everbeentoseabilly

There was a speaker on our transatlantic cruise last November. I only went once. I didn’t find the speaker very engaging. 
There wasn’t a choir. We enjoyed our cruise and would do a transatlantic again

10 minutes ago, craig01020 said:

They must be popular because 1179 and its neighbors are not available on an Aug. 2026 cruise I was looking at. 💞

We didn’t even pick that cabin. We had a guaranteed cabin.  🤷‍♀️ 

57 minutes ago, craig01020 said:

Looks like there would be no traffic in that dead-end hallway either.

Correct!

We were just onboard a week ago for 3 weeks in 1179. It was very quiet

We thought 12:30 flight would be too tight so we are staying an extra day

We used tours by locals in Boston years ago and had a good experience. At least that tells you they have been around awhile

We got our aarp obc credit for 2 upcoming cruises! Our pcc was helpful.  The only thing that was slightly inconvenient was going through a US vpn 

We were on the zaandam for 3 weeks last year and loved it! The staff were the best!

Ladies need to check out the ladies washroom just outside the main dinning room. It’s like a huge dressing room! Weird but fun detail

Just now, JJK2008 said:

@everbeentoseabilly OMG....I'm an idiot. Duh!!!😌 Thank You.

No if you didn’t know, you didn’t know!

@JJK2008 😉 

3 minutes ago, JJK2008 said:

This is off the subject but how do you send your reply with the blue highlight of the person you're sending it to??? Thanks. 

@JJK2008 it’s the @ symbol

1 hour ago, Sailor Sam 407 said:

When I received confirmation from HAL, that my AARP membership was accepted, the following notice was included.

 

”Please allow 3 business days before making a new reservation to receive your AARP member onboard credit offer. Offer is not valid for existing bookings made prior to the validation process.”

 

I’ll be interested to see if anyone has success with an existing booking.

My pcc says it can be applied to existing bookings. I guess I’ll find out in about a week and a half since she said it takes about 7 days not counting weekends ans holidays

Looks like we have it sorted!  We have been verified. Although my pcc said it is only for one trip per year which I didn’t see anywhere. 

I also have an email into my HAL ppc. We’ll see….

I just went through it with my TA ( he is in The states). He said it might only

work for new bookings. 

I keep getting an error message when I try to get the form to fill out with HAL

Thanks for the idea! Just joined the aarp and sent emails to get the obc 🤞

Hello. We were on the zaandam last august/september. 3393 and 3374 were not updated but 3424 was. 

19 minutes ago, mhb1757 said:

We board this week (Wednesday) in Vancouver. I was sure I had read somewhere on this board that HAL had a luggage drop near the check in area that you could enter from the street level so you didn’t have to go down the big ramp and wait in that long line and then go back up to street level to check in. 
I can’t find that info anywhere now so was that just wishful thinking on my part?  Any info from folks that have departed from Vancouver recently would be appreciated. 😁

We have embarked 3 times in Vancouver and had to drop bags in the parking area down the ramp. There are elevators as well. 

2 hours ago, Sprocket said:

Thank you!  Bit nervous I’ve used Alaska for more than 25 years but with all the extra fees and Canadian exchange I decided to give them a try.  
 

We are cruising a total of 33 days so the 2 free checked bags is a nice perk.  But really looking forward to the no middle seat on their planes.

We love the 2 seat rows and the drinks and snacks are good too. The cookies come from a bakery near our home, but I like the almonds better. The only problem with Porter is sometimes it is hard to get a direct flight to where we want to go. 

We have been flying Porter lately and really like it! 

We for sure used it on embarkation day. I don’t think we used it on disembarkation day

Options. We have stayed at the fairmont water front, the auberge and the paradox. All were very nice and we walked to the port

from all

2 minutes ago, Musigurl said:

Thanks -- that's what I thought -- frustrating that they are claiming otherwise.

 

I'm hoping someone can tell me about 3331/3332

You are welcome. I just looked up my parents cabin numbers. 3424 was renovated.  3374 was not. Sorry I can’t help with your specific cabins. But maybe some more cabins have been renovated since September…one can hope

We were on last August /September. 3393 was not renovated. My parents ended up having 2 different cabins on our b2b cruise. One was renovated one was not both on deck 3.  Sorry I can’t remember their cabin numbers. At that time some were and done were not

We called HAL and linked the bookings for 2 separate cabins/ bookings. All dining and excursions were then together