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OK I understand, if you had a balcony like 4171 and I know those and will stay in one soon and get an upsell to an aft cabin on the same deck, the 4213 cabin must have been larger, but the balcony.....

It was a pinnacle class; do you remember the numbers? Thank you.

And calling might help in case cabins you would prefer are "in hands" of another HAL office/area.

In addition to the previous answers: if you do not know how to spend those remaining dollars: ask Guest Service to book it to the personnel/crew fund HAL has for special needs of members of the crew. I am so sorry that I donot remember the exact name of that fund.

This is an example of how a dutch appeltaart looks like

OK, Colin, I understand what you mean (and must admit that I did not realise the value of the AUD). It's like the offers in USA for deposits of even US$ 1. But what's comforting 😅with an FCD we get an OBC 🤑 which is not the case with that US$1 offer (I suppose). And we too spent the 2 x 3 FCD's we had and need to buy new ones in April on the NS. In the meanwhile no new bookings for Joost and Lenny

Don't you buy FCD's on board with USA conditions?

www.busybus.co.uk We booked with Busy Bus a Wales Tour from Holyhead in 2019 7 hours English pound 49 per person. Unfortunately because of very stormy weather we could not dock in H. Received 100% refund from BB and I did not forget that. So, if ever ....etc.

Next time try Rotterdam as disembarkation port 😉

Tried to read all replies/discussions. Did I miss the line that you cannot earn more days than 1 per cruiseday? Our HIA cruises in 2022 : 1 cruiseday +1 expenditure day. Generous, as always.

Bit it will be quite different if you disembark in IJmuiden.

You most probable will beat the crowds. Our chance is not a high as yours as we are on a B2B and I donot know whether we can disembark/transit early enough for a guided tour before 10:45. It will be our 4th visit of the Sagrada. We hope to be able to see the Sagrada finished in the years to come....

OK port to hotel is a different question for sure. I mean I saw somewhere on the website of the Barcelona airport that it is a fixed price for a taxi. And very reasonable costs for Aerobus from airport to f.e. Plaça de Catalunya are (or were) € 5,90 per person. https://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/en/airport/transfers/transfers-barcelona-airport.html

shuttle to the Columbus monument and from there by metro and or bus. Of course all depending on the actual location of your hotel. If on the Ramblas it might even by: walking. 😉

We reserved a taxi in advance. You will need half a day in total. Perfect. Cab was waiting for us at maybe 5 minutes walk from the exit of the port. He brought us to Ephesus and waited at the outside untill our return hours later.... Price will be higher as it was 2015 and we paid €50.... No tickets etc included of course. .

The shows of the Phillipine and Indonesian Crew were the only ones we attended....Lectures: as much as possible.

Quite special: I just looked again and May as well as June can be booked....

Today"no bus at all if I am right: on strike and the French love that...

About 2 months. I cannot book at this very moment a tour for May 6th, so I made a note to try again March 1st.

And our 3 cruises disappeared too. I donot worry, HAL must be busy installing some update or maybe even a new programm....

Bureau de Tourisme Nice etc. Jardin François Binon - 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer 04 93 01 73 68 www.explorenicecotedazur.com info.villefranchesurmer@nicecotedazurtourisme.com

Little problem is that you will arrive at Villefranche sur Mer and that Eze sur Mer is at sea level too. But Eze village is to be visited from the Moyenne Corniche (quite high up...). See here https://www.lignesdazur.com/ choose the english language and look for the interactive map. Place of departure will be JMO (if tendering) Quai de l'Amiral Ponchardier. and place of arrival: Eze Village. Including walking between bus stops, it will take at least 75 minutes. I believe bus #80 plus #82 will give the best connection from sealevel to the busstop at the Moyenne Corniche where you can wait for bus #82 to Eze Village. At least you will see from the interactive map the winding roads uphill..... I never arrived at Villefranche by cruiseship (however we will in April next..), but normally Tourist Information will be nearby or present when you arrive.

No, I donot know, because the tours and that cruise itself were organised by our quality newspaper 😉 with the help of a dutch touroperator specialised in cultural voyages. I try to translate an excerpt of the tour: from the border of Montenegro by small boat through the Street of Verige entering the Bay of Kotor. The small island in front of Perast is the 1st stop with a visit of the OLV (literally Our Dear Lady of the Rock) church from 1630. To Morinj for lunch in een beautiful restaurant in an old watermill. By bus a tour around the bay from Perast to Kotor. On foot through Perast (old palaces). In Kotor we walked through the walled center, visited the cathedral and a few squares. If you had enough energy left: up the stairs to the fortress (I did, but DH decided not to climb those stairs). 8 hrs excursion, incl transportation by bus and boat, entry tickets, lunch and a very good guide. in 2018 € 62 per person..... Enjoy your cruise and excursions!

DH and I did (in 2018) a tour of the Bay of Kotor - Perast, Morinj & Kotor including the island with the church dating from 1630 of the Lady of the Rocks. A tour of about 8 hrs. We had a very interesting day in beautiful surroundings. Kotor is World Heritage, but without any doubt you know that.

Skjolden: I remember looking for excursions there (Tour to Jostedalbreen Jotunsheimen, Urnes Church, Feigumfossen) and we tried to contact a touroperator (turidvisitskjolden@gmail.com) by email and telephone. Finally we got the first answer from a business partner of the touroperator after 4 or 5 weeks.. Reason for not anwering: they have other jobs in wintertime and most (of the few!) inhabitants have a very bad/irregular internet connection or are on holidays themselves. Covid was the reason we would not cruise at all and we had to cancel the tour (cancelling caused no problems at all). If we will visit Skjolden during another cruise, I will not hesitate to contact them again....