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Sorrry folks, the bolding is not carrying over on the paste. I’ll keep playing and bother the technical department if needed.

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HOLLAND AMERICA BOARD'S FUTURE CRUISE LISTING Updated May 10th, 2024 We all love to hear what cruises you are booked on. I post the Bon Voyage threads 7 days before sailing so, to be included in this: Post 3 weeks in advance so you aren’t missed. 1st cruise, anniversary, special celebration? Let us know. Details needed are in the 2nd post of this thread. Please use REPLY and not QUOTE when posting to this thread. Using 'Quote' makes a very long thread and cumbersome to read. Don’t mistake this for a Roll Call. Go to the Roll Call Section here on Cruise Critic to find your cruise & sign up. This week’s additions and changes are in BOLD and highlighted in aqua (sea colours) MAY 2024 Zuiderdam - 11-May-24 - 28 day Azores, Normandy & Baltic Jewels Harboursiders StLouisCruisers - B2B with June 8th StartrainDD erdufylla Rotterdam - 11-May-24 - 14 day Britain, Scotland & Ireland Navybikermom madera1 - celebrating DH’s upcoming 75th birthday on board Iamthesea Eurodam - 11-May-24 - 7 day Alaska Murray’s Pop Westerdam - 12-May-24 - 7 day Alaska Haljo1935 - celebrating birthday on board - B2B following Apr. 27th N Statendam - 18-May-24 - 14 day North Cape & Midnight Sun rwmiller - celebrating DW’s birthday on board Westerdam - 19-May-24 -7 day Alaska Explorer TravelE - 1st HAL cruise TAW1963 Koningsdam -250May24 - 7 day Inise Passage Alaska MrSnuffleupagus - 1st cruise with parents Volendam -25-May-24 - 7 day New England/Canada mailmama - celebration cruise with DGG & family, B2B with June 1st, 1st HAL cruise, B2B with June 1st Noordam - 26-May-24 - 14 day Alaska Round Trip Collector QuattroRomeo JUNE 2024 Rotterdam - 08-Jun-24 - 14 day North Cape & Land of the Midnight Sun Infi Volendam - 01-Jun-24 - 7 day Canada/New England Mr. Boston mailmama - B2B following May 25th Koningsdam - 01-Jun-24 - 7 day Alaska Inside Passage bundtkate - 1st HAL cruise & Alaska nw gardener N Statendam - 01-Jun-24- 14 day Norwegian Fjords & islands of Iceland & Scotland Gibble42 erdufylla Zuiderdam - 08-Jun-24 - 42 day Ultimate Viking Explorer & Passage StLouisCruisers - B2B2B following May 11th Rotterdam - 08-June-24 - 21 day Midnight Sun & Taste of Scotland Suslo Infi Westerdam - 09-Jun-24 -28 day Alaska Arctic Circle Solstice woodworker&knitter RetiredNow Cailey53 cruzn single Traveling Dot jljcruise RetiredMustang CroozinFools Oosterdam - 12-Jun-24 - 23 day Med Tapestry & Empires Lucie73821 Oosterdam - 24-Jun-24 - 21 day Med Adriatic & Italian Splendour mr. godfredo Zuiderdam - 29-Jun-24 - 21 day Viking Passage Harboursiders Koningsdam - 29-Jun-24 - 7 day Alaska Inside Passage leerathje - with dad, celebrating his 84th birthday on board, 1st time Alaska JULY2024 Westerdam - 07-Jul-24 - 7 day Alaska luvteaching - with friend for her first cruise & Alaska Zuiderdam - 20-Jul-24 - 35 day Voyage of the Vikings BetsyS cunnorl Toad cruising Katie Rotterdam - 20-Jul-24 - 14 day Best of Norway wandb Volendam - 27-Jul-24 - 24 day Canada, New England & Iceland Cruizer Bill & Cruizer Diana AUGUST 2024 Koningsdam - 03-Aug-24 - 7 day Alaska doone - family & friends’ road trip to Vancouver Westerdam - 04-Aug-24 - 7 day Alaskan Explorer Brewgirl1 - surprise birthday gift for DS Rotterdam - 17-Aug-24 - 14 day Best of Norway 0106 Zuiderdam - 24-Aug-24 - 7 day Canada & New England Crazy for Cats - B2B with Aug. 31st Westerdam - 25-Aug-24 - 7 day Alaska Explorer LAFFNVEGAS dobiemom Volendam - 20-Aug-24 - 1 day Newfoundland & New England Cruise RetiredNow1 - B2B with Aug. 31st Zuiderdam -31-Aug-24 7 day Canada/New England Crazy For Cats - B2B following Aug. 24th Volendam - 31-Aug-24 - 10 day Newfoundland & New England RetiredNow1 - B2B following Aug. 20th SEPTEMBER 2024 Westerdam - 01-Sep-24 - 53 day Majestic Japan Cruise lindaler Mickie MikeD4134 - celebrating both birthdays on board Seasick Sailor Eurodam - 