auntiebarbie

We are in Venice waiting to board the Eurodam on Thursday. The ship sails at 9:00 and our boarding pass says embarkation is 1:00. Am I correct in assuming that it would be Ok to arrive at the dock no earlier than 1:00 pm and no later than 7:30,8:00 pm? My husband is at a conference and we are trying to figure out what time to check out, order the prepaid transfer and still have time for him attend some of the lectures.

Thank you Barbara

Thank you so much for the advice and well wishes. I'm always so happy with the speedy and kind hearted advice I get on CC. We took the upgrade because:

It is not difficult for us financially & even with the extra $1400( I had to pay more for indurance) it is Costing less than we had anticipated.

We may not be in the suite all that much but one of the things I have been most looking forward to is drinking my wine on the balcony so extra space is always nice.

Opportunity knocked and who knows if it will again so I thought we should take advantage.

We got our cabin assignment & I'm pleased & looking forward to our cruise

I know this gets asked a lot & I will go back & re/ read the posts. But we ( 2 of us)have been offered an upgrade for the 1st Time for our 12 day Med cruise on the Eurodam. From a VH guarantee(the offer says VH to VQ a Verandah , to a signature suite for $649 canadian ea. We have cruised a few times but took a 6 year break as got tired of it. But last summer we took a HAL 7 day Alaska & loved it. We had a VH guarantee then & loved the verandah experience so we decided to do another Med cruise. My concerns are : we might get stuck with a non glass railing if we keep the Verandah & Will we love the suite so much that we won't want to ever go back to just a stateroom. I should mention we got a great deal for this cruise --paying $700 CANADIAN LESS for 12 days than we paid for 7 for exactly the same room type. $3200. Cdn for the 2 of us Taxes included for 12 days.

Thoughts? Thank you

Barb

They did say you can contact them by phone 1 888-425-9376 or email hal_shore_excursions@hollandamerica.com

When I tried to look at the shore excursions for our June 23/16 cruise on the Eurodam I got a message that there were non available at the current time. I nearly passed out. I had a chat session on the web site and they told that the excursion section on the web site is not working and they don't have an ETA of it being fixed. Are others having this issue? Has this happened before ? How long is it usually down?

Thanks

Barb

Thank you very much for your informative reply. I'm not sure why I didn't think of getting an ATT SIM card as that is what we do we when we travel in Europe. My phone is a contract and unlocked. But if I put in an ATT SIM card doesn't not then become prepaid. Or is it just Canadian prepaid phones that don't work. I'm also going to call Bell & see about their roaming plans.

Barb

We leave next week and are excited to leave our bc home and drive to the ship. But I'm confused about the data on board and in ports. I believe On board we will sign up for the ship's wifi. But does that work only when we are at sea?

And since our carrier is Canadian (Bell) any of the American companies like Verizon or AT&T won't work for us. Should I get a holiday data plan? Do Any Canadians have any experience or advice?

We have cruised before a few times but it has been awhile and it was before Smart phones and data charges

Thank you