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Nita - I'll try to explain the bus situation a little better. When we arrived back to the port the ship pulled into a different terminal thus requiring bus service to the parking lot. After waiting for the bus (not a long wait) and loading our luggage we thought we were going to be taken to the parking lot much like at an airport where the driver would make several stops. We were wrong. We were on the side road next to the parking lot and the driver stopped and said that he could not take us into the parking lot, that buses weren't allowed inside the lot. This surprised and upset everyone on the bus. Anyway, he opened the door and got off the bus. Those riding the bus followed. He unloaded all of the luggage and left us all standing there. I don't know if this is a port rule or if the driver didn't want to go into the parking lot. I have to believe that there is some kind of a rule about this as I can't understand why a driver would drop us outside the lot. And not just outside but on a grassy plot of grass so that rolling the luggage was not an easy task. My husband, along with others, walked to the lot and returned with the car. Don't get me wrong, it's not like we were a mile away or anything, it's that it was a very dangerous situation and one that just added the icing to the cake.
The comment about not going on another NCL cruise comes from the frustration that I experienced. Maybe, if the price was right and the ship was new, I would try NCL again. At this time I choose to spend my cruising $$s on the cruiselines that I enjoy more than NCL and to experience some of the lines that I haven't sailed yet. NCL will always hold a special spot in my heart as our first cruise was with NCL.
Happy Cruising!
Pat

<blockquote data-quote="Cruisinpat" data-source="post: 710934">Nita - I'll try to explain the bus situation a little better. When we arrived back to the port the ship pulled into a different terminal thus requiring bus service to the parking lot. After waiting for the bus (not a long wait) and loading our luggage we thought we were going to be taken to the parking lot much like at an airport where the driver would make several stops. We were wrong. We were on the side road next to the parking lot and the driver stopped and said that he could not take us into the parking lot, that buses weren't allowed inside the lot. This surprised and upset everyone on the bus. Anyway, he opened the door and got off the bus. Those riding the bus followed. He unloaded all of the luggage and left us all standing there. I don't know if this is a port rule or if the driver didn't want to go into the parking lot. I have to believe that there is some kind of a rule about this as I can't understand why a driver would drop us outside the lot. And not just outside but on a grassy plot of grass so that rolling the luggage was not an easy task. My husband, along with others, walked to the lot and returned with the car. Don't get me wrong, it's not like we were a mile away or anything, it's that it was a very dangerous situation and one that just added the icing to the cake.The comment about not going on another NCL cruise comes from the frustration that I experienced. Maybe, if the price was right and the ship was new, I would try NCL again. At this time I choose to spend my cruising $$s on the cruiselines that I enjoy more than NCL and to experience some of the lines that I haven't sailed yet. NCL will always hold a special spot in my heart as our first cruise was with NCL. Happy Cruising!Pat</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cruisinpat, post: 710934"] Nita - I'll try to explain the bus situation a little better. When we arrived back to the port the ship pulled into a different terminal thus requiring bus service to the parking lot. After waiting for the bus (not a long wait) and loading our luggage we thought we were going to be taken to the parking lot much like at an airport where the driver would make several stops. We were wrong. We were on the side road next to the parking lot and the driver stopped and said that he could not take us into the parking lot, that buses weren't allowed inside the lot. This surprised and upset everyone on the bus. Anyway, he opened the door and got off the bus. Those riding the bus followed. He unloaded all of the luggage and left us all standing there. I don't know if this is a port rule or if the driver didn't want to go into the parking lot. I have to believe that there is some kind of a rule about this as I can't understand why a driver would drop us outside the lot. And not just outside but on a grassy plot of grass so that rolling the luggage was not an easy task. My husband, along with others, walked to the lot and returned with the car. Don't get me wrong, it's not like we were a mile away or anything, it's that it was a very dangerous situation and one that just added the icing to the cake. The comment about not going on another NCL cruise comes from the frustration that I experienced. Maybe, if the price was right and the ship was new, I would try NCL again. At this time I choose to spend my cruising $$s on the cruiselines that I enjoy more than NCL and to experience some of the lines that I haven't sailed yet. NCL will always hold a special spot in my heart as our first cruise was with NCL. Happy Cruising! Pat [/QUOTE]