AnM&E

26 minutes ago, Blizzard54 said:

Seattle was 90, Ketchikan 65 and partly cloudy.  In between was about 55 and foggy.

The weather can vary quite a bit.  Layers are best so you can adjust.  It is likely that your trip will include weather in the 50 to 75 degree range.  We have cruised Alaska many times and late Aug early Sept are usually pretty good.  We will be back on the week after you.

Thanks for all the interesting and helpful information.

8 minutes ago, Blizzard54 said:

For this sailing it was 11:30.  Subject to change.

Things can and will change dozens of times between now and April 2022!

8 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Battery management is a big issue for me

I carry a small battery charger in my backpack for when I run out of energy.

Excited for you!  Thanks for sharing your experience.  Looking forward to seeing your pictures.

Makes me even more excited to be coming on board in September.  Yippee!

Can’t find where to sign up for the Meet and Greets.  Were they removed temporarily? Or are they gone permanently.

On 6/28/2021 at 5:41 PM, Hflors said:

Just wanted to share my happy news.  After hal's "take it or leave it" stance we decided to leave it.  We have found a ship and a cruise more to our liking.  We again have an aft ocean view cabin and are once again looking forward to our anniversary.     

We didn’t like the replacement cruise HAL booked us on.  it was virtually a back to back of the same ports, so we cancelled it and booked a cruise with better ports and lots of perks including prepaid gratuities and beverage package.  I adjusted flights and hotel, and informed our friends of our changes.  All but one couple we were traveling with rebooked to our new cruise.  We are happy again.  Hope everyone finds a good replacement cruise and no more cancellations please!!!!

5 hours ago, Hflors said:

Wow, I feel bad for you.  I also was on volendam for the cruise before and the holiday cruise to celebrate our 50th anniversary. We have been notified that hal is rebooking us on rotterdam.  I don't wantt to get excited as I am worried that hal will eventually cancel rotterdams cruise and move us all on to eurodam like they did in europe.   Right now we are in a wait and see mode..  

we haven’t been able to even talk with everyone in the group we were traveling with.  So many other cruises are being changed right now that it is hard to make any decision.  So we are also in Wait&Sea Mode.  (Punny?)

Congratulations on your 50th Anniversary!  We celebrate our 22nd in August.  

7 hours ago, Gail & Marty sailing away said:

Grand South America which leaves on Jan 4    You hope 

Not quite laughing at “you hope”! We have had other cruises booked and cancelled.  This is the first time we, and not the cruise line, have had to deal with rebooking flights and hotels though.  Hard parts are that not all are friends will be able to change dates due to other commitments.  We will never manage to get the whole gang together again. We can’t go on the rescheduled cruise due to it overlapping the South America cruise.

My fear is that we work out other arrangements to accommodate as many of our group as possible, rebook, rebook flights and hotels, etc.  And then the South America cruise does not go!!!!!!  
I feel for all of us unhappy travelers who are being rebooked and having our Holiday Cruise spoiled.  I am sure some people have a sadder story than we have!  Especially feel bad for our travel agent who has to deal with all this “stuff!”

On 6/21/2021 at 12:43 PM, Sharon in AZ said:

I am actually crying tears right now.......................

I understand the crying completely.  We understand we will be rebooked to the Eurodam 2 days later.  That will work for most in our group of friends from 3 states who were planing to spend the holidays together.  However, Eurodam returns to Fort Lauderdale on Jan 5 and we are booked on the Grand South America which leaves on Jan 4.  This gives us an impossible choice!  Now what do we do?

Wow, I love it!!! Great tips.....I think you forgot the following:p:

 

Umbrella

Air Freshener

tote bags that fold into a ball

 

I'll keep adding as I think of things! Great idea because you can leave almost everything there, leaving room for your take home treasures!

Love the Dollar Tree! Add to the list:

Seasonal refrigerator magnets for decorating door or room

Really cheap holiday hats and ties

Net bags for laundry and smaller ones to keep meds etc. together

Flavored drink mixes for water bottles

Magnetic white board to post outside door for messages and where we are

Books--read and trade

See you on a cruise