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John,

Thanks for all of the updates in Juneau.

Hope to see you Oct 7 on the Zuiderdam as she heads to FLL from Quebec.

Bill

Usually they have a representative to meet you, usually at baggage claim.

I don't think you will have to wait until they fill up a bus or van

They may arrange for a cab for you to take you to the hotel, HAL will take care of the can fare & tip.

These rude people should have to have to use crutches/wheel chair/rollator and they would not be so inconsiderate.

I believe it's this group:

 

Westerdam : 20 February 2016 - 27 February 2016 : Caribbean : Inspiration cruises : Sandi Patty & Friends

If you do a web search for Inspiration Cruises, you'll find their web site.

WOW!

I just checked their website, they are offering numerous HAL cruises throughout the year.

you mean like this Jim?

 

 

Bill

YIKES!!

I guess I should quit griping about the pine cones that are cluttering my back yard in St Petersburg.

Feeling great now but need a new aortic valve. Going to be a few more in person sail-aways.:)

 

In the mean time continue to enjoy sail-away toots.:cool:

Good luck Chief. Positive thoughts and prayers coming your way.

You will do fine

Our upcoming Mar 2017 Caribbean cruise will be our first "Guarantee" booking ever, made three months ago.

 

This was the only way HAL would even accept a booking of a Signature Suite on our cruise. Could NOT select a cabin of our choice, even though more than a year out. The cruise just 11 days prior, all Signature and Neptune Suites Sold Out already.

 

Has anyone else run into this situation? What were the results?

Just tried to book a March 2016 , no SS or SZ available on line, called a PCC and was told I could book a guarantee in that category, I told him I prefer to choose my cabin and could he tell me what is available; he said they only book guarantee any more.

Maybe it is because I am too close [10 weeks] to the sail date.

Or is this the way they are handeling all reservations now.

I agree, the local vender's can't always add another bus or guide "on a simple phone call". Some of the sights or locations have limits. The vendors have limits.

 

If the excursion is severely capacity restricted, like helicopter rides, for example, the limit is the limit.

 

Do you really think HAL is making a lot of money at today's rates having your money for a couple of months? Airfares are expensive, do you pay them at the gate? You paid for your cruise 75 days out...

 

Some people like paying for their excursions in advance. Helps with budgeting.

I agree with Bruce, we book in advance mainly for budgeting reasons, that way we are not hit with a huge bill at the end of the cruise.

Good Morning, I hope to be here today, but . . . .

 

we are waiting for a phone call to let us know of the arrival of our first grandchild!

 

Smooth Sailing ! :) :) :)

Your life will be changed for the better.

Congratulations

Good decision, Sail; and good luck..

Easy now... Careful when you talk about GATORS...

Yeah!!

Watchit!

Just heard the noon news and we are to get 4-6" this weekend. :eek:

I just walked around the outside of my house and can say there has been some noticeable melting, thank goodness.

 

Hang in there Sail

Looks likr the Brilliance if finally leaving Tampa, no fog but rain.

We saw that, I think that is what he meant when he said Boston will come through.

Please send some of that fog north to Boston. Fog 'eats' snow. :)

 

Hopefully it will be cleared up by April 20. My son is running in the marathon, I told him he better start training in snow shoes instead of running shoes.

He said not to worry, Boston will come through

Fog came back this evening. I live in St Petersburg and can usualy see the Skyway bridge from where we are. NOT TONIGHT it is thick. It is supposed to clear tomorrow afternoon when the winds shift.

I agree I would rather have fog that blows away that 8ft of snow like Sail is experiencing.

You need the full effect ....add a fedora , a metal detector a white undershirt and a Hawaiian print shirt over that unbuttoned.

 

Now repeat after me....."Get off my lawn ya little SOB"

 

 

 

*LOL*

OK!

Who has been spying on me?

And keep your brat off my lawn

Not to change topics - but is it true the Microsoft workshops are going to be changed to Apple?

 

I got it in strictest confidence from one of the entertainers on board.

She got it from me, the new banjo guy replacing the adagio strings.

And she is correct, I heard it from the guy smoking a cigar in the next balcony.

He said he heard it from one of the guys that unhooks that big rope that keeps the ship from floating away in FLL.;)

Sailing solo will be a new start for you. Doing so on a new (to you) cruiseline might be a very wise move. It will all be totally new, with no memories in every corner.

It will help a lot to be sailing with friends.

 

I know nothing concrete about the line, but just want to encourage you to consider this seriously. Might be just the pick-me-up for you.

Ruth is right, as usual.

Go for it, sail and let us know how NCL was.

glad you mentioned that...the banjo soloist is replacement for the duo performing classical music, who were a replacement for the original Adagio quartet.

 

Now I've opened a can of worms regarding musical entertainment!:eek:

 

Better the worms are in the can than in the apples !

 

Carol

Well, you found me out CJ

Yes I am replacing the Adagio quartet, er duo.

Look for me in the daily bulletin, the adagio string [no plural, just string]

Security doesn't eat, period, so you can get your pie back at the end of your cruise and eat it too :cool:

Now we know why they are always so angry, HAL doesn't feed them.

I can guarantee you that pie will not make it by Security; it will show up in their metal detector!

What if we don't use a metal pie pan, maybe smugle it inside of a fake banjo in our back pack:cool:

My husband prefers my scratch apple pie to commercially prepared pies. Do you think I could get an OBC if I brought my own pie? I could bring a second pie for the cabin steward in place of a tip.

If you bring your own pie on board it will be confiscated by security/or you will be charged a corkage [pie pan] fee.

I had this cleared up by my on line TA :mad:

One of the reasons DH and I prefer either dining with friends or dining alone for set dining on HAL is because we have been stuck with whining table mates before.

 

I am not saying that HAL is the same line it was 10 or 20 years ago, but sometimes a trip can be ruined by listening to repeated remarks about falling quality.

 

We so often hear from 2 cruisers on the same ship and their varying experiences and satisfaction. We try to judge a cruise on our own experience and try not to let others affect our trips in a negative fashion.

Could not have said it any better

someone mentioned pea soup before!

darn! Sorry i brought it up

Must be loading ingredients for the famous alaska pea soup