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May 3

1 hour ago, POA1 said:

Thank you for taking us along! Sorry that your sailing is nearing its end.

That makes three of us! 😉

May 3

Here is today's Daily

May 3

Tonight we are eating in Canaletto with Tony @sailingdutchy and Fred @Overhead Fred and Martha and Mitzi so is the menu......

And the file is here

canaletto_menu_summer_2023_v2_-new.pdf

May 3

The files for today's menus

lunch_menu_06.pdf

gold_gala_menu_2024.pdf

m13-day13-_lido_lunch_north_europe.pdf

m13-day13-_lido_dinner_north_europe.pdf

day_6_lido_late_snack (1).pdf

May 3

Today's menus

A sea day so mdr lunch. Menu file name is different so perhaps a slight change to the menu.

MDR Lunch

MDR Dinner gold gala menu

LIdo Lunch

Lido Dinner

Lido Late night snack

May 3

Friday 3rd May, at sea on Bay of Biscay and Englush Channe

it is a calm, pleasant spring morning on the ship. Such a shame that we will be evicted in less than 48 hours.😪

May 3

UK etc is present on the list. It is Reino Unido

May 3

Just a fyi as you are heading to northern Europe.

No umbellas in verandah stateroom and I didn't see any HAL umbrellas in evidence on a very rainy day.

Suggest you bring small telescopic umbrella with you.

May 3

Currently on Nieuw Statendam, which sails to Baltics next week and there are no umbrellas in stateroom and there were none at gangway.

Bring your own collapsible one.

May 3

15 hours ago, lynn2002 said:

I booked the cruise without HIA and I now wish to add it. However, I have already booked the excursions and wifi. If I add the HIA will they automatically refund the excursion allowance and wifi or do I need to cancel the excursions already booked and wifi, then add the HIA and then re-book the excursions so that they come out of the $300 excursion allowance?

Did you book with a travel agent? Then call them to do it.

If you booked directly then it may be a bit more difficult. Although the Southampton office still exists, the numbers for HAL now transfer to a call centre 'out east' and the level of experience is low.

When is your cruise and how popular are the excursions? You may have to cancel and rebook. I would not be expecting HAL to automatically do anything.

Ofcourse, you could play safe and purchase HIA, rebook the excursions, then cancel the prepaid ones.

I don't know if you can cancel wifi online, so you may have to call the call centre anyway.

May 3

Good morning from Nieuw Statendam, currently at the northern tip of Bay of Biscay heading towards the English Channel and then Rotterdam.

It is a very pleasant spring morning onboard.

May 3

Not getting them on s6 lite tablet on andoid, nor s21 phone.

May 2

1 minute ago, Mary229 said:

I have gotten that message for excursions I never took😁

At least they are consistent then 🙄

May 2

Navigator is a robust tool to use (not!)

We returned from our HAL excursion to Santiago and there was a message on Navigator to review the excursion.....

So I clicked the link and got .....

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Why do they post this garbage?

May 2

9 minutes ago, lakelivin2 said:

Hi folks,

We are new to HAL. Can you tell me the cost of lunch at Pinnacle Grill? Is it the same as dinner?

Currently $19 + 18% service charge per person.

May 2

Tonight's Lido special was "Spanish Port to Table"

it was really good. The seafood paella was the best and most authentic that I have tasted in a long time.

But I am not sure of the Spanish background of steak and kidney pie, except with the ex pat community along the coast of southern Andalusia.

May 2

Today's Daily

May 2

Important information for those boarding Nieuw Statendam soon.....specially for Baltic/ Norway cruises. (Wet weather!)

Bring your own umbrellas! There are no umbrellas in closets in verandah rooms and today, even though it was raining when we disembarked to go on our tour, there was no sign of any HAL umbrellas carried by other cruisers. So with my powerful sense of presumption, I guess no umbrellas supplied.

Again, bring you own!