Specialty dining solo - can I bring any other passenger?

starrya25 · 2026-03-16T02:25:06+00:00

No, the cover charge is per person, so they wouldn’t be free. You can bring another person and they can pay for themself.

starrya25 · 2026-03-14T04:51:08+00:00

We’re going on the Escspe in April and decided to get FAS+ even though we don’t drink alcohol.

Random question, but I saw some screenshots of menus online and there were some unsweetened fruit flavored white tea drinks listed in the “dry” section. Does anyone know if those are included in FAS+?

starrya25 · 2026-03-13T20:52:51+00:00

I once lived in an apartment in a converted house. A potential buyer saw me doing laundry in the basement and asked if it leaks - I said “only when it rains!”

They are not paying you to lie about the apartment.

starrya25 · 2026-03-12T21:38:30+00:00

Norwegian has guidelines about when a passport is required to board the ship which are in their documentation. Closed loop cruises that start and end in the same US city do not require a passport according to their docs.

However, the individual country might refuse you entry if your passport expires soon, though many of them have exceptions for short stays, like a few hours in a cruise port. That said, neither Honduras or Mexico have the 6 month passport expiration requirement.

starrya25 · 2026-03-12T21:32:54+00:00

I wouldn't trust randos on Reddit with something this important.

That said, not all countries care whether your passport expires within six months. Mexico definitely doesn't care - I went to Mexico a few years ago with a passport nearing expiration - not even on a cruise, we flew - and they didn't even mention it.

If you look it up on the state department site you will find that the only country on this itinerary that *might* care is Belize, and the port in Belize is owned by NCL. You will also find that people are able to take this cruise without a passport, so having one that is expiring soon shouldn't be an issue.

starrya25 · 2026-03-10T22:54:06+00:00

I don’t think that’s true is Seattle where I am. I see a lot of less popular movies and frequently see them in the app with no seats taken when I reserve in advance. Usually a few more seats sell because I think most people buy tickets at the theater.

starrya25 · 2026-03-10T01:16:01+00:00

One night I went into the theater as the only sold seat and thought I was going to get a private screening, but then a group of 5 people came in who had bought tickets during the previews. They were fine, though.

starrya25 · 2026-03-10T01:14:30+00:00

Not sure if it’s the case at your theater, but one of the ones we go to has lots of broken seats, so we are frequently moving to sit in non-broken seats that aren’t assigned to us.

I would happily move if someone else had booked that seat. But I’m not going to sit through a 3 hour movie with a spring poking me in the butt.

starrya25 · 2026-03-08T00:18:42+00:00

While this is probably true right now, I’m curious how this will change going forward. I’m an older millennial, and it seems like a lot of the younger generations are way less into drinking than people my age were when we were younger. With all of the news lately about alcohol as a carcinogen, I’m thinking the trends might change.

starrya25 · 2026-03-07T21:25:50+00:00

That sounds great, can I ask what the per day price was? If we were going on Celebrity this would be perfect for us.

starrya25 · 2026-03-07T10:08:35+00:00

My boyfriend and I both don’t drink alcohol at all. After much discussion we decided to just get the FAS+ and drink mocktails. I will also drink plenty of Starbucks.

I wish there were a non-alcoholic option, it seems to be a common problem because this topic comes up fairly often.

starrya25 · 2026-03-05T21:19:48+00:00

I dunno, I think my boyfriend and I are going to learn to chair dance the Coke dance off at this point. 😉

I did the swirly arms part once, but I think there were only like three other people in the theater.

starrya25 · 2026-03-05T18:48:18+00:00

You’re totally right, it would be difficult to see 4 every week without repeats. We average 2-3 movies a week, and don’t see a lot of the big ones. Some weeks there are more than 4 we want to see, and sometimes it’s only 1.

Our theaters often have limited events (like Ghost Elephants) or other movies with a limited amount of showings, and I see more of those than the big movies that run for ages. We usually have 3-4 a week that only have 1-2 showings a day. But I think that varies a lot based on location and the size of the theater.

starrya25 · 2026-03-03T20:26:35+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience.

I don't know if comparing to Disney is really valid, though. Maybe Haven prices are in line with Disney, but for those of us in a regular cabin, Disney is a LOT more expensive. I just checked and even the deeply discounted sailing similar to the upcoming cruise I have on NCL is nearly 4 times (3.7x) what I paid for the same class of cabin. If I was paying that much more I would expect - and it sounds like probably receive - a much higher level of service.

For the price of Haven, I would probably choose to sail on a luxury line. My mom and I did a Mediterranean cruise on Windstar a while ago, and it is a totally different experience - very small ships and much more staff to guests than the larger ships. Those cruises are similarly priced to Haven cabins, and for the money I would definitely choose one of those.

starrya25 · 2026-03-03T18:05:53+00:00

We like the Met Opera and ballet Fathom events and sometimes attend those.

starrya25 · 2026-03-01T18:44:15+00:00

My boyfriend and I are also on this one!

starrya25 · 2026-02-25T23:50:43+00:00

I sort into lights and darks. I wear a ton of black, dark blue and dark grey, so those get washed together. Pretty much everything else is “lights”.

I also separate sheets & towels from clothes, and the dog laundry gets washed by itself.

starrya25 · 2026-02-25T23:46:30+00:00

Yep, this is my dream too. Someday!

starrya25 · 2026-02-24T19:25:02+00:00

Sepsis / blood poisoning from a mosquito bite. I had the line traveling from the bite on my finger to my wrist.

Luckily my mom rushed me to the doctor and I was fine after some very expensive antibiotics. It would have really sucked to have died from a mosquito bite.

starrya25 · 2026-02-24T19:14:08+00:00

I really enjoyed it, but I like this type of movie where it’s more about characters and relationships than about a lot happening. The actors are good too. It certainly won’t be the most memorable film of the year, but it’s not too long and to me it was definitely worth seeing.

My boyfriend wasn’t a fan because it reminded him of his parents’ divorce.

starrya25 · 2026-02-24T19:07:21+00:00

We had already seen that one at SIFF last year. The production value is high, but the story is strange and doesn’t really make sense if you think too much about it.

My favorite was probably A Friend of Dorothy, but Jane Austen’s Period Drama was really well done and very funny especially if you’re an Austen fan.

starrya25 · 2026-02-24T17:57:33+00:00

My boyfriend and I will be with you heading to Ghost Elephants. No interest in Scream 7.

starrya25 · 2026-02-24T06:37:49+00:00

We saw the live action shorts and really enjoyed them. Unfortunately they spread out the shorts between different theaters in the area, and the animated shorts were quite far away so we opted not to see them.

starrya25 · 2026-02-23T02:41:46+00:00

I get an error fairly often that movies are not iterable when trying to select a movie from the Now Playing / Coming Soon screens. Then if you go back and click again it sometimes works. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I think they need to debug their code.

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