07-Sep-24 - 7 day Alaska luvteaching Zuiderdam - 14-Sep-24- 7 day Canada/New England schooinmy Noordam - 15-Sep-24 - 14 day Great Alaskan Explorer vms - 1st time to Alaska & 50th state visited Zaandam - 18-Sep-24 mum6 - 1st solo cruise Eurodam - 28-Sep-24 - 7 day Alaskan Explorer Halj01935 - celebrating 34th anniversary TAW1963 Rotterdam - 28-Sep-24 - 15 day Jewels of the Baltic krittycat OCTOBER 2024 N Amsterdam - 04-Oct-24- 23 day Panama Canal & Bahamas Shih Tzu Momma - celebrating 50th anniversary on board Volendam - 05-Oct-24 - 14 Night Atlantic Coast Taters Koningsdam - 05-Oct-24 - 17 day Circle Hawaii Vict0riann N Statendam - 05-Oct-24 - 14 daylands of Legends & Eternal Cities SCabs111 - celebrating 20th anniversary on board Oosterdam - 10-Oct-24 - 10 day Adriatic Antiquities crystalspin - B2B2B with Oct. 20th & Oct. 31st Rotterdam - 12-Oct-24 - 15 day Atlantic Sojourn NextOne SUESEABE Zuiderdam - 19-Oct-24 - 21 day Perfect Caribbean Escape R/T Boston cate54 - mother & daughter birthday voyage Oosterdam - 20-Oct-24 - 11 day Mediterranean Romance crystalspin - B2B2B following Oct. 10th & with Oct. 31st Oosterdam - 20-Oct-24 - 25 day Meditteranean Romance & Spanish Farewell kazu P&PNH HELENPSL Live4cruises - celebrating 25th anniversary on board Westerdam - 22-Oct-24 - 22 day Pacific Crossing - Seattle to Sydney Hows the Serenity Rotterdam -27-Oct-24 - 12 day Panama Canal Sunfarer Himself Oosterdam - 31-Oct-24 - 14 day Spanish Farewell Nickelpenny - B2B with November 14th crystalspin - B2B2B following Oct. 10th & 20th NOVEMBER 2024 N Statendam - 02-Nov-24 - 14 day Atlantic Dream SusieKIslandGirl Eurodam - 02-Nov-24 - 15 day Bahamas Caribbean / Eastern Wayfarer Euby Cailey53 RedneckBob N Amsterdam - 03-Nov-24 - 7 day Tropical Caribbean Gsel - 1st solo cruise Rotterdam - 08-Nov-24 - 9 day eastern Caribbean chill6x6 Volendam - 09-Nov-24 - 42 day Ultimate Mediterranean & Atlantic Passage Loreto PRPLE StLouisCruisers Cruising-along Zuiderdam -09-Nov-24 - 14 day Southern Caribbean FlorenceItaly Norwegian Bliss - 10-Nov-24 - 7 day Mexican Riviera LAFFNVEGAS dobiemom N Amsterdam - 17-Nov-24 - 7 day Western Caribbean NCTribeFan - celebrating birthday on board Zaandam - 20-Nov-24 - 28 day Circle of Hawaii & Sea OV Cortez RetireNow1 Zuiderdam - 23-Nov-24 - 11 day Eastern Caribbean Wayfarer seagarsmoker wdw1972 Eurodam - 27-Nov-24 - 11 day southern Caribbean Wayfarer Cruise Suzy N Statendam - 30-Nov-24 - 14 day Caribbean Collector saturn93 N Statendam - 30-Nov-24 - 7 day Western Caribbean Archipelago Koningsdam - 30-Nov-24 - 10 day Mexican Riviera & Sea of Cortez Jacqueet DECEMBER 2024 Noordam - 08-Dec-24 - 14 day Indonesia Discovery LouCoop Koningsdam - 10-Dec-24 - 11 day Mexican Riviera 57redbird Volendam - 21-Dec-24 - 14 day Southern Caribbean Holiday Infi - 11th annual HAL Holiday cruise ? - 220De -24 -13 day Far East Holiday Discovery mr. godfredo N Statendam - 28-Dec-24 - 7 day Tropical Caribbean Lucie73821 Koningsdam - 28-Dec-24 - 7 night Mexico Holiday madera1 Rotterdam - 29-Dec-24 - 12 day Panama Canal Sunfarer Holiday pdanza22 JANUARY 2025 Zuiderdam - 04-Jan-25 - World Grand Voyage cunnorl MikeD4134 Noordam - 04-Jan-25 - 28 day Coral Triangle, Volcanoes & Great Barrier Reef SusieKIslandGirl Roz Andy&Louise BlackJack2 Texas Hikers Koningsdam - 04-Jan-25 - 7 day Baja Peninsula gknep Koningsdam -04-Jan-25 - 24 day Baja Peninsula & Circle Hawaii NCTribeFan 0106 Volendam - 04-Jan-25 - 21 day Ultimate Caribbean RetiredNow1 Oosterdam - 06-Jan-25 - 22 day South America & Antarctica dfish & Sue Eurodam - 08-Jan-25 - 21 day Western Explorer/Eastern Caribbean Wayfarer Roz Rotterdam - 17-Jan-25 - 9 day Eastern Caribbean doone - with friend Eurodam - 18-Jan-25 -11 day Eastern Caribbean Wayfarer summer slope Koningsdam - 28-Jan-25 - 18 day Circle Hawaii Kc52 - B2B2B with Feb. 15th & Mar. 22nd Cailey53 Cruizer Bill & Cruizer Diana luvtwotrvl & trvlcrzy jeh10641 Oosterdam - 28-Jan-25 - 22 day South America & Antarctica Jacqueet FEBRUARY 2025 Zaandam - 08-Feb-25 - 27 day Amazon Explorer Traveling Dot Brewgirl1 N