Informative vid! Was on a TA cruise back in May on the Getaway. And we've booked this cruise on the Joy in January. Hoping to get in snorkeling, somehow. 💁♀️
Thank you for watching the video and are glad you found it informative! If we remember right Belize and Cayman Islands had snorkeling excursions. A TA cruise is on our bucket list. We will definitely have to look into the Getaway. What was your favorite thing to do/memory from the cruise?
@@travelwithdande I enjoyed the food immensely and we went in with low expectations because we are hobby cooks. It is hard to say what my favorite thing was because this was my first cruise. I enjoyed the cocktails, the hot tubs (it was April/May so weather could be questionable across the Atlantic), our balcony and meeting folks. We also enjoyed our excursions which were NCL. Next time, we'll do our own thing or private tours.
Just watched your informative video as we’re doing the same cruise in November. It looked great, it was really good to see the excursions so we can decide what we want to do. Must say, we didn’t think the food looked up to much, not as good as other NCL cruises we’ve we’ve been on. Thanks for the content anyway, very useful 👍🏻
Thank you for your comment! We loved the cruise. The staff were fabulous from our cabin steward to the officers. We really enjoyed our excursions. We had planned to do the hop on hop off bus on our own in Cartagena but I'm so glad we booked through NCL. The traffic there is unbelievable. We wouldn't have been able to do the things we did on the tour. I'm glad you mentioned food. We liked most of the dishes we ate but weren't in love with some of it. Since you have cruised with NCL before we are very interested to know what you think about the food after your cruise. We are planning to do more cruises with NCL so please let us know.
@@travelwithdande Thanks for getting back I’ll let you know how we got on when we’re home again 👍🏻 I forgot to mention that it was also useful watching your video and seeing how people were dressed.
My wife and I are NCL Platinum cruisers. Not retired yet but hopefully in 5 years. We have cruised mostly Bahamas, Eastern and Western Caribbean's. We have also gone to Alaska. We are hoping to go to Europe but we know it is very expensive. Living in south Florida we have thought about doing a Panama Cannel cruise. I have noticed that you have done an excursion at every port, I know that could add up so just wondering which ports to do an excursion or just get off the ship and walk the port. As Platinum rewards members we get 4 specialty dinners (including free at sea) and of course open bar. We have also been to Harvest Kay and would probably stay on the ship for that stop.
Hi.. can you explain the tender process.. do you just line up or do you have to get a nunber and or time to board the tender and if so where do you get it. Thanks
Sure, on the Gem, they have everybody with an excursion to meet at the stardust theatre at a certain time. Then they send off groups of people by excursion. They sometimes give you a sticker with a bus number if everybody boards buses. If you are not taking an excursion from NCL, they let you go off first. It’s pretty orderly so it all goes well. We never had to wait a long time in line. Hope this answers your question.
Hello. I enjoyed your video and found it very informative as we will be taking this same cruise in November. I do have a question did you book you excursion at the Panama Canal thru NCL. If so what is it called. If not who was it booked thru. Thank you so much.
We are so glad you liked the video! This excursion was through NCL. When we booked it, it was Panama Canal by Ferry. We were too nervous to book through a private site since it was such a long excursion. We have watched too may videos of cruise ships leaving passenger that weren't back from excursions that weren't booked through them. Haha! We were late coming in because of a delay with the Panama Canal pilot boarding the ferry. Since we booked through NCL they waited for us. Let us know what your experience on the excursion was when you get back. Have a great cruise!
Informative vid! Was on a TA cruise back in May on the Getaway. And we've booked this cruise on the Joy in January. Hoping to get in snorkeling, somehow. 💁♀️
Thank you for watching the video and are glad you found it informative! If we remember right Belize and Cayman Islands had snorkeling excursions. A TA cruise is on our bucket list. We will definitely have to look into the Getaway. What was your favorite thing to do/memory from the cruise?
@@travelwithdande I enjoyed the food immensely and we went in with low expectations because we are hobby cooks. It is hard to say what my favorite thing was because this was my first cruise. I enjoyed the cocktails, the hot tubs (it was April/May so weather could be questionable across the Atlantic), our balcony and meeting folks. We also enjoyed our excursions which were NCL. Next time, we'll do our own thing or private tours.
Loved this video!
So glad you liked it!! It was a lot of fun to put it together!! Thanks for the feedback!! Are you planning to do the same cruise?
I love their French Onion soup is so good.
It absolutely is tasty!! Thanks for checking out the video!!! Did you go on the NCL Gem or another NCL ship?
@@travelwithdande we were on the breakaway
Just watched your informative video as we’re doing the same cruise in November. It looked great, it was really good to see the excursions so we can decide what we want to do. Must say, we didn’t think the food looked up to much, not as good as other NCL cruises we’ve we’ve been on. Thanks for the content anyway, very useful 👍🏻
Thank you for your comment! We loved the cruise. The staff were fabulous from our cabin steward to the officers. We really enjoyed our excursions. We had planned to do the hop on hop off bus on our own in Cartagena but I'm so glad we booked through NCL. The traffic there is unbelievable. We wouldn't have been able to do the things we did on the tour. I'm glad you mentioned food. We liked most of the dishes we ate but weren't in love with some of it. Since you have cruised with NCL before we are very interested to know what you think about the food after your cruise. We are planning to do more cruises with NCL so please let us know.
@@travelwithdande Thanks for getting back I’ll let you know how we got on when we’re home again 👍🏻 I forgot to mention that it was also useful watching your video and seeing how people were dressed.
@@sukijay4990 Glad the video helped!! Thanks for checking out our channel!!
My wife and I are NCL Platinum cruisers. Not retired yet but hopefully in 5 years. We have cruised mostly Bahamas, Eastern and Western Caribbean's. We have also gone to Alaska. We are hoping to go to Europe but we know it is very expensive. Living in south Florida we have thought about doing a Panama Cannel cruise. I have noticed that you have done an excursion at every port, I know that could add up so just wondering which ports to do an excursion or just get off the ship and walk the port. As Platinum rewards members we get 4 specialty dinners (including free at sea) and of course open bar. We have also been to Harvest Kay and would probably stay on the ship for that stop.
Hi.. can you explain the tender process.. do you just line up or do you have to get a nunber and or time to board the tender and if so where do you get it. Thanks
Sure, on the Gem, they have everybody with an excursion to meet at the stardust theatre at a certain time. Then they send off groups of people by excursion. They sometimes give you a sticker with a bus number if everybody boards buses. If you are not taking an excursion from NCL, they let you go off first. It’s pretty orderly so it all goes well. We never had to wait a long time in line. Hope this answers your question.
Hello. I enjoyed your video and found it very informative as we will be taking this same cruise in November. I do have a question did you book you excursion at the Panama Canal thru NCL. If so what is it called. If not who was it booked thru. Thank you so much.
We are so glad you liked the video! This excursion was through NCL. When we booked it, it was Panama Canal by Ferry. We were too nervous to book through a private site since it was such a long excursion. We have watched too may videos of cruise ships leaving passenger that weren't back from excursions that weren't booked through them. Haha! We were late coming in because of a delay with the Panama Canal pilot boarding the ferry. Since we booked through NCL they waited for us. Let us know what your experience on the excursion was when you get back. Have a great cruise!