rodndonna

Quite a mystery .. I'm going with he was not in the water all that time. The delay to be reported by his family seems suspiciously long. Possibly an attempt to claim a life insurance policy being involved.

HAL flightease does not allow, that but others have said they have put a reservation on 'hold' and then have a booking number to check flight costs with. It would still have to be within the 300 (or 330 day?) window though.

My husband and I are from the Canadian east coast- and our collective vote would be Sydney - Fortress Louisbourg Halifax - Peggy's Cove Corner Brook (this was my husband's vote, as I have never been o NFLD so couldn't vote) - Highlights (scenic drive and photo ops) Have a great trip!

For Canadians, we can see it on CTV and it is also in their on-line recorded program site https://www.ctv.ca/shows/mighty-cruise-ships/nieuw-statendam-s4 We'll be on it in about a week - so will have to watch this one 😄

I'll be waving back virtually! I believe waving is one of the most underrated activities on a cruise ship. I love (for some bizarre reason) to wave at anyone I can get to wave back on shore or on another cruise ship. Enjoy you cruise and happy waving!

We're those fast walkers - looking like we are on our way to be somewhere important and with purpose! ( must be something happening on the other side of the ship ! ) We have a cruise next week, and it will be our first with our Fitbit - so looking forward counting steps instead of laps - woohoo!

I guess we're in the minority, we've used the Promenade deck ALOT on our 3 HAL cruises this year (it is my primary form of exercise both on and off ship), and I have yet to come across someone jogging on the Promenade.

We had one of these in June (Koningsdam) and I think it was two "full" baths, one with shower, and one with bath/shower combo. Even for just 2 of us, it was nice to have, but for 3 women (I think that is the OP case) could be really convenient. Edit: I was wrong, It is a second "half" bath, as there was no toilet in the second bath (just shower and sink area)

Again - not advocating for jogging on the Promenade, but the fact that the OP is asking and wondering if possible during off busy time (early morning) I am assuming they are in the "responsible jogger" category. It's like the lap swimmers in the pool , they know they can't swim laps when people are in the pool, and they look for times when it is empty to get their laps in (first thing in the morning or at the end of the day). I think the OP was just hoping the promenade might be similar somehow, but it's just not allowed regardless. I've only seen one incident on a Promenade and it was a solo incident. It was during the "walk for a cause" and a young woman in the group in in front of us (they were walking briskly) turned to talk to her friends and walked smack into a steel beam. It was a loud bang to the head. She tried to shake it off, but left the deck shortly thereafter.

Yikes - How fast do you think the jogger is going? We powerwalk on the promenade, no issues bypassing other walkers, loungers or knocking someone onto the deck. I'm not advocating for allowing jogging on the HAL promenade, just saying they are not as dangerous a menace as you may believe and I don't think it was an unreasonable question to ask. Most cruise lines have only one track, and both joggers and walkers share it without issues. And as walkers, we have been known to walk on the jogging track (and they haven't given us grief or knocked us over for being their turf) 😃

For a domestic flight in Canada, the requirement is to be at the airport 90 minutes before your departure time - so you have lots of time ...if you haven't already look at Skytrain to get to and from the airport (30 minutes, cheap and super convenient). Have a good trip!

I guess when I read your post, I misunderstood and thought it was FlightEase you were referring to. Even when you are not booked them, it is still a great guideline for acceptable flighttimes for airports and flights you are not familiar with. When you do a search against your itinerary, you then know what is the latest arrival and earliest departure times they allow for "day of" flights and so can use those as a 'safe' guideline.

I didn't realize your were on Flightease - for sure there I would see no reason to change to a later flight them. In the unlikely event the ship arrival or disembarkation is delayed and you miss your flight, then you should just be rebooked to one of those later flight options. In my experience with Flightease, if the timing is not considered adequate, they would not book or keep you on that flight. Our flights next week were rescheduled by Flightease to meet an hour earlier change in ship embarkation, and we now have the world's crappiest flights (even though I really believe the original flight arrival would have been fine - it's like 20 minutes off their window of acceptable times and we're pretty fast - haha). Ah well, not the first time we have had to deal with crappy flights ... at least we're going on holiday (-:

I would be OK with that flight personally, especially with it being a domestic flight, but depends on how comfortable you are though. I would do self-assist off the ship and check-in on-line the day before when the window opens.

Somewhat related, assuming you are "likely" looking at AC as one of your options and those nasty baggage fees are coming into play, if you don't already have an Aeroplan Visa card, they are worth having just for the free luggage on AC (one free bag each). It's annual fee is covered pretty quickly if you use AC and would have to pay baggage. Just need to be cardholder, don't need to book flights with it.

Have you tried using google flight? . It's not a booking tool - but great for reviewing options and air fare. https://www.google.com/travel/flights

When a person knows enough to self-isolate (we've been at this for almost 3 years) , I can't imagine that they need to be told that staff are also people, so they need isolate from as well. That is my point, we all know what we should be doing. What is sadly ironic, is that the people that are most worried about keeping the cruise ships protocols in place, are the people I am 99% confident would do the right thing. The people who wouldn't do the right thing (risking others including staff) would not and will not report or isolate. I think the protocals are now just providing a false sense of security to people who assume the cruiseline can keep them safe from other passengers.

I am still surprised when I see threads where someone says "It's like they (cruiseline) don't want to know or have us report" - I really believe they would prefer we stop telling them and deal with it ourselves unless it really requires there intervention medically.

I really think that this what many (most) cruisers have been doing for quite a while now. The only problem is that like with any contagious illness, there are the always some people who then don't self-isolate, but of course those are also the folks that would never have informed medical in the first place. I think the people who self-report, by nature, would self-isolate, so not sure why reporting to medical would be beneficial (assuming symptoms are mild).

Have you ever sailed or booked Carnival on-line. I LOVE their web booking. When you select a a cruise it then shows you on one page ALL the code booking options available to you (usually about 6 different options) with prices and perks neatly summarized. Not suggesting to go book Carnival, just saying of all the cruise lines, I think they have the best website for reviewing options.

We've done 3 cruises now with HAL. First was fixed dining (late) and service was excellent. Second cruise we tried anytime (eating later) and service was somewhat hit and miss, depending on how busy it and certainly not as personable (which makes sense) Third cruise we went back to fixed dining and found the service was excellent. Although we like some flexibility, we are now going to stick with fixed dining for HAL for our upcoming cruises.

We were very lucky and were able to grab 2 'free' cabin offers from last year (when they were really generous in them). We have played the Casino more on those 2 cruises than previously, but alas, no more email offers. We are not surprised, as we are still not the sort of players that ever expected to get them. That being said, we do received what I would consider to a 'good' discount on many cruises that I don't get emails about, and only seem to see the pricing when I log in and follow through a booking (the discount does not show up on the initial pricing for me). Worth looking at if you don't get an email 'free' cabin offers.

I have to check that out.... I am having a hard time imagining 'rowdy' on a HAL ship 😃

Don't forget about the Tamarind bar... I say that because in 3 HAL cruises I have never remembered that there is a really nice bar there (small and great window seating) until we go to the Tamarind to eat and I see it and say to myself "wow, this is quite a nice bar, we must come here" and then I forget again. We cruise in 2 weeks and it will be on my list to go there at least one evening for a pre or post sinner drink (even if we are not dining at the Tamarind that night)

If you are fixed dining, no problem. Anytime, may be a bit of a wait (less for later dining times). We now go with late fixed dining for 2. We like "any time" but find the service better with fixed dining.