Norway

[Baystate]

You've all probably have read this some where else by now, but the Norway is not stopping at Lands End. She is heading straight for Bremerhaven, Germany. This is great news. I always thought why stop in England, NCL would only be wasting time.

 

[Baystate]

I've just read on another site that the Norway is in the English Channel just northwest of France.

 

[newmexicoNita]

Baystate, you are getting me too excited. I knew about the transporting to Germany and agreed. The first reports seemed to indicate, prior to leaving Miami, they didn't know who was going to do the repairs. Guess the decision has been made. Thank God. Do you notice all those who have negative feeling about her are postive she will never sail again. Could it be, they just want to say "I told you so" Those of us who feel positive are honest enough to admit we do not have a clue and realize anything can happen. I am sure you read the article in the Miami Herald with all kinds of ifs and maybes and probably nots. If the Norway reaches Germany by Wed or Thurs as planned. They can take a week to investigate and give an estimate; that still allows them 2 months for repairs and over a week to get her back to Miami. Some say the insurence will only pay to get her back in her old condition; that is only partially true. That's like saying if your house burns down the insurence will only cover putting everything back the way it was, old heating system, original plumbing, and so on. It depends on how much insurence you are carrying. That's my lecture to the world of cruise boards for today. Or at least for the next couple of hours.

Nita

 

[Baystate]

NewMexicoNita,

I know just what you mean. I am getting so tired of people being so negative. They don't know anything more than we do, and why are they so bent on convincing the rest of us she won't sail on time or ever again. I do feel that NCL wouldn't just throw any date out there. They must have some sort of real time line.

 

[newmexicoNita]

We do share the same views on this for sure. I am willing to bet at least one rep from the Germany shipyard inspected the damage before she left Miami. It is unlikely the NCL reps and the shipyard reps simply talked on the phone and came up with a rough idea on how long it would take and how much it would cost to do the repairs. Of course, as we have said, anything can happen, but NCL would have just simply scraped her and collected the insurence money if she wasn't repairable. That's my thought; by the way according to CC board she may be a little ahead of schedule in arriving in Germany. She is somewhere near Belguim now. Let's just keep watching the same boring cam until we see something exciting.

Nita

 

[aanowako20]

Nita and Baystate, not all of us who feel so negative about NCL think that the Norway will never sail again. I for one will never sail on any NCL ship because I feel that their customer relations department and NCL did a very poor job of handling this. When a cruise is cancelled within 90 days and you have to find another cruise that can be afforded and pay it in full on the same date because you booked 8 months earlier because it is the only week all year you can cruise, it is very difficult. And when you find out your cruise is cancelled 2 months prior to even hearing that your refund may have been sent, it is very difficult o believe NCL is doing anything to make people happy. All they care about is making money. You can tell that they honestly do not care if any of the thousands of people that got screwed out of a cruise ever sail with them again, and it shows. Think what you want about people who are upset, but I can assure you that not everyone hopes that the Norway will never sail again just to say "I told you so." That is an awfully big statement to make. I personally hope the Norway does sail again, but I also hope NCL learns how to deal with people better than they currently are. It is a huge tragedy that the ship had an explosion and lives were lost. I send my prayers and thoughts to the families who lost the life of a loved one in the explosion every day, but accident or not, NCL is responsible for that ship! They should be doing more than they are to compensate people who are now without a cruise. I have found one, but some people cannot afford to sail anything other than they Norway. I feel very badly for those people. I believe NCL needs to change the way they handle this type of situation, and I hope they can learn from this. You can call me crazy if you think that, but I can assure you that most retail places would agree with me, it is not the initial sale that matters, it is the repeat sales that make the difference. NCL needs to change the way they come off to the public as they may have had an initial sale with many people, but now they are giving them their money back, and they will never see another sale to those people. Not good business to come off with the attitude that they do not care what happens to you even though your vacation may have been rude. I am very upset with NCL, but I would like to see they Norway sail just as much as anyone who claims to be happy with the way NCL is handling the situation.