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We have a car reserved in Hilo with Enterprise. The rental is booked in downtown Hilo, about 3 miles from the cruiseport. I have not determined yet if there is a shuttle but they would be a short uber /taxi ride away.

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We do the $20 laundry bag every 5 days. I found that the key is to pack as many thin lightweight clothes as possible.This also helps with airline weight limitations. It is amazing how much you can stuff inside a bag, especially when clothing is not bulky. And the perk of any laundry package is that later, when back home and even years later, you will find laundry labels on items of clothing and this is a reminder to book another cruise asap .😀

Thank you all! his best bet is to time it at an internet cafe or Starbucks in one of the ports. Pre-purchasing premium is definitely the way to go for wifi.

Does anyone know if there is public wifi in the Pier 2 Cruise ship terminal in Honolulu or nearby the terminal? or maybe a coffee shop or Internet cafe nearby? Thank you

Thats great to know! Thank you!

One of our party will need to do a live chat with a class he teaches back home. We will be on the Circle Hawaii cruise from San Diego. What can we expect for his ability to have an uninterrupted chat with students enroute to HI? thank you

I live in Maine and have been to BH many many times. I have been there when there are 4 ships in port at the same time. Unbelievably crowded when this happens. The vote was split and local businesses will suffer for sure. I would have rather seen them limit the number of cruise ships to one ship at a time rather than the number of passengers. I was glad to see that a similar referendum in Portland did not pass.

Oh, that is interesting...so on the March cruise you should be able to choose 6 bottles as credited..I do hope that works out for you!

A question has come up. We will be doing side by side cruises. Disembarking The K and boarding the Zaandam on the same day. we will have purchased a wine package on the K. In the unlikely but possible of event of having an unopened bottle remaining on the last day on the K. Will they mark it as purchased so that I can bring that unopened bottle onto the Z without having to pay a corkage fee?

Oh, perfect. Thank you!

We have never purchased HAL excursions, but we have pre-purchased 2 excursions for an upcoming cruise. My question is this.. I do not know if excursions costs count towards mariner credits, but if they do, can I, once on board, ask them to apply the purchase of these and /or other pre-purchased item costs to my mariner account? Thanks

This was extremely helpful to watch. Thank you for posting!

Perfect, Thanks to you both!

We will be disembarking one ship and boarding another (same cruise line, same day) in SanDiego. How close will the ships piers be? Will we use the same cruise terminal for both? Just wondering how far we will have to schlep our luggage. Thanks

we loved the Pan Pacific..so convenient and the staff was wonderful . they took our luggage to the ship . so very convenient.

Thank you!

Yes, thank you. i asked here because I thought i should be more specific to HAL.

Believe it or not we have never flown out on the same day as disembarkation. Disembarking on a Saturday in FLL, with 6 ships in port, what is the earliest time advised to safely book a flight . Also, I always book my own, but in this case are we better off if HAL books the flight? Thanks

Hello, We will be disembarking a in Fort Lauderdale . We are not familiar with this port. In your experience what is the earliest time to book a flight home on that same day...we have never gone from ship to airport before. thanks

It is my understanding that once. You are on board you can use your OBC but not before the sailing date.

Its been several years since I did this but they did grant the reduction after final payment on one of my HAL cruises...must have been around 2015, so not sure of current possibilities. Never hurts to ask! Good luck!

Do you find the pricing of the wine package the same when purchased on board in the MDR vs prior to your sailing?

Great news! Thank you!

I will check that out. We will be in SD for a week before boarding the K. It will be a Saturday so the turn around time may be an issue. I will research some more and 🤞🤞it wont be necessary!