and bath as we left the teens home. While onboard we booked the Spirit again for May 19th also in an AC, I can't wait
The ABs are awesome. For us the butler was no big deal, we only had coffee delivered in the AM.
Have fun.
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Posted: Mon Feb 19th, 2007 02:49 pm | 191st Post |
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amyandgreg wrote: jimswims wrote: Catnip wrote: That sounds great, Jim! I've never been lucky enought to stay in a suite!!!!!
Last year on the NCL Spirit, we had all 4 of us in an inside. It was 3 lower beds and 1 upper. It was a great cruise. The cabin was way too crowded with wall to wall beds.
The AB suites on NCL are 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living and dining area, and balcony. We also get to have the services of a butler. I am told that the suites are great. This will be a big change for us. It seems like a long way away!
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #daece5"You will love the AB. We got an upsell to one in 4/05 and became spoiled. We had one this past November also, that I booked outright. They are great for traveling with kids, lots of room. The butler service is a great perk as well as the conceirge. They make all your dinner reservations for you as well as arranging that you are the first off the ship at all ports of call.
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #daece5"We had an AC suite on the Spirit last week which is the same as the AB without the extra bedroom and bath as we left the teens home. While onboard we booked the Spirit again for May 19th also in an AC, I can't wait
The ABs are awesome. For us the butler was no big deal, we only had coffee delivered in the AM.
Have fun.
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jimswims
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Posted: Mon Feb 19th, 2007 03:04 pm | 192nd Post |
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Wow! It looks like you love the "suite life" Annie 
You have been on the Dawn and the Spirit a number of times too. We loved our cruise on the Spirit, the cabin options for 4 not great though.
My wife and I are really looking forward to the AB on the Dawn in August and again in October for the 2 day.
I read on the other board that there is a rumor that the Dawn may replace the Majesty in Boston when the Majesty leaves NCL. This would make us very happy.
Last edited on Mon Feb 19th, 2007 03:07 pm by jimswims
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Posted: Mon Feb 19th, 2007 03:27 pm | 193rd Post |
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I finally booked another cruise and we will be on the Navigator of the Seas for a Transatlantic leaving from Southampton England in November 5, 2007!
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Posted: Mon Feb 19th, 2007 03:37 pm | 194th Post |
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jimswims wrote: Wow! It looks like you love the "suite life" Annie
You have been on the Dawn and the Spirit a number of times too. We loved our cruise on the Spirit, the cabin options for 4 not great though.
My wife and I are really looking forward to the AB on the Dawn in August and again in October for the 2 day.
I read on the other board that there is a rumor that the Dawn may replace the Majesty in Boston when the Majesty leaves NCL. This would make us very happy.
Well being I won't fly anymore - this really suits us leaving from NY - we're only 45 minutes from the pier. The Dawn is actually going to Miami in November and the Spirit to New Orleans then also. They will be replaced by the Gem which starts sailing in December. I am looking at the Gem for Feb '08 but right now it is a little too pricy for me. I'll see what happens when I sail in May if the prices have come down or just wait it out. We'll have to take the teens on that one and for four it's expensive.........
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Posted: Mon Feb 19th, 2007 03:44 pm | 195th Post |
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xpcdoojk wrote: I finally booked another cruise and we will be on the Navigator of the Seas for a Transatlantic leaving from Southampton England in November 5, 2007!
You lucky dog!!!!!!!! :toocool:
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Posted: Mon Feb 19th, 2007 03:45 pm | 196th Post |
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I knew about the Dawn going to Miami and the Spirit going to NO in the fall. The Gem looks nice but a bit pricy.
We also have the big new NCL ships to look forward to. I bet NYC will get one.
We take our cruises in the summer so we are waiting to see what NCL is going to do about the Spirit and The Dawn in the summer of 2008. They have not kept a ship in Fla or NO in the summer months.
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Posted: Tue Feb 20th, 2007 05:15 am | 197th Post |
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I have to tell my booked cruise story because I am so excited about it. The bad part is that it is not until Feb. 2008.
While on the Dawn last November, we booked the NCL Sun's Hawaiian itinerary for February 2008. We booked an balcony room for my husband, our two teenagers, 16 and 17 and me. We were happy with the price as the balcony room was just about the same price as an oceanview on one of the 7 day NCL Pride ships. I was very happy that it would be NCL international rather than NCL America, but not quite thrilled with the sea days to get to Fanning Island.
NCL announced they were eliminating the international Hawaiian itinerary and replacing it with the Pride of Aloha. I immediately started checking things out to see how it would impact us and found there were no balcony rooms that would hold 4 people. In addition the balcony we booked was in the front of the ship and had a very large balcony, 90+ sq feet. I looked at the varying options and couldn't find anything that looked like it would work. I knew I would have to negotiate and that is not one of my strengths.
NCL made it work by giving us a Penthouse Suite - AC. When the rep called with the news she said there was also a small price difference. I held my breath as this cruise was already costing us a lot. Not everyone's idea of small is the same. The price difference was $6 dollars less.
I called NCL today about a different issue but since I had them on the phone asked sheepishly if I could get a union discount. She said that basically I could, but the only way was to cancel my outstanding reservation, lose my $200 OBC and have to rebook. It would cost $2,000 more to book the next lowest category.
The only thing wrong with all of this is that I like to book early and then constantly check to see if the price has gone down. I know that won't be happening. I guess I'll have to book another cruise so I can check prices.
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Posted: Tue Feb 20th, 2007 01:41 pm | 198th Post |
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WOW! A penthouse suite sounds fab!!!!!!!!! I've never been in a suite before, we usually just get a outside room with a window!
I would get spoiled!!!!!! 
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Posted: Tue Feb 20th, 2007 08:27 pm | 199th Post |
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Catnip wrote: WOW! A penthouse suite sounds fab!!!!!!!!! I've never been in a suite before, we usually just get a outside room with a window!
I would get spoiled!!!!!!
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kelz66 wrote: Catnip wrote: WOW! A penthouse suite sounds fab!!!!!!!!! I've never been in a suite before, we usually just get a outside room with a window!
I would get spoiled!!!!!!
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I'm going to have to really hurt you!!!!!!  with the bunnies!!!!!!!! 
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