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I've been waiting to read about any information from cruisers on the president's cruise. Perhaps a comment about reciprocity, next ship series, just something.

I'm in the "Day that music died group." late 50's 60's, 70's... However it seems that everyone loves the music they heard as a teenager. Up to date Hip Hop.. that will send me to another cruise line. What's the sense of playing a tune if you can't hold onto the one you love. A quote by someone here a decade ago. "Fast dancing is the second best form of exercise. Slow dancing leads to the first."

Not for the oblivious.

From a contact: "No I was hoping for a black card my girlfriend is on (Millennium) she's in Japan right now the captain invited her up to the bridge and gave her a cake for her recognition of a Zenith from pinnacle yesterday I got a blue card though she got a black one" t

We're not leaving Celebrity. We currently have 12 booked until the end of February 2025 but we are also cruising on HAL. We love the Canada New England cruises out of Montreal and Quebec offered by HAL. We miss the 14 day Celebrity itineraries out of Bayonne and Florida. The shortening of Celebrity cruises sailing out of North American ports is pushing us to the great HAL offerings. I like HAL's Pinnacle ships more than the Edge series. Our Celebrity cruises are on the S&M ships.

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I recently read an article about port charges/berthing fees in Australia. It seems port fees there are 10 times higher than in Florida. $250,000 per day.

We like the M class for the size and fewer decks and the rendezvous lounge for dancing., we like the S class because of the greater choice in Restaurants and we would go back to the Edge class only if there was an appealing price. The drawbacks of Edge Class have already been mentioned. Edge class ships are stunning visually but the layout is unappealing. However we pick the ship with the longest itineraries sailing from North America.

We spent 72 days sailing from Vancouver to Singapore a decade ago. Loved every day and Japan was amazing. (Sorry we had a few horrible rough sea days).

I spotted the new logo lapel pin on a crew jacket:

There is a real problem regulating temperature around the ship. We were on board in May and the temperatures in common areas were cold except for the Hudson Room which was very warm. Our cabin was ok though, left it at the lowest setting for comfort.

Thank you for your stunning photos and review. Do you use a camera or phone for your pictures? We were onboard for two weeks ending June 1st and going back to do the same in September. Unfortunately HAL is really cutting back on this itinerary.

Just for Jan & Feb. March gets the beginning of spring breakers.

Get Tampa to build a new bridge so that other ships can sail from there. We were onboard for 8 weeks last winter but switched to Eclipse in 24/25 out of Ft Lauderdale because Connie is cutting the length of her cruises.

We were on Volendam recently. Departure was delayed to 7 pm because the ship cannot operate at optimal speed when leaving early. The current alone is about 5 knots between Montreal and Quebec. Drop off your bags, have lunch in the Lido and walk around the port. Boarding starts at normal times. A few lucky ones will be onboard shortly after 11am. We're going again in September and will get there before noon.