canadianbear

@kazu What a shame about your dinner being sub par. Our escargot on our recent cruise was delicious & we had it several times. We had late dining & our waiters were fantastic. I hope you will report to maître de or do a report on the App. Do you think the waiter maybe was sea sick? If not he has no excuse.

Raiatea I think was my favourite snorkel excursion. Hope my video works. MVI_4636.mov

@BermudaBound2014 Videos so far are great! Wish we could have done them from the ship-you had premium & it still didn’t work right?

@kazu I am so glad you enjoyed staying at the Riverside hotel-it has been our go to when we cruise from Ft Lauderdale. The front desk staff are wonderful-when our flight got cancelled in November & we had booked 3 nights but didn’t get there so stayed only 2, they didn’t charge us for the night we missed. Not sure if it’s because we’ve stayed there several times in the past or if it’s just their great customer service.

We always stay at the Riverside when cruising out of Fort Lauderdale. Love the location. Close to restaurants, water taxi stop, Starbucks, a pastry store right across the street and more. We try to go a few days early as I enjoy their pool as well with bar service right there. We were there one year just before Christmas and they had Las Olas Blvd closed for vehicle traffic for several blocks with Christmas market & entertainment right near the hotel. Was so nice walking there with no traffic.

Bon Voyage! Your friend and you will treasure your time together. Probably lots of laughs & quite a few drinks!

We also listed all our ports even if we didn’t get off the ship.

I would never have thought of that but it makes sense with all having the same address. I know Nexus can be very strict. Sorry this has happened to you but it is a good reminder to all.

Looks like a fun cruise-Bon Voyage!

Such sad news, I’m so sorry. You and your Dad had great times together and he will be watching over you and I’m sure he hopes you’ll continue to cruise.

lol. Yup, I knew it was a risk but he survived! I let him win a lot at cards too 😂😂

As the other poster stated, have a read through the live thread of the recent 35 day South Pacific cruise. We were on it & enjoyed it-was the longest one we have done. MrBear was getting bored on the last “zillion” sea days back to San Diego but we played a lot of cards etc. The weather is unpredictable but for us, the first few days from San Diego were a bit rough for some but we didn’t find it too rough-cool yes, but not too rough, we did not miss any ports due to weather but did miss Fanning Island because of a medical emergency. Nuka Hiva was the one port we weren’t sure we’d get into as that had rough seas but the Captain waited it out and the tenders made it in. We really enjoy the Koningsdam and have been on it a lot. I am also one that prefers to cruise rather than do a long flight to get somewhere. Hope this helps you somewhat. I’d do this cruise again in a heartbeat but only you can decide if you’d get bored or not like the entertainment (which did lack).

Sorry to hear this. I’m sure it’s always a hard decision for the Captain but we all know safety comes first.

Sounds like you’ve settled right in!!! Have a wonderful time!

We had a few “brunch at sea” on our recent South Pacific cruise. It messed up a lot of people who went down for breakfast in the MDR only to find it was “brunch” and not open yet as it was set hours. I will attach the menu we had.