Haljo1935

They're in the fine print of the emails they send you.

Bon Voyage @Seasick Sailor Bon Voyage @Himself

Chef's table looked great and all too pretty to eat. Glad they were able to squeeze you in.😏

@chengkp75 are you able to weigh in?

Fancy

I bring my own. One leaked during flight, so I had to give 'em a bath. 🤭

HAL does the water (cucumber or lemon and plain) and the face cloths, no dancing.

Most recent cruise (ended on Friday) is the first I did not find a single duck. Here are a few we found and/or hid on the cruise before. We wanted to have some of them easy for the wee passengers to find, so they weren't all really hidden. We left this one in MDR. This was one of my favorite hiding spots - we used it on multiple occasions. One was left graveside in the Titanic area of Fairview Lawn Cemetery; I did not leave it - it was already there.

@rafinmd Thanks, Roy, for allowing us a momentary side trip. Your pictures are beautiful- looks like you're having a great cruise. Continued safe travels.

Jacqui this is beautiful; thank you for sharing. ❤️🙏

We used CabRoma (all one word) and SharedShuttle.it in Rome last week and the week prior. We were very pleased w/both. Am using SharedShuttle again next week. SharedShuttle you reserve w/payment due at time of service - they do give a confirmation # and a reminder of the service a couple days prior. CabRoma you pay at time of booking - they also provide confirmation and a reminder plus text day of when they arrive. SharedShuttle was much less expensive than CabRoma; both were excellent.

Safe travels - enjoy your cruise!!

Thanks for the info and thanks for this: I have not seen your circle change colors before - it's always been yellow. This morning it's a bloomin' rainbow or I need to rush out for medical care. 7 different colors flashed across my screen! And being the true CO supporter you are, there were 2 shades of orange - well done🤭

@RMLincoln prayers and positive thoughts as you transition from moving out to moving in. May your next chapter bring you peace - and great new memories!

Bon Voyage @Kc52

Bon Voyage @sunviking90

All good; very early for such complex discussions - we may need more coffee!!

Welcome back @grapau27

Oh my, what an interesting bundle of days. My sister played the clarinet (until she broke a tooth that I still hear about - it was jr high, she's 65+!) and I have learned to be more tolerant through the years; I like buttons. DH did not want me to bring home his mother's button jar, but seeing the variety of buttons all snuggled in there always makes me smile. My mom kept hers in a metal box so they weren't visible; made my dad crazy when I shook that box. He may have needed to develop more tolerance. I am not aligned with the quote; would enjoy the meal w/o spinach; would try the drink & wine; have not been to the port. Two good days in history - cruising has afforded me an opportunity to visit UNESCO sites. 54° headed to 68° getting into the 70s before I head out for my cruise. PT and lots of work again today; still not caught up from being gone and have to prepare to be away again. Ugh - not enough time between trips. I had the strangest dream last night. My big dog and one of my cats 🐈 kept disappearing on the balcony and I would find them 2 cabins down on the corner wrap balcony. I couldn't figure out how they were getting over to that other balcony until I saw them come back one morning - they were using the doggie door in the connector. After a couple days, Steward opened the connectors and there was quite the fur baby party on the deck. The people in the next cabin & the corner NS had 10 dogs, 4 cats, a rabbit and a turtle between them - it was like Dr Doolittle Goes to Sea!! My questions are: I only have 1 cat, so why was I looking for 2? I have 2 dogs - where was the other one? Which ship is pet friendly and how do I book it? Think it means I'm spending too much time away from my fur kids? Prayers and positive thoughts for all!

The struggle I'm having is it wants to validate my email, which I cannot access from my phone, so I have to bounce back & forth between 2 devices - grrrr! Not getting personal email on my phone is a whole big, complicated, frustrating mess, so this may have sent me spinning...

Correct - I was hoping to make a new booking while on my upcoming cruise since I didn't do one on my last cruise. Not trying to have it applied to the upcoming cruise- sorry if I wasn't clear.

Way out of order, but that went out the window almost as soon as this started, 🫣so here come some more general ship pictures. These are the sconces outside the CO dining room as you head away from the restrooms toward Blends (I think that's the name). I think these are so cute and every time I see them I'm reminded of the ATK (America's Test Kitchen) venue that predates the CO dining room - did they ever share/co-occupy that space? I'm sure the sconces were used instead of more traditional or nautical ones as a nod to country (French Country?) dining decor. If so, lucky for us perhaps they survived as a cost-saving. 🤔 Very likely not in order, but I believe they're all here, including Mr Rabbit. Poor sheep - I cut his nose off; didn't realize until uploading the pic. I left the water so you can see how light it still was out; the sconces make it appear as though it's darker. Must have been a Saturday - thanks Ms Elevator!! Based on time stamps, it was a round 4:40pm. I miss ATK - I liked sharing an elevator with them as they always had their aprons on (apparently I have a thing for aprons) and a lovely aroma lingered after they left. Much better than being trapped in there w/someone coming from the perfume shop🙄 The chairs, other than the ones at the small tables by the windows, were noticeably absent. During my Feb cruise, that's where people sat while waiting for their dinner pagers to go off. They did put out chairs each evening in the space right around the corner from the elevator and restroom, but not past the restrooms to the corner - just a big empty space now. The wine racks in CO, facing out to where the chairs used to be, is empty. It looked odd empty, but assumed that was in preparation for dry dock. Will be interesting to see if they've been returned next week or if that area has changed. The 2-story twisting wine storage in MDR was also empty. I don't think I took a picture of it, but will post if I find one.

Does HIA drink benefit apply in CO dining room?

Returned Nov 10 from 11 day sailing on NS; what's today's date? Still no Welcome Back offer, but did receive the post cruise survey. Leave again Nov 26 and would like to test out using the Welcome Back offer while onboard.

https://offers.sheerid.com/holland-america/member/ The link above is where you will enter your Mariner details and AARP number to get verified. It is where you end up when you click the button on the HAL website.