Lady Arwen

Deck 18 is the Sanctuary. A crew member will be in attendance to help you. If you’re late getting there, unfortunately you will be turned away. It books up very quickly. We try to get there by 10:30 to 11:00 am and even then we’ve been disappointed. A 6pm boarding time is very late, but it’s worth trying. Good luck!

That’s awesome to hear! Fingers crossed for us, too……cannot wait!

We never, ever eat in the buffet. Over the years we’ve seen so much disgusting behaviour. There’s many other places on the ship to eat, so we don’t miss it one bit. People can be so ill mannered!

Thanks for sharing your experience on Enchanted. We’ll be sailing on her in August and looking forward to it so much. We pre purchased the Premier package and were able to book our two complimentary Specialty Restaurants and 5 more paid in advance reservations without a problem. We didn’t want to be disappointed waiting until we board to make reservations. We’re hoping to book the Sanctuary for our entire voyage, but you just never know how successful you’ll be. Sounds like you enjoyed the Retreat pool, which is a great option. It may be our option, too! We booked one of the far forward cabins with a huge balcony just in case. Glad to hear you enjoyed your cruise and I wish you many more lovely days at sea.

You have absolutely no problem whatsoever! Happens to us every single time. Please relax and enjoy your cruise.

You certainly can! Easily exchanged at any Canadian bank.

Me, too. I used to enjoy reading his posts. Didn’t always agree with him but always respected his opinion.

Thank you for the update. I completely understand your frustration with this entire debacle. I sincerely hope your dad can finally get a resolution and a refund. Please keep us in the loop!

If I’m in an interesting port that I’m enjoying walking around, why would I feel the need to run back to the ship to eat an average, at best, meal in the buffet or grill, when I can enjoy the local cuisine at a lovely restaurant with great food and wine? Just because I feel the need to eat the free stuff onboard? That would be a hard “No”!

I was thinking the same! Zaandam was our first HAL cruise 22 years ago.

The balcony cabin would have to be assigned to one passenger. One inside cabin to one passenger. BOTH would pay double for solo occupancy. The other inside would be assigned to two people and would pay standard double occupancy rate. So, double the price for the balcony, double the price for the inside and double occupancy for the other inside. You are virtually paying for six passengers. This would be expensive, but if’s that’s not an issue, go for it.

Unfortunately, seniors and those with compromised health issues, cannot afford to be quite so blasé. Easy for you, perhaps, but not so much for many others.

We wash our hands always before eating or drinking. We avoid the buffet completely. Rarely eat in the MDR. Take the stairs when possible. Avoid the showroom if crowded. We generally stay to ourselves as much as we can. We try to get loungers in the Sanctuary, which is quite effective when you desire distance from others. Happy to say we have never had Noro or Covid on land or at sea. We’re very aware of the possibility of viral and bacterial cross contamination, so we do what’s necessary to mitigate our exposure.

I assume you would have to ask your steward for the use of their vacuum cleaner so that you could pack them flat again to take them home.

We have Premier for our upcoming Enchanted sailing and the app recognized our package and we did not have to pay. It zeroed out amount to pay. Some people report a glitch when they tried it and others had no problem.