knittinggirl

Thanks, we will check them out. I think I also bought some water bottles in Iceland. We had a tour guide that told us to buy a bottle of water, then refill it at any faucet in Iceland, and it would be good. We can't pick one up at a bar with the Elite Beverage Package?

Are these what you mean? White can with blue wavy lines on the front, with the caption, "more ocean, less plastic" and "still water" and "open water." I thought they were like soft drink cans with a pop tab. How much did they sell for? I saw a photo from Office Depot that showed something like a pop tab. But others in the shape of bottles.

Thank you!

Anybody have a minibar menu? We're hoping to find some bottled water we can take for shore excursions. And I think the HAL only sells the canned water that we can't close.

May both me and DH get an AARP discount?

Greenland is much further north than Bar Harbor. So, more ice flow. The time they cancelled all ship tours was October.

Usually passengers with ship tours go first. But I think if you're a suite or a lot of stars, that may be different. As a 4 star, I don't remember being told to report to a different place. We don't take tenders often anymore. I think passengers get the tender tickets at the passenger desk, then they announce them. At some point, they announce no tender tickets needed. Having gone on mostly ship tours, sometimes we've had a long wait. This is all ports, not just Bar Harbor. When we were in Greenland, the captain cancelled all tender rides. That's after several tenders had gone out. He managed to get them back. He put extra crew on the boat to spot the icebergs. Oops, I thought I was in the Canada/New England/Iceland thread. Sorry.

Once we arrived on land, we were told they had cancelled all ship tours due to weather. We had trouble getting back once. Once we had to transfer to another vessel, climb some stairs then step onto the ship. We heard it was supposed to make the tender experience better, but it didn't for us. Might be worth it. Bar Harbor is beautiful! Eat some popovers at Jordan Pond House.

Ketchikan had a bunch of ships during one of our trips, plus one ship that tendered.

You never really know about tender ports, because last fall, they turned Skagway Alaska into a tender port. On our first Voyage of the Vikings, they turned Isafourger into a pier port.

Do the Business and First Class Airfare also have flat rates?

Who picks the flights? Who picks the seats?

Thank you! The room description at HAL.com said not all rooms can receive WiFi. And we got the package that includes WiFi. Perhaps they may need to update. A while back, we were on the Sapphire Princess and our suite was supposed to have WiFi included, but we seldom could connect.

Is there a good WIFI signal in 6228? Also, how many power outlets in the room?

I don't understand why they don't add outlets during refurbishments.

It's available on the Volendam. I loaded it into the cart, but it doesn't look like they're giving me my 4* discount. It's only available on one evening.

I had problems with dining reservations (using credits) last week, but it seems to be working now. We're also on the Volendam.

We booked one for 2025.

No floorplans for staterooms either.

Couldn't find a mention of any safe.

Thanks for the information. Someone's been sick on the last 10 cruises, and we've had lost luggage too!

We got the cancellation insurance. Do we really need travel insurance, since it's all in the US? We visited the infirmary on the Rotterdam in Boston, and had to submit it to Medicare. Medicare paid!

Thanks for the fabulous review! We were worried about the accessibility of the ship, because some of the large ship cruise lines don't offer many easy activity excursions.

I'm thinking about Sitka in Alaska and Bar Harbor in Maine. Previously these have been tender ports on the cruise lines I've used.

Unscented toiletries available?