{"id":8246,"date":"2011-05-23T01:39:57","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T08:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=8246"},"modified":"2011-05-23T01:39:57","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T08:39:57","slug":"norwegian-promotion-epic-entertainmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=8246","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Promo Timely Fit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8247\" href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/2011\/05\/norwegian-promotion-epic-entertainmen\/epic-top-deck-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8247\" title=\"Epic-top deck\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Epic-top-deck.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a>During the weekend, we had an email from a friend who, for the purpose of confidentiality, must remain genderless. Our friend is planning a spousal surprise, to celebrate a milestone birthday. A cruise, their first. Where to go? Which line? Which ship? How long?<\/p>\n<p>You know what happens when you make recommendations, for cruises or concerts or coffee houses. The sea is rough. The band&#8217;s too loud. The coffee&#8217;s too strong. And it&#8217;s always your fault, or feels like it.<\/p>\n<p>Well, we know a little about the taste of our friends. They like music and entertainment. They like being casual. They like flexibility.<\/p>\n<p>Coincidentally, we received news of a cruise promotion yesterday, between innings of the ball game we were watching. It was from Norwegian, something called a &#8220;Freestyle Dash&#8221; that starts tomorrow. Special savings. Up to $250 to spend on the ship. Reduced deposits. Spa treatments, etc\u2026you can check them out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.com\/\">NCL&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For us, the fit was perfect. Norwegian&#8217;s freestyle atmosphere is casual and flexible. There&#8217;s lots of entertainment, especially on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ncl.com\/ship\/epic\">Epic<\/a>. The email back to our friend reflected our\u2026ouch, recommendation.<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t tell the spouse, okay?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the weekend, we had an email from a friend who, for the purpose of confidentiality, must remain genderless. Our friend is planning a spousal surprise, to celebrate a milestone birthday. A cruise, their first. Where to go? Which line? Which ship? How long? You know what happens when you make recommendations, for cruises or&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=8246\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Norwegian Promo Timely Fit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,25,36,19,15],"tags":[72,204,86,35,29,126],"class_list":["post-8246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-people","category-reviews","category-ships","category-stories","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-ship-entertainment","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-epic","tag-norwegian","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}