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It is a quirky place but we had some laughs.

I have the same offer for this cruise. Do you know if you earn Mariner days for this?

Today was able to book an Atlantic coastal cruise for 2023 with the $1pp deposit. The cruise also featured the latest have it all fare option which included the gratuities.

We have been on both HAL and Oceania. We will actually sail on Regatta in April for a French Polynesia cruise. We were scheduled for the longer HAL cruise in March 2020 on a ship smaller than the Koningsdam but it was canceled. In my opinion the beds are very similar and I am not a foodie and have had good experiences on HAL. If you like sodas and specialized coffee than Oceania offers these at no extra cost. We always seem to get more shipboard credits when choosing HAL. So I shop around and until I find my desired itinerary. We have stayed on Moorea and you can jump on a fast ferry from Papeete so it is an option rather than stay multiple days in Tahiti.

We were on the Quest the first week of June and had great service.We found wines we enjoyed and the server would get us our preferred wine each night. I am not a big breakfast eater but thought the selections in the buffet area was plentiful. We often would go upstairs and get special coffees before heading to breakfast. The Restaurant was practically empty every evening. We did see the chef on several days.

We were also on the Oosterdam 6/13-25 in a Neptune Suite. We had no issues in our cabin and experienced wonderful,service. Our laundry was always returned in one day. Our daughters were in an ocean view cabin and their cabin was very hot upon embarkation, however, they told their room steward and it was cool within a few hours. We did hear someone say they had been moved but all 10 of our friends on board had no issues in their rooms. The only area I was disappointed in was the piano man and woman duo. I was pleased with the wine service, especially Hannah, the cellar master. There definitely were no crowds throughout our cruise which I loved! We experienced very friendly service by everyone we encountered.

We boarded on June 13th.We had stayed 2 nights in Venice so took the shuttle bus from Tronchetta. The HAL reps were all waiting near the buses near the People Mover. Arrive early as they began loading the buses about 10:30 for the 11am departure.

The antigen test is acceptable as long as it was proctored or done by medical/pharmacy staff

So much anxiety this trip. We got Costco to get through to Flight Ease yesterday and got a supervisor to give our daughters a flight that gets into Venice about 10 min prior to their original flights. This sure beats their move without any notification to a flight that did not arrive until the day following what we had originally booked. They were able to go onto the airline page and pay for premium economy seats.

They told me that the airline had canceled the flight.; however, still found it available elsewhere.

We are currently trying to find out what has happened with our daughters flights to Venice as well. There departure flight was dropped.

We plan to do the same for next week. I have ordered the tests from Optum and will do the proctored tests before our flights.

We embark in less than 2 weeks and wonder when we will be advised of the time of our shuttle. We filled out the questionnaire a couple of weeks ago.

The number I called was 1 800/628-4771. I tried phoning before 7 am Pacific Time. Another time phoned after 4 pm and spoke to someone about 5:50pm. HAL flight ease person called me back about a half hour ago. They had 2 options. AA would only give us an option to fly out 2 days earlier. We had booked Business class and thus fewer options. Thus Hal will cancel and get $ back from AA and rebook us on British Airways. She said that she will email updated booking with no additional out of pocket cost for us.

Yesterday I was filling in passport information on American Airlines for flights booked and already ticketed by flight ease. I noticed that the 2nd leg of three flights was no longer listed. It turns out that this flight has been canceled. hAL nor I had been notified. Spoke to agent with flight ease about 6 pm and their special line with AA was closed for the day but person said she would follow up with AA this morning. Flight leaves in 14 days!