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Very sorry for your loss. We cruised after the loss of our son and Inwas unsure how it would be. What I found was that the passengers on the ship were very kind and easy to make friends with and it provided healing for us. We had other solo passengers at our table and we all enjoyed making new friends.

Yep, glad to see gem get an increase

They all are, love the cocktails especially the pain killer. Had maybe a few too many,but that’s cruising

Just got off in December and loved this ship! Also we had room service breakfast every day of our nine day cruise and the pastries were delicious, had raisin buns, danish and croissants with little pots of jam. She’s a beauty.

Thanks for all the info. I love Billie. We have snow!

Well here’s the thing. A lot of us view their cruise as a luxury and save up for a while to be able to sail. We want a good experience and no hassles, here for a good time not a long time. The idea of pets in the food areas bothers me along with others on this board and I feel it is selfish for a passenger to impose their pets and I fully support service dogs on the staff and others sailing. These are not service dogs.it must be extra work for the staff. I am just surprised that this occurred as know how fussy Hal is how excellent .

Thought you would like to know that I contacted the management at HAL about what you experienced.

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Bon voyage!

Bon Voyage to world cruisers! Prayers to all not feelin well. Will be watching the cruise cam . how exciting for them!

I thought the doggie story needed more traction so I mentioned the situation on YouTube.

I would have spoken to them, good and loud. In fact someone would have had to come from guest services to quieten me. Maybe embarassing guests who have no respect for other passengers who have paid and were looking forward to a quiet and enjoyable cruise would give them a clue that this is unacceptable on a cruise ship.

Wonderful blog

Bon Voyage!

Hi I love bacon , all types including Keven Bacon and I am making plans for 2024 which will greatly improve my quality of life. These include not one but two cruises on Holland America ,something I had not been able to do due to family obligations and other stuff. I have been enviously eying the 105 day cruise on Zuiderdam but husband almost fainted when I mentioned this prospect. After I resuscitated him I mentioned the other cruises, knowing full well that his relief would propel me to final payment. anyway Happy New Year from Kathi and Ray and best wishes to all the lovely folks on this board!

Lots of toots!

Thanks

We had the windows open here in Hamilton, never had that before at this time of year,

Thanks Karen, I 5hink that’s what I need to hear! I hope you have a nice evening too

Was going to book this to Eastern Caribbean but now it shows a completely different route going to Curaçao and Grand Turk and Bonaire. Wonder why they changed it , previously went to Tortola. I was more interested in Eastern route .

Good morning to all on the list. Prayers to all who are sick or needing surgery and treatment. It finally stoped raining here and is colder and sunny. thanks to all who post photos and cartoons. They make my day.. love seeing the Panama canal and am thinking of this trip. I see Holland has less cruises including it so we see. do you think Alaska is doable with a mobility scooter? Looking at Koningsdam in May but it looks pretty intensive walking.I want to take don train in Skagway. We had this cruise booked a few years ago when Covid hit. prime rib with Yorkshire pudding and trifle is planned for this weekend.

That’s so cool, I still love Latin and hate to answer the phone. We had Bell training every year.

Good morning to all the lovely people on this board. It’s raining and 8 degrees centigrade here in Hamilton, has been raining for three days straight. Prayers to all having surgery and treatments. Banging the phone down brought back memories to me. I used to be a switchboard operator here at Stelco, the place had 3200 extensions and I hated every minute of the job . However I can still remember the area codes for most of USA and Canada after forty some years. pits rather like being forced to take Latin for five years, comes in handy every once in a while when reading medicine labels. think I need another cruise.

I have a son who’s getting on my nerves if she wants him, she can taj ke him instead of the dogs,also yappy