ShipWalker

ShipWalker's Rules of Cruising

7) Take all you want but eat all you take.

The only time I get itchy skin is when I forget to remove the laundry tags. And after years of removing these things, I just NOW noticed they have our cabin numbers on them. 😂

https://www.hollandamerica.com/en/us/faq/onboard-cruise-experience/dining/is-there-a-dress-code

"Is there a dress code?

Answer: Yes, some refinements were made to improve consistency and the policy now reads: 

Most evenings smart casual attire is appropriate. Shorts, pool/beachwear, distressed jeans and men’s tank tops are best left to the daytime and are not permitted in fine dining restaurants.

Dressy Nights evoke the grand traditions of cruising as guests dress to impress for special events on board, including our five-course gourmet dinner in the Dining Room. For gentlemen, collared shirts and slacks are required in all fine dining restaurants. 

The dining room is considered a fine dining restaurant..."

Bon appetit!

You could always upgrade to polenta.

Anything you do to the database (other than simply looking at it) is now permanent to the database and is how it will look to the next person viewing it.

You do not "save" any things you've done. The program automatically "saves" it within seconds of anything you've done/altered.

delete

With HAL catering to today's crowd on cruises with songs popular from 50 to 70 years ago. Simply do the math for those 1994 cruisers.

1 hour ago, gizmodog said:

I have never been to Greece, going in October. I have recently been told you cannot flush any toilet paper in their toilets, even in our hotel.

Past Greece cruisers can you confirm this?

When visiting the islands bring TP with you and use the provided wastebasket.

Their septic systems cannot handle the overload from all the tourists.

I have to admit having five parties (masquerade, costume, A Legendary Ball, 4th of July, and Orange) during this legendary cruise was great fun!

No rail passenger service between Healy and Cantwell.

HAL neither runs nor owns the Alaska Railroad. 

Alaska Railroad reports it is still bustituting passengers between Talkeetna/Cantwell and Healy today and tomorrow (Saturday, 7/6)

On 6/9/2024 at 1:14 AM, The-Inside-Cabin said:

…Here is the flyer we received for the Legendary Alaska. This is the standard Legendary Voyage flyer, not specific to our cruise…

Here is our party schedule gleaned from Navigator today.

-Sunday, June 16th (Seward)

Masquerade Ball

9PM, Rolling Stone Lounge

-Monday, June 24th (sea day)

Costume Party

9PM, Rolling Stone Lounge

-Friday, June 28th (Homer)

Orange Party

9PM, Rolling Stone Lounge

-Thursday, July 4th (Misty Fnords)

4th of July Party

9PM, Rolling Stone Lounge

-Friday, July 5th (Prince Rupert)

Westerdam Ball

9PM, Rolling Stone Lounge

Party on, dudes and dudettes!

Light drizzle of rain in Ketchikan today. Not too bad. Just like back home.

I need to thank the ship crew for suggesting lots of layering of clothing today. It made it more difficult for DW to try on new clothes to buy while in town.

Looks like HAL canvas bags and chocolates(!) were placed in our cabins this morning.

A reminder to all users to the database...

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As a reminder to all, *ANY* change you make to the database is auto-saved. There is no temporary change while you are on it. That means if you highlight ships to compare them. It is permanent. If you change the formatting of the data in any way, or for some reason change the order of the ships it stays that way when you exit.

The DB then needs to be cleaned up (not that hard to do) but still takes time.

(any proper updates added between 4/20 and 5/8 I will reinsert when I return next week) 

1 hour ago, ddled said:

…So I called Princess to get it sent before we sail so as to cut some of the embarkation time….

We’ve picked up our medallions at the dock on embarkation the last two trips.
 

Took all of an extra 30 seconds each time.

Great concert!

18 hours ago, wlbox said:

Curious you are allowed to bring off personal refillable water bottles in Picton?  Do they actually check and take them from you?  

DW was sent back to cabin to remove her refillable metal water bottle when going into the theater to wait for our excursion.

It was the first of two trips back as she later decided she was wearing the wrong shoes. 😂

We were in cabin m529 on the Regal on our cruise last month.

No noise issues. Very pleasant.

We got off our first Princess cruise earlier this month.

My suggestion has to do with the cabin LG TV's. Princess needs to take the time and turn off the "TruMotion" setting. (Soap Opera Effect) It's a simple 4 step process using a remote with full programing functions like the one you have at home.

There is nothing worse than watching a newer multi-million dollar Hollywood blockbuster film and having it appear to be filmed on a high school stage with a camcorder. Once you see it you cannot unsee it.

Stockperks has been used in collaberation with CCL since November of last year. There are several threads in several cruise categories relating to it.

It is fine to use.

4 hours ago, AV8rix said:

...just google "Carnival Cruise Line outsource Capgemini"...

 

 

I did. The only that showed up was this thread.  😂

Same layout and location said to be on the Westerdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Zuiderdam, Noordam, Oosterdam and Eurodam.

Same size. Same location.