brnowl

WE will be on the cruise as well!

Jill and Lee

Brnowl

Lee and I will be on the

Koningsdam  - o5-Apr-24 - 22 day Solar Eclipse, Mexican Riviera & Hawaii

Looking forward to the solar eclipse, and celebrating my birthday sea! 

Jill 

On 2/20/2023 at 6:23 AM, mahi mahi said:

I am getting a little worried for our March 19 cruise given the issue with the azipod.  This is deja vue for us....same thing happened in February 2020 and NA had to cancel our cruise and head to the repair shop to fix an azipod.  They emailed us that we had been rebooked on a different ship with a different itinerary for the same week.  We ended up on the NS a week later.  Thankfully we had booked our air through HAL and they covered the change for us.

 

What are the chances????

I am following this on the roll call.  After our two covid cancellations we took a cruise last September and ended up losing ports that were our main calls because of Hurricane Fiona.  Maybe those of us from southern Ontario are jinxes! 🙄

On 8/31/2022 at 4:15 PM, cwd79 said:

Looking forward to reading this we will be on the Quebec to Boston 10 day portion of this cruise. 

We are too, and following here.

I expect that is one of the adjoining cabins that you can get for family, friends.   When you are not together with others, I feel sure the panel between will be closed and locked.

Lee and Jill finally travelling again!  September 7 , 2022, to the 17th.

10 days on Nieuw Statendam,  Quebec City to Boston.  

Newfoundland and new England Discovery

The Tamarind!  Great choice!  I would do that too.  And at lunchtime I would get something at the Dive In.  How many more days until freedom?

Oh my, I am one of those following your posts, and so sorry for your most unfortunate circumstances.  I am impressed that you can keep some sense of humour , and that by continuing to write you are keeping busy.  And hopefully it helps to keep your spirits up. 
We too were to be on this cruise and bailed about 3 weeks before.  It was tough because this was the second time we booked this same cruise ..the other being the first cruise that was cancelled by HAL in 2020, just days before we were to go.

This time, it was more fear of getting the virus in the air, on connecting flights , than cruising. And also we were not wanting to go through all the hoops of travel to and from Canada.   
Glad to hear you have a balcony!  You could even be in “our” cabin, 5170.

Best wishes. 

hi Kazu.  You will need to remove hubby and I from January 16 Koningsdam.  We have  cancelled .

brnowl

We are booked on the January 2022 on the Koningsdam , Circle Hawaii, 17 days

We should have been on the Eurodam, same cruise last year, for our 50th, but that big pandemic kind of put a kibosh on that)

Thanks Jacqui,      Jill (brnowl) and Lee

20 hours ago, Mary229 said:

There is a person, Fannish, on the cruise forum at TripAdvisor.  Great reviews.  Go to that forum and put 8n the name of the ship + cabin  and those posts should be close to the top 

Been in touch with her.  Thank you!

5 minutes ago, Mary229 said:

Halfacts.com has photos, is that what you are thinking 

not exactly.  There also were comments on the location, noise level, etc. from passengers who had a specific cabin .  But thank you for your quick response!

Hi - I have not been on here for quite some time.  There used to be a page, or link to one, where you could read cruiser reviews of cabins on various

ships.  Anyone know how to access this info?  I am specifically interested in HAL.

Cheers!    Brnowl

On 3/7/2020 at 8:05 AM, ChrissyG1968 said:

I just checked my spam folder and bam there it was. Thanks for this. Now we'll just purchase one 250 dollar beverage card instead of 2 ☺️

yes - thanks, ours was in spam.  I already knew the content, but want to see similar mailings as we are just over a week from sailing!

I have heard it was closed?  But I am not sure what is up to date.

3 hours ago, cat shepard said:

 

Not sure what you like to do, here is a link to my “review” of my excursions. I was there last October, and had a great cruise. Enjoy yourself whatever you end up doing.
 

BTW -  I am a fairly active 65 year old with a very bad knee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your ideas.   Much appreciated!   I think I shall follow up on that luau.

On 3/1/2020 at 7:50 AM, Himself said:

Have a great cruise on a great ship.  The first day out can be rough but the whole Hawaiian adventure is good.

Do you have any recommended excursions?   Or port comments?   it is our first time there.

1 hour ago, cavecreekguy said:

I'm looking forward to all the details. I'm on the next one, leaving March 18.

WE are too!   And I look forward to the posts from the cruise leaving today!

We were at The Shipwreck on March 5, and had great food and drink.  The burgers were much better than at The Salty Dog on the Crown Princess.   The nachos and cheeses were very good too!

They were very busy, obviously a popular spot.

On 2/12/2019 at 9:53 PM, mrpayroll said:

Look up Thenford Grey. Gives a great tour of St.Kitts . 

We have booked with him based on so many good comments!  Looking forward to our tour in a couple of weeks.

Just off the ship. It is in good shape. I plan on writing a review when the snow stops and we can get home. We found several issues that could be fixed with training or new staff. The cabin stewards and bar staff did their usual great job.

 

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Did you write your review? I would like to know more about this ship. Has it had recent refurbishment?

I know you are still facing East Coast storms!

It has been awhile, but we decided on taking one of the Hop on Hop Off buses, there are a few routes. They run often, and you can pick one to fit your time. The one we took went past several buildings designed by Gaudi, and definitely we got off at Sagrada Famila. We did get off there, and visited inside too, but you will have to see what your time allows. Lots to see from the bus, with audio commentaries . Don't get off at the zoo. Not only is there not enough time, it turned out to be a bad spot to get another bus.

We're thinking about booking a transatlantic but my DH is worried that he will get bored at sea for 7 days in a row.

 

 

 

Can anyone give us ideas on what you did that kept the boredom down while at sea?

We have done 2 transatlantic cruises, both with HA, and loved them!

But here is the thing...we did back to backs, with a cruise with more port stops, and the transatlantic for the way back, when we were ready to unwind, and kick back on the balcony with a glass of wine!

There are so many things you CAN participate in , if you wish, all depending on your interests. There are pool and deck activities that might appeal, planned by crew members. There are ship tours, cooking demos, educational talks on a wide variety of things, depending on speakers booked. Movies, bingo, card games, reading, lounging poolside, participating in game show type events, are some of the possibilities. There is a gym, or basketball or other courts, and many more sport activities depending on your ship. Lots you can do, or not do.

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I think you are going to enjoy HA, although I cannot compare the two, as we have done 7 or 8 cruises with them , and are just about to go on our first Princess cruise. We are in our 60s , but started cruising HA in our early fifties. The food is great, specialty restaurants great, and BBKing club too, as mentioned. We have always met interesting people onboard. I believe the crew to be second to none for service. We are off on the British Isles cruise on Princess. I am sure we will enjoy it. The cruise you are taking sounds amazing, I have been looking at that one! enjoy!

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Thanks so much for taking the time to post, really enjoying your narrative ; we are sailing on CB May 24. Greatly appreciate the tips😀

We also are onboard on the 24th...Just found this thread, and enjoying , also looking for any tips. :)