northernphoenix

CO upgraded us to a VQ; and we are also Thermal Spa aficionados, so the slightly smaller balcony is not a huge disappointment.

We would use Vancouver as our point of departure, or arrival, depending upon the itinerary. We do plan to extend our visit to Australia by cruise or landtour. What did you choose?

DH has always had a visit to Australia on his bucket list; and we are now determined to investigate the HAL offerings. Interested in anyone’s comments!! TIA!

Isn’t life grand…you, do “you”!

Indeed $80 CDN for Rudi Sel de Mer. But I know that we would never have this excellent cuisine to enjoy in the Near North of Ontario; so I factor this into our reservation. Am looking forward to this in September.

We have had two Alaskan cruises…both with Tuxedo for DH. This is your experience…I have the most lovely photos of DH and his brother(deceased). These memories and the whole gala experience are personal…

That was the advertised program…we have a $650.00 cruise credit that seems to be an unknown (even to our PCC). The most recent info from their website call centre is A) the program is being discontinued, and we will receive the 2023 annual fee plus $650.00 SOON; B: or (as of today) the call centre program membership staff had no idea what I was referring to….we have a long cruise relationship with HAL and this has become a thorn in my paw!!!

We purchased membership to this on a HAL cruise. It doesn’t seem to be a well know product.

Does anyone have an idea of the status of this program??

Has anyone had experience of transferring a reservation made by HAL to a Travel Agent?? How might this affect the reservation ?

Does the purchase pre boarding become included in the onboard purchase for adding to cruise days : working to 4star status

Any examples of these menus??

My cousin and I have been upgraded to a VQ verandah using Club Orange. I am seeing some references to these spa verandahs having access to the thermal spa on the Rotterdam. Can anyone comment on this???( we would be beyond excited, since we did enjoy the thermal on the Eurodam)!!!

We have always made the choices as per your suggestions. DH did note that on the Nieu Statendam September of 2022 Quebec City to Boston, he did not experience any issues. As much as i would like to book an aft verandah, this might not be a great idea.

DH has an issue with motion sickness. We have always chosen midships verandah. Q: what could we experience in rougher seas for this itinerary?

Received an upgrade to a spa verandah (VQ 10047) for our Sept16,2023 Norwegian cruise, Rotterdam. We were originally in VH4110 (partially obstructed). We feel that this upgrade alone, was worth the Club Orange purchase.

The CO pass is on my booking invoice (TA contacted HAL and the pass was added.) There was no indication of the upgrade during the phone call.

I used FCC for the initial deposit. I will direct my TA to submit pamemt for the CO pass and then we can request the upgrade. Many thanks!

We added the CO pass to our obstructed view balcony for September onboard the Rotterdam. We can see a room on the online booking. When would we see the upgraded balcony??? And i expect that the upgrades is not processed until the fare is paid in full ( or should my TA reach out now??)

We had the ultimate day trip with Dyea Dave…the exact opposite experience. Sorry to hear that your day was not up to “Snuff”.

As recently as September/23; I have asked and received a cheese plate. Even though it is not included in a menu; a simple request is sufficient. I am not fond of a sweet ending to a meal; and the cheese plate is preferred.

I would say that the hairdryer in room does not vary ( Neptune to Inside). I have medium length ( see Bob) and can say that the hairdryer was effective.

We have also enjoyed the luxury of a Neptune suite on two occasions. I have also cruised in Inside, Lanai, and as recently as September in a Vista…I can say that we were disappointed in the configuration on the NS. My next cruise (Sept./2023) will be in a basic verandah. Any room works for me; but the placement of the couch and table for room service was very awkward. The room was quite cramped.

Apologies Sept/2023. I, too am waiting with anticipation for 2024!!

I must say that this seems to be a rather harsh comment…i have ALL kinds of confidence with this TA. The HAL rep added the CO without adding any fees for payment of the CO. I will encourage my TA to investigate the choice of stateroom. The invoice does refer to the CO charge. I used two $100 FCC; and did accept this as the invoice was offered. The comments on this thread does confirm that the processing of the CO program is in need of some firming up by the cruise line