Statendam - 08-Feb-25 - 7 day Tropical Caribbean auggiemom Eurodam - 08-Feb-25 - 11 day Eastern Caribbean Wayfarer bfury Koningsdam - 15-Feb-25- 35 day Hawaii South Pacific (Hawaii, Tahiti & Marquesas) fox02554 Overhead Fred canadianbear Kc52 - B2B2B following Jan. 28th & with Mar. 22nd crystalspin rollie cate54 Eurodam - 19-Feb-25 - 10 day Southern Caribbean Seafarer wdw1972 N Amsterdam - 23-Feb-25 - 7 day Irish All Stars Charter (FLL-HMC-St Thomas- Grand Turk-FLL) Shalandara - celebrating DH’s birthday & 30th anniversary on board - B2B with Mar. 2nd MARCH 2025 N Statendam - 01-Mar-25 - 7 day Tropical Caribbean doone - celebrating sister & friend’s birthday on board N Amsterdam - 02-Mar-25 - 7 day Joc02025 Charter (FLL- HMC- San Juan - St Maarten - FLL) Shalandara - B2B following Feb. 23rd Rotterdam - 07-Mar-25 - 9 day Southern Caribbean RedneckBob N Statendam - 15-Mar-25 - 7 day Western Caribbean Lucie73821 Huskerchick & POA1 N Amsterdam - 16-Mar-25 - 7 day Eastern Caribbean seagarsmoker Kc52 - B2B2B following Jan. 28th & Feb. 15th Eurodam 17-May-25 - ? day Alaska Barbaragirl - 1st HAL cruise, celebrating 37th anniversary o board Westerdam - 16-Mar-25 - 43 days South Pacific - Auckland -Vancouver kplady APRIL 2025 Eurodam - 02-Apr-25 - 10 day Western Caribbean Explorer Cruise Suzy - with DS & DDIL Eurodam - 02-Apr-25 - 31 day Western Caribbean Explorer & Panama Canal RetiredMustang Oosterdam - 19-Apr-25 - 25 day Western Crossing: Madeira, Morocco & Côte D’azur kazu MAY 2025 Eurodam - 03-May-25 - 7 Day Alaska Explorer Denise T dobiemom N Amsterdam - 04-May-25 - 14 day Great Alaskan Explorer Vict0riann Oosterdam - 14-May-25- 10 day Western Mediterranean Medley with Malta overnight VMax1700 - celebrating 50th wedding anniversary on board N Amsterdam - 18-May-25 - 7 night Northbound Alaska wdw1972 - with DS and DIL - celebrating their 10th anniversary JUNE 2025 Eurodam - 07-Jun-25 - 7 day Alaska Explorer jaycie622 Westerdam - 08-Jun-25 - 28 day Alaska Arctic Circle Solstice FlorenceItaly NextOne StLouisCruisers Cruising-along N Statendam - 29-Jun-25 - 28 day Arctic Circle Crossing - Greenland & Iceland StartrainDD - B2B with July 27th JULY 2025 Volendam - 12-Jul-25- 25 day Canada, New England, Greenland & Iceland Loreto - celebrating birthday on board Zuiderdam - 19-Jul-25 - 35 day Voyage of the Vikings Jacqueet crystalspin N Statendam - 27-Jul-25 - 14 day Wild British Isles StartrainDD - B2B following Jun 29th - achieving 5* AUGUST 2025 Eurodam - 23-Aug-25 - 7 day Alaska Explorer: auggiemom SEPTEMBER 2025 Noordam - 14-Sep-25 - 14 day Great Alaska Explorer Gsel Lazirus65 OCTOBER 2025 Rotterdam - 04-Oct-25-22 day Norwegian Fjord crossing Mr. Boston Vict0riann Noordam - 05-Oct-25 - 7 day Great Bear Rainforest Loreto Volendam - 07-Oct-25 - 45 day Mediterranean & Atlantic Passage Harboursiders Rotterdam - 26-Oct-25 - 12 day Panama Canal cruise seagarsmoker NOVEMBER 2025 Oosterdam - 02-Nov-25 - 15 day Cultural Crossing with Andalusia & Morocco 0106 dfish - & Sue Sharon in AZ Nickelpenny ger_77 kazu Rotterdam - 02-Nov-25 - 9 day southern Caribbean ABC Islands Euby Rotterdam -28-Nov-25 - 9 day Southern Caribbean ABC Islands wdw1972 DECEMBER 2025 Eurodam - 14-Dec-25- 14 Day Eastern Caribbean , Bahamas & San Juan Holiday Cruise Suzy JANURARY 2026 Oosterdam - 09-Jan-26 - 22 day South America/Antarctica Archipelago Rotterdam - 18-Jan-26 - 21 day partial Panama Canal & ABC Islands doone - & family & friends FEBRUARY 2026 Koningsdam -14-Feb-26 - 11 day Eastern Caribbean Windward& Leeward Islands wdw1972 Koningsdam - 14-Feb-26 - 35 day Hawaii, Tahiti & Marquesas cate54- mother/daughter cruise Koningsdam - 25-Feb-26 - 10 day Western Caribbean seagarsmoker MARCH 2026 Noordam - 06-Mar-26 - 50 day New Zealand & South Pacific Crossing Collector RetiredMustang Eurodam - 22-Mar-26 - 14 day Western & Eastern Caribbean Bahamas & San Juan Cruise Suzy APRIL 2026 Westerdam - 12-Apr-26- 29 day Japan & North Pacific Collector StartrainDD Volendam - 19-May-26 - 7 day Great Bear Rain Forest Euby HAPPY CRUISING EVERYONE! Jacqui

