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Crystal I have given up with the Tahiti cruise . We do have the 18 day Hawaii cruise . where are you seeing Tamarind not operating ? Cliff

Take in not only the best bid price but are they offering any On Board Credits . when dealing with a TA I alwau=ys rate them o nease of communicating & their ability to follow up for us like on the HAL AARP special on board credit ,can they take our AARP gift cards ie

You will have to search the net as we can not tell you the identity on Cruise Critic .Their rules . When on a cruise ,especially of there is a Meet & Greet set up oj your Roll Call . when on the ship ask about of any one is using the cruise bidding web site . .Again we have saved a lot of money over the years . Each TAS that bids our cruise already has a track recird of accomplishments that you can read . You should also check them on web sites like Yelp We were using a particular person until he wanted to do every thing by e-mail .That would work but not all the time .so we now use TAs will the best posted bid price

We use a cruise bidding board service for all our cruises . We check out their standings with inthe industry .That info is shown always . We then look at the prices we been quoted by different TAs. We go with the best pricing . From there we may or may not build a relationship with that particular TA . It has been very cost effective over many years of booking cruises

It seems to us that the Tamarind restaurant on koningsdam is our best choice over the pther 2 restaurants for what you get

Your pictures have a lot of scenic drama to them .Excellent photos !!

Club Orange sells out very fast . So if you want CO then book it very early . Cost is under 14 day cruise $50 per day for 2 people 14c days or longer $30 perc day for 2 people .Good luck

Thanks for the info for new bookings

Love all the pictures .Wish we could chance going to the south Pacific again .Just getting well up in yrears now

cruisermom that is a lot of new inventory . We are amazed that you were able tp post all those ships entering into the cruise business since 2021 . More amazing is filling that new inventory with passengers .Now the question could be do the cruise lines have too much capacity .Only time will tell all

Thanks for all your replies . Planing future travels takes a llot of planing & your replies shed light on booking future cruises

We can agree that while ships are sailing full pricing will remain high . About a potential recession that card is still in the deck imo . Federal government spending is at a all time high but ,it can't keep growing with out very severe consequences ;which most people will agree . Then the other side of the coin is consumer spending . Can consumer spending be as robust as it has been or will it slow down ? Is a recession possible , imo yes it is possible this year .We see crypto & gold prices reaching all time highs ,so we got to ask ourselves ,why ? .Thus ,should a recession happen ,by all means cruise prices will go down as the cruise line costs will also go down ,imo

Yes we would agree that the longer itineraries are people with deep pockets thaqt taqke those cruises . Perhaps like you indicate ,the shorter ,Caribbean cruises or Mexico could drop in price . Thanks for your input

Seems to us that high government spending is keeping the economy afloat but , that too must slow down or stop i. Credit card debt has reached a all tome high of a Trillion dollars . Will consumers pull back on spending ? . Then what will happen to the stock market ;as consumer spending represents 2/3 of the National economy ? Since cruises still are considered a luxury can consumer demand still keep cruise bookings moving higher while consumers face harder times ? Thus could we see cruise prices actually drop from these lofty high levels ? It will be interesting what other people think

We see a ship sold out for handicap balcony cabins . Can we ask HAL to contact us if one opens up ? TIA

We never buy the HIA because we rarely drink & if we do it is a glass of wine at dinner . Wonder if you can buy a glass of wine at the Happy Hour 4 to 5 PM & bring it into the dining room for easrly dinner ? When we sailed RCCL we get free drink tickets ,like 4 each per day because we are Diamond with RCCL .We could even order using our tickets in the MDR a glass of wine

Wonderful photos . Keep them coming ,They are amazing 😁

Yes you are 1000% correct . When we sail we use laundry by the bag . We also pack wash & wear quick dry clothes which lmits the amount of wash we need to send out . Take a shower & wash a few items . also carry less luggage a win -win

It was so much simpler years ago . Take your bottle of wine to the dining room & there pay corkage . If you were to drink it in your cabin then no corkage fee . imo this was the simplest method . now it has gotten too complicated imo

Yes you are 1000% correct . When we sail we use laundry by the bag . We also pack wash & wear quick dry clothes which lmits the amount of wash we need to send out . Take a shower & wash a few items . also carry less luggage a win -win

You may also ask id a Chase lounge is available from your room steward . at times that has worked as well

Wow describes it all .The photos are amazing .Thanks for posting all of them

January 2026 Holland will not have Koningsdam doing Hawaii or Mexico cruises .They will ve using Nieuw Amsterdam ,a smaller ship . Just checking the 18 day Early Booking Hawaii cruise prices have really soared , additionally ,if any one requires a handicap cabin ,this shi calls standard size cabins handicap , so we tried booking a outside state room to upgrade to a deck 6 way up front handicap which are the few that woud be real handicap state rooms . I was willing to pay the outside price with the early booking Have It All , The resolution dept would not budge . Imo ,people who are handicapped can not use a standard size stateroom which does not have roll in showers . Check it out on deck plans

yes this cruise is amazing . We sent the information to our friends in Calgary Canada . Wish we could do this cruise but health issues prevent it for us

This is not for us but a friend who lives in Calgary . I could do this cruise but my wife can not fly is the problem We have done a Trans Pacific to Sydney from San Diego in 2015 & then flew back to SD .Now my DW has a kneee problem & she can not get a knee replacement . Cliff