Laminator

The new website is not showing casino discounted cruises any longer. Either you or your TA will need to contact the casino division to see if you have any offers. With the ships sailing with more pax now the casino offers are not as often or as generous as they were the past couple of years.

On my last 2 ships, the Nieuw Statendam and the Rotterdam, the coffee was actually made the night before around midnight with a sign that said station closed. I hope no one reports me to law enforcement but I on several occasions poured myself several cups late at night.

The group I was referring to had nothing to do with smoking. It has to do with Holland America Casino players. As for the smoking the Nieuw Statendam recently had the staircase which ran from deck 2 to deck 3 in the casino removed. The casino was expanded. Closing off that staircase I am sure will help with some of the smoke wafting down to deck 2. If successful I am sure HAL will do the same thing with the KDAM and RDAM during their drydock. I think HAL by offering smoking and non smoking casinos on their ships, is trying to acquiesce to both sides.

We are not allowed to promote groups outside of CC. I believe it is safe to say that you see it when you look in the mirror every morning.

There is no smoking in the casino on the Westerdam. Hasn't been for a few years!

The answer is yes to OBC. You can purchase the chips from the cashier or you can get them at the table.

I gotta try this with Microsoft. They discontinued updates on Windows 7 in 2020. I hope I can get them to provide me with a new surface pro.

With the ships filling up the generosity of the casino offers has declined. There's a group of nearly 5000 HAL casino players that discuss this constantly.

Depending on who books your offer is whether you will see the casino benefits in the special services section. Fortunately for me I have a PCC that is very familiar with booking casino offers as she has been doing them for me since 2007. This shows on my sons booking. He received a free ocean view, $300 in Free Play and the DOU stands for Drinks on us which is drinks in the casino only.

It's critical your PCC is familiar with booking casino deals. If they aren't you can run into issues. There are some major differences between booking email offers and cone back and sail offers. Fortunately my PCC has taken care of my casino offers since 2007 so I never had any issues.

You can book solo and then add a family member or friend down the road if you wish.

Yep...those poor children who just happen to be fortunate enough to be on a cruise.

The reason HAL is making pax sign the receipts is they were having issues with pax claiming they were being charged for drinks that they did not receive.

I have spent many hours sitting at the Seaview pool where I wish I could have moved and I can assure you that it had absolutely nothing to do with thongs being worn. But since I understand that folks are on vacation and trying to enjoy themselves it is none of my business what anyone wears. Everyone here knows the opinions are like saying.

I would consider the beach a group setting. There are plenty of thongs there.

ABC islands out of Ft. Lauderdale.

I was on the Rotterdam from Nov 3rd to Nov 12th and there had ti be at least a half dozen women wearing thongs at the Seaview Pool.

We were on deck 4 on the Rotterdam from Nov 3rd to the 12th. We never had an issue sleeping but I have to admit we do not sleep between the hours of 3pm til 11pm anyway. All 4 of us thought the food was good to excellent.

A steal actually!

It's working now. Possibly just rolled out at the time I visited the site!

Let's give it a few days though. New launches can be tricky!

They used to be left in your room.

With the room cards in the mailbox and many times cabin doors still open for priority boarders I am sure casino chips have disappeared from staterooms. I would guess that is the reason that the chips are no longer offered for pre-purchase. They need to make it so casino money for chips and/or slots can be preloaded on your cabin card.

They just renovated the casino on the Nieuw Statendam and removed that staircase. That should help significantly with the wafting of smoke significantly.