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When I was on Koningsdam last year, all the lower stakes blackjack tables paid off blackjacks at 6 to 5.  This was a first for me on Holland America, having sailed in the past few years on Westerdam and Oosterdam, on which all tables always paid the regular 3 to 2.  I'm wondering if the 6 to 5 was a fluke, whether it's been instituted throughout the line, or something in between.  Would appreciate hearing others' experiences.

She knows how to do it all Hofnors, they book many, many cruises and cruises are probably the major part of their business. Giving their clients all the docs is just one of the services they provide. She needed my card info when putting the payments through but did check with me to make sure that was still the card I wanted to use for onboard. The owner is also a HAL 5* Mariner but due to health concerns is unable to travel any longer. His and another 5* Mariner friend's recommendation was the main reason we picked HAL for our first ocean cruise.

Maybe I misunderstood. I was trying to answer the OP who I believe wanted to register a credit card for her daughter's shipboard account but her TA didn't know how to do it. I told her how.

We just made our final payment last week and when I asked our TA if I still needed to check in online. She said no, she will provide HAL with our passport info, credit card info, emergency contact person, etc and print off all documents, including luggage tags, for us about 30 days out. There are still a few out there who do not have a computer or computer access and must rely on their TA to do this for them.

If you do have a computer, you can input the credit card info, regardless of what your TA is doing. If you don't, I guess you can either give the TA the credit card info and ask her to input it for all the passengers you're travelling with (if she doesn't know how, I'd ask for a supervisor to get it done, since this is pretty basic stuff) or you could do yourself when checking in at the port, but you probably have better things to do then, like checking out the lunch venues.

Just made our final payment today and our TA couldn't answer my question (she's a newbie). Our adult daughter is tagging along on our Alaska cruise and we want to know the process to have our daughter use her own credit card while on the cruise. Is it done once we board, prior to boarding through the TA, etc.....

Thanks

I believe it's done when she checks in online, which every passenger must do in order to get their boarding documents. She can do this anytime (even before final payment) as a booked passenger, on the cruiseline's website. Among other information, the prompts will ask for the details of the credit card to be used for each passenger's onboard charges. People travelling together can all use the same credit card or each use their own.

Yes, they do have ann omelet with those incredients. Jack cheese if I remember correctly.

Life is good!

Thanks, Crew News. Good to know one of my favorite breakfasts will be available. I guess I can't reasonably expect a dutch ship to serve cheese omelets with onions, salsa and sour cream anyway.

Anyone know whether corned beef hash, or sour cream and salsa, are available at the lido breakfast on Koningsdam? Inquiring minds want to know!