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YOU mean the single bottle one person is allowed to bring on board for a cruise of between 4 and 100 days?

NOT everyone has the time to respond to Thousands of posts and a normal new cruiser might need information brought to their attention now. Maybe this venue is not really for the the general public that will be taking a cruise for the first time or for the limited informed.

I get that impression from the tunnel visioned additude I am beginning to see here.

In consideration of my earlier POST'

I would like to add that not everyone monitors this web site on a daily basis.

My original post listed at 8:30 AM, TODAY and has 1100 hits. The change in the Holland AM. policy is NOT known by all cruisers AND many hundreds did not see the earlier threads. This problem NEEDS to be kept in front of these posts so ALL newcomers know the current information. There are MANY potential future cruisers who have not read NOR intend to read the fine print that stipulates this change in policy.

Shoving this information to the back of the bus only helps Holland America get away with this insulting change.

I have been a loyal HAL passanger for 17 years and I would continue without this assault on my rights.

This is just a profit center that they want to increase...period. They have also increased to "corkage" to $20.00 a bottle. IF I elect to have dinner in my cabin AND have a bottle of wine I brought on board, is it fair to charge me $20.00 for my ability to open my own bottle in my own room?

We just returned fro 19 days on the Eurodam in the Baltic and Norway. As things are now, this will be the LAST HAL ship we step on.

HAL has lost another couple with 3 stars for good.

According to Holland America's web site and other conformations, Holland America will NO LONGER allow unlimited wine to be brought on board. Starting Feb. 1 st. 2014 ALL passangers will be allowed to bring on ONLY ONE 750 ML. bottle of wine each AND only at embarkation! Regardless of cruise length or location.

Holland has gone from one of the best policy's to one of the most restrictive policies in the industry.

Future cruises will be on other cruise lines which allow their customers the freedom of their own decisions.