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I only wish. It is my understanding they opened the container in San Diego Oct 3rd to find none of the liquor on the manifest. They hoped it would catch us in Pape’ete. Are you all drinking on the Zuiderdam this week? I would think we would have heard as 1000+ have the drink package this trip thru the canal.

… another perspective…this 20 yr old ship is lovely and classy. We were onboard with the same shipmates for 6 weeks. Many received “pet names” good and bad. Sadly we noticed some passengers became more “entitled” and “demanding” as the weeks went by. So it goes…. For me, Hula and ukulele lessons were awesome and continued all the way to Pape’ete. Enjoyed the lectures and the captains noon talk. Bridge lessons and bridge play were wonderful and I came home sure of my ability to play. Loved going to bridge every sea day at 9:30am. Permission to dance, movies, sauna, in-room dining, trivia, happy hour and our veranda cabin all 5 🌟.Yes we ran out of Vodka so we drank a lovely gin (Citadel) the last night. We ate beautiful omelettes, salads, a different soup every day on the lido and the “breads” oh my!! I can’t complain about the food but…we never do MDR for dinner because it takes so long. Often we arrived on lido to BUSY so we found something else to do and circled back in 30 mins. It wasn’t the trip of a lifetime but our lives were seriously enriched by the places we visited, the cultures we met and the people we shared it with.

really like Trader Vic’s Mai Tai.

We are accomplishing this in Arizona with the...... Federal Write In Absentee Ballot (FWAB) It is a blank ballot, but we can fill it in at home and take it with us to mail. We obtained it thru email after a phone call to our local "Elections Services" In Arizona 1-800-THE-VOTE

Love the ranger! Did you have the cultural ambassador on Indigenous Nations of Alaska too? Her talk was very uplifting. We just got off the Eurodam (fabulous cruise), at Captain Joost's talk, he showed a picture from Volendam bridge, water breaking across the Crows Nest! Gives me chill bumps to think. Enjoying your blog as preview. We join you in San Diego. If we can bring you anything, let us know.

this balcony....4132 Eurodam this week. Music to my ears. Thanks for sharing.

Just a question….not insinuating you did anything on your part to catch the virus. Just wondering Why is Hal responsible for your room and board after you catch COVID and leave the ship? They are not able to make you take precautions on board or while on excursions or wear a mask. Why do we think they are responsible for our bills in quarantine?

I can do. It's for the Nieuw Statendam Where do I share? HalFacts?

YES and lets stay long enough to fish for halibut! Heck I'd love an overnight in any port

Dave. How was the Eurodam? Did you write a review? We are boarding the 10th.

Toot your horn more.... The artwork is stunning, but someone needs to build a brochure. Some folks like to stroll about the ship enjoying all you offer. Guest services did print me a 22 page color double sided document that gave photo and title.

Can you give details on the misty fjords boat trip. Was this the kayak trip thru the ship? We are booked next week.

My cruise is two weeks out and the only events I see on HAL app are casino hosted. Is it too soon? What am I doing wrong>

So just off phone with HAL as well... Self test must be medically observed. 9/6 and after ...no testing required for fully vaccinated = 2 shots/full course of vaccine w/booster recommended Specifically asked... My RT - Seattle cruise stops in Vancouver on the last evening... any chance we will be forced to test ... answer was No... that stop in Vancouver will not cause testing.

I am hopeful, waiting for Patrick to email me back. Buying flowers for the cabin is one of my favorite things at the Seattle market too 🙂 so many choices, the steward brought me a vase to put them in. They stayed beautiful 14 days in Alaska. Kinda like being in the walk in cooler.

Read it last week. I loved your blog. Thank you.

💦👗🐙🐟🐠🏖️ any knowledge you would share on the 45 day South Pacific cruise? 🐠 Crossing the equator, Halloween, Orange parties, packing etc. ..... 🌎 🧡 🤓

How do I pull up my booking confirmation on the website or app to view the OBC for my USMC veteran and our shareholder benefit?

IMO, HAL has already decided to do away with Q. The whole back of the ship verandas opened up on the 4th floor on some Alaska cruises. Thinking....they are now booking those rooms they previously saved for Quarantine. Diana

Bayley said that the CDC shared some information with him in a call. "The cruise industry sailing out of the US ports over the past 12 months and how many people have been hospitalized with Covid and how many deaths occurred from Covid from people who'd sailed on the industry's ships, which is in the millions," he said, "And the number of people who died from COVID who'd sailed on ships over the past year was two." https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/cruise-line-drops-pre-cruise-covid-testing-rule/ar-AAZ9edh?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=6e28cddd174d4cfebb865cf64dc8591a

My husband and I feel the same. 8 days in ship Quarantine will do that to you. I look at the website, surf the wonderful cruises but, it was VERY stressful to be trapped in a room for week. Stomach turns just thinking of it. I will wait until testing stops. Carnival knows exactly how sick the 'vaccinated guests quarantined on board' have been. They certainly have the data. I didn't volunteer to test. I got 'retested' because my intransit group had too high a percentage of positives, so they retested us all.