Btimmer

This has been our experience as well. I watch our onboard account closely and am proactive. I totally agree that it also takes persistence!

Standby. We'll be staying in Australia for a couple weeks visiting close friends.

Offhand, I don't know if anyone else who is blogging.

Pete,Thanks. Still doing it with one roll on (albeit larger)! 😉

During the past year we've sailed on the NA, Rotterdam, Zuiderdam, Noordam, and NS in inside cabins except for a balcony cabin on the Noordam. All had lotion in the dispenser next to the bathroom sink. I do bring an old Elemis bottle to refill so I can use it while sitting on the bed.

Here's some maps of our itinerary: https://www.hollandamerica.com/map/itineraries/P2S51A/images/en_US_P2S51A_mobile_1x.jpg

It's time again to head out on another cruise adventure. We plan to board the Westerdam in Seattle on Sunday, 10/2/22 with a scheduled departure time of 3pm. I'll be doing my customary "Almost Live" thread from the ship for our 64 day voyage (B2B2B). We've done this trip a couple times before, but what makes this one special is that this Westerdam cruise marks us cruising on the last Holland America ship in the current fleet that we've not sailed on previously. During the past year, we were able to sail on the previous last three (Rotterdam VII, Zuiderdam, and Noordam). The projected route will take us to Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, a loop around New Zealand and finishes up with a Sydney round trip to Tasmania and out to Kangaroo Island. We've had a number of itinerary changes in the past few months, and we may have some more ahead of us. We've got our snorkel gear packed and are looking forward to lots of snorkeling. We're doing this trip in our customary inside aft cabin. I'm hosting the Meet & Greets after each embarkation port on 10/3, 11/9, and 11/25. These will be held in the Billboard Onboard area. As has been my custom, I'll post pictures and limited commentary in this thread. Feel free to ask questions in this thread, and I'll attempt to answer them. I will record a daily blog with much more detail at https://timmer2022du.blogspot.com. That link won't become active until 10/2 or after. And, yes, this will be our longest cruise by 2 days. It beats a 2016 B2B Maasdam cruise from Seattle to Sydney and an Australia circumnavigation that was 62 days.

A few years ago we were in the Volendam docked in downtown. Fog delayed our departure for a day plus, and if allowed for more sightseeing.