Crazy For Cats

Made it home from the NA and was surprised to still see the ships in port. I’ll try and watch but the kids are demanding attention and we are heating up some leftover soup for dinner.

Good Afternoon, we made it home. We did have a dead battery but AAA came quickly to our rescue. Amelia was yelling at me, she wanted a small amount of milk and is now happy. Mona crawled into my lap until she realized I brought dinner. Currently I’m heating up some leftover chicken barley soup for our dinner. It is good to be home.

Interestingly we booked the two weeks with one booking number. Each week we received two 5* dinners in the Tamarind. I did not complain about that mistake.

When we were on the Zaandam they held the medallion ceremony for both weeks. Just off the NA and no medallion ceremony for either week. A friend on hoard had his medallion delivered to his room. (He got a medallion on both weeks when he dhould have received only one)

Disembarkation only started around 8:15. DH got tagged by customs so a delay there. Once cleared we grabbed a taxi and got through security by 9:10. Our flight leaves at 11 and the plane just arrived. Safe travels to everyone heading home or catching a ship.

We are planning on going to PA this weekend. Visiting my family on Thursday and his on Friday. Drive home on Saturday after a Shady Maple run. All depending on if we caught something on the cruise. So far so good.

They will be acting like they didn't get a bite of food while I was gone.

Good Morning from the Nieuw Amsterdam. Thanks for the daily fleet report. Just waiting to dock and catch the plane to get home. Looking forward to seeing the cats.

Good Morning, waiting to dock and head to the airport.

Good Evening, final sunset of this cruise.

Good Morning from the Nieuw Amsterdam. Thanks for the daily fleet report. I'll pass on today's meal suggestion, instead our final dinner onboard will be in the Tamarind. Breakfast in the PG was rough, the mimosas had no OJ. We will survive. At HMC with the Rotterdam.

Bon Voyage!

Correct, I thought it was part of HIA as the Black Friday sale.

I used the concierge to get an appointment. I met her in the lounge. I booked two cruises. What I didn't realize is that Crew Appreciation is being added to any booking regardless of Have It All. So we booked the mid price with Crew appreciation and without HIA.

IMHO it isn't.

Good Morning from the Nieuw Amsterdam. Thanks for the daily fleet report. I'll pass on today's meal suggestion, I'm sure anything on the lido will be better. If like apple cider but haven't had any this season. Today is a sea day and I'm meeting with the future cruise person at 10. Planning on booking two Zaandam cruises. We are being stalked by another ship which I suspect is the Rotterdam. Its way in the distance.

@birdie16 we are on board with you. Last week we were one cabin away from a quarantine cabin and only discovered it by accident. The crew is doing what they can to sanitize to reduce spread of anything. We’ve heard lots of coughing from the balconies and will be surprised if we don’t catch something. I hope a negative test result happens quickly for your DH.

Good Afternoon, we went back out to walk around a bit more. I successfully didn't get any souvenirs. The Rotterdam is docked next to us.

Good Morning from the Nieuw Amsterdam. Thanks for the daily fleet report. I'll pass on today's meal suggestion, instead it will be Tamarind. For whatever reason today they used facial recognition to get off the ship. The line moved very slowly. We walked around a bit and then came back to the ship.

Good Evening, it was a beautiful day in San Juan. We went to El Yunque. We went to Cayo Caribe for dinner. Christmas decorations are up.

Good Afternoon from the Nieuw Amsterdam. Thanks for the daily fleet report. @dfish thanks for the recipes I'd give them a try. Today we are in my favorite port.

Yesterday I was at the Future Cruise desk at the opening time. Several guests were waiting. After some chatting I left 15 minutes past opening and she wasn't there yet. I went to the concierge and she emailed the FCC to schedule an appointment and no response as yet.

Good Morning from the Nieuw Amsterdam. Thanks for the daily fleet report. It's another beautiful day on the ship. I'll pass on today's meal suggestion and will most likely have dinner in the lido. I hope everyone has a good day today.

Tonight's dinner is in the Tamarind. We were presented with the following and thought it super sweet.