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Cruise Radio Rewind is all about you tackling some of your questions. Today we have Sherry Laskin from cruisemaven.com answering a question about a group cruise and Richard answering some questions about Norwegian cruise line and their bidding process. We'll

kick things off with Richard. Hey, buddy. Hey, how are you? Good, man. So the first one comes from

Ron in Nebraska. We have a trip booked on Norwegian Encore this summer. I've been hearing a lot

about bidding for an upgrade. What can you tell me about this? Nebraska, I don't even know where that is.

So here's what you need to know. First of all, you're going to love that ship, so very excited for you.

But bidding to upgrade is sort of like gambling. You will be given a chance if you're picked.

Not everyone is picked, but if you're picked, you will receive an email. And the email will say, congratulations, you've been given the chance to upgrade.

You can place a bid and there's a meter that'll tell you whether your bid is, you know,

poor, fair, good, excellent. The higher you bid, the bigger, the better the chance of you getting the upgrade.

You basically can bid for up to sort of three categories. So, for example, if you're in an inside

cabin, you will be given the opportunity to book either an Ocean View or a balcony. You may not,

you may get all three categories. you may not get all three.

It really depends on how full the ship is and what they have available.

Everybody who gets an email places their bids, and then the fun starts, because the fund is basically waiting.

You may not know until two or three

days before you get on the ship whether or not your bid has been accepted. I always tell everyone,

make sure that whatever room you have booked yourself in, not the room you're bidding on, but the

room you've booked yourself in is a room you can live with, because the chances are very, very good. You're either not going to receive a bid. The chances are very, very good. You're

either not going to receive an offer to bid or if you do bid that your bid's not going to be

accepted. So, you know, you don't want to book an inside room assuming that you're going to be

able to upgrade to a balcony because it

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