Today is Dia De La Madre, Hostess Cupcake Day, and National Hampster Day I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women. - Louis XIV Meal Suggestion for today - Ground Turkey with Potatoes and Spring Peas Drink of the Day - Apple Cider Margarita Wine of the Day - Butter Chardonnay Destination of the Day - Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada Today in History: 1960 US atomic submarine USS Triton completes 1st submerged circumnavigation of the globe Ship Locations Eurodam Victoria BC, Vancouver Island Canada 20:00 - 23:59 Koningsdam At Sea Destination Vancouver, BC Canada eta 05-11 Nieuw Amsterdam Homer AK, Alaska 08:00 - 17:00 Nieuw Statendam Warnemunde-Rostock, Germany 07:00 - 22:00 Noordam Ketchikan, Revillagigedo Island Alaska 11:00 - 19:00 Oosterdam Ashdod, Jerusalem-Bethlehem, Israel 08:00 - 23:00 Rotterdam At Sea Destination Rotterdam, Netherlands South Holland eta 05-11 Volendam Bar Harbor, Maine 07:00 - 17:00 Westerdam At Sea Destination Victoria BC, Vancouver Island Canada eta 05-11 Zaandam Tracy Arm/Endicott Arm, Alaska 0900-0930 Zuiderdam At Sea Destination Fort Lauderdale, Port Everglades, Florida eta 05-11

