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Really enjoyed your Reports, too! Love all the pics and thank you for posting the When and Where's. 😀

"My Itinerary" in HAL's Website and if you look up to book the Cruise is still showing Hubbard but Nav App is now showing Icy Strait. If anyone gets an Official email, can you please post and vice versa! So far nothing from HAL except changing the Boarding Time again!

We're also on May 28th Eurodam and it's Hubbard Glacier. This Sailing was never switched over to include Icy Strait.

Thanks for the updates! 😀. The Ship looks great and very happy that She still has the Mix and Music in Ocean Bar. Very much looking forward to our B2B end of August and sailing again on Zaandam!

@Ready2go11 Happy to hear things seem to be improving with more Musicians coming Onboard, good food and Service. Also, having the Music in Ocean Bar. From what I understood Billboard was to be added when in DryDock in April, 2020 but great if it’s still the “old” Piano Bar. We’re very interested in hearing more on the Entertainment and, of course, the food (😂). If you get a chance can you post Pics of the Piano Bar, etc. and the When and Where? We also took the HIA for B2B and glad we did. That’s odd with the 2nd Drink now 25% off at Happy Hour. On some of the other Ships it was 50% off. Thanks again for taking time to keep us posted! 😀

I completely agree that they need to keep the Passenger count down with the Crew Shortages. It's really not fair to those Sailing! We were on the NS in March (2nd time since Restart) and it was an "off" Cruise. First time was great! One of the Restaurant Managers told us they are short-staffed between those going home due to end of Contract and having trouble getting Crew back for various reasons. It doesn't only affect the FOH but the back, too, with the Kitchen if they are short there, too. Can you report back with how the food is and also is there Music in Ocean Bar and what type? Can you post pics of Billboard? Thanks!

When I first received the email on Wednesday I thought that the Eurodam was one of the Ships (NS another one) having Azipod issues during the Winter that skipped a Port, etc. It also seems that all the Sailings of Eurodam have shortened some of the Port times which appears they need more time to get to the next Port. Agree though too much of a coincidence with Discovery Princess.

All the Eurodam Sailings have been getting notifications of cutting the times short in the Ports. We're on May 28th and received it a few days ago.

Thank you and I'll be following along! We're booked for a B2B end of August and looking forward to Sailing on Zaandam again!

Have a great Cruise, Bruno!

Stay well, Jim and best for Sheila with the knee Surgery!

This would be good News for all those planning a B2B! Thanks for posting!

Please let us know what you find out! Thanks!

Us, too!

We’re 5 Star and get these Offers now because we spend money in the Casino! We have taken four Cruises since the Restart. Two were Non-Casino Offers and two were Casino Offers. Our next Cruise on May 28th is a Casino Offer (two more booked after that and before the end of the Year are not). We have Family joining us and there are a total of five rooms booked. Two with Casino Offers and three Non-Casino. Those three Rooms are booked as a result of us going with our Casino Offer and HAL is making a lot of money because of it! All our Casino Offers we have paid to upgrade the Room, we buy Wine Packages, drinks at Happy Hour, Shore Excursions and pay Crew Incentive, etc. not to mention what we spend in the Casino itself. We cannot add any Promo like the HIA or apply Stock for OBC. So our Casino Offers are far from “free” Cruises. I enjoy seeing when people post their Offers even when their Offers are better than mine and happy for people who have strung their Offers together and have taken B2B2B (something we haven’t been able to do because of commitments), etc. If you can’t be happy for people and it’s eating you up with resentment then come join us all at the Slots. At any rate be happy because life is way too short!