That’s my understanding - one time purchase

thanks😊 good news 🤙🏻

We are still friends 🙂.

I’m not sure if they would or not. the Mariner’s page is not that specific - not sure if an upgrade would be considered a package purchase? Two screenshots from Mariners page below. I would be tempted to call the Mariner’s Society and confirm. If they say yes, ask for an email and take the paper copy with you “in case” Honestly, I only want so many PG dinners. I wish they would let us use it as a credit off the cost of a Cellar Master or Morimoto, etc. Not free but just the appropriate amount deducted. I’ll take a Cellar Master over a PG any day of the week 😉 \

I have it added for you 🙂 Could you let me know what ship you are on please?? If you don’t reply until tomorrow and the new listing is up, please post your reply on that thread and not this one. thanks 🙂 It is Jacqui and thanks. 🙂 Nice on Hawaii 🙂. Happy to add it for you 🙂

barely an inconvenience or not, I appreciate your work and help 👍 LOL - I wondered how your cruise was already added 😂. I should have guessed. Thanks 🙂

thanks. I will get it fixed.

I don’t post my cabin number while we are cruising so you didn’t miss it. We wee in 7032

Ooops how could I have forgotten to add this? The FCC on this cruise is either incompetent or lazy. Now I know why I do not book cruises on the ship. I bought some FCD’s while on the ship - usual standard form - charge my credit card used on the cruise. easy peasy I got my Future Cruise Deposit Confirmations - all good. BUT she charged my FRIEND’S CREDUT CARD instead of mine. I’ve refunded my friend but now I have to get them to change the credit card on record in case they happen to not be used (you don’t know what the future holds). We each used our own credit cards for our on board accounts. My friend’s name is ahead of mine in the alphabet so I think she just hit the first one. I amd NOT impressed with this at all.

Final thoughts & my subjective review of the cruise: Entertainment - a huge surprise. There were some pretty dam good entertainers on this ship. i am not a big show room person, but what i did see was very enjoyable and reports i heard from others were very good. Some got thrown off by an entertainer unable to board due to passport issues but overall, it was surprisingly good. 7 pm show required arriving at least 45 minutes in advance. 9 pm show had more room but it too was pretty packed with few seats as the cruise progressed. MDR food - good to very good. The only real disappointments were the escargot and crème brûlée. while we did have some Club Orange main courses, we also had regular MDR offerings and all were quite edible 😃 Lido food - quite good and some very good - especially the Asian Chinese area, salad, sushi, etc. They did have sandwiches made to order but the same meat was offered every day and finding someone to serve you at times could be a struggle or a wait. We did not eat dinner there. pinnacle Grill - definitely a good PG. We had breakfast, dinner and 2 lunches there and all was quite good. My tenderloin was cooked to perfection and very tender. Canaletto - food was ok - good. I can’t put my finger on it but for some reason it didn’t thrill me. nothing was wrong. not sure if it was the service or what. Cabin steward - mediocre. Yes he cleaned the room but there were days certain things weren’t done and no towel animals worthy of speaking of. A big contrast from my Oosterdam cruise in 2022 (my last Neptune Suite ). My bear was posed with towel animals all the time. And they were3 terrific. Neputne Lounge Concierge - fantastic. There are no words for how good Jennika was. i did a LUK and mentioned her on my survey. Neptune Suite itself - nice - lovely space but HAl has dumbed down the suites IMO - no bath salts, no lip balm, none of the Elemis products we used to get. Hors d’hoeuvres are still offered but choices are limited, somewhat repetitive and I didn’t find the quality as good as they used to be. the saving grace for this ship is the concierge and Neptune lounge. Jennica just makes life so wonderful. one of the best concierges I have encountered - I would rate her up there with those DD DH and i had on the Prinsendam and that’s saying something. One of the things that bothered me was that there were no little shampoos and conditioner, etc for those taking a bath. you would have to stand up in the bathtub to get it as it was set high for showers unless y9u got inventive (i did0. Very dangerous iMO. Entertainment in the Mix was good overall. Different opinions on the piano man but he was entertaining IMO. The band and singer was really good. Wonderful voice. Classical music and nice to listen to music was performed every night by the instrumentalists. MDR service - once we got our table changed, our waiters Oka and Adi were fabulous. there is nothing like good service and they sure provided it. Weather was a bummer with the Arctic polar wind following us but that is not under anyone’s control. We still had fun. I think that mostly covers it? If anyone has any questions please don’t hesitate to ask.