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Good Morning from the Zaandam as we head to Quebec. Thanks for the daily fleet report. Today's meal suggestion sounds interesting and I'd give it a try. Lunch will be at Pinnacle, dinner at Canaletto and sandwiched between is the wine tasting. I hope everyone has a good day today.

Good Morning, Today's When and Where.

Last night's Orange Party wasn't as well attended as hoped. It was held in the Crows Nest and they played music for dancing. Snacks were served and the ones I tried were good. It was held at 9 so we watched the sunset.

Tonight was the first time we saw long lines in the lido. The mussels were a hit with those that like that sort of thing. We went to the Step One Dance Company Musicology show. DH thought it ok while I thought it more like a high school production. The dancers are talented but all music and vocals were prerecorded. The Orange Party is at 9 tonight and has a happy hour attached to it.

The current future cruise deposit. On board booking versus at home booking is interesting.

We took a private sale offer on Eurodam in March. I was offered an upsell and took it. Our current sailings, B2B. On Zaandam and I called in for an upsell and was offered a reasonable price for the two cruises.

We walked around town today and picked up some chocolate covered potato chips. Also got some chocolate covered ginger. @dfish two views of the terminal

They are still there.

@1ANGELCAT I’m sorry to hear about Jaguar.

There are shops in the terminal. Probably about half of the previous years.

Probably just walking around town. None of the excursions appealed or we had already done them. It is a beautiful day.

I expect two Gala nights. Next one is the sea day. I think the first one was second day. On Gala nights we are doing specialty dinning. Can't speak to MDR or club orange. We are in a Neptune Suite.

Good Morning from Charlottetown, thanks for the fleet report. I'm not sure about today's meal suggestion. The lido is offering mussels tonight, that's a hard pass for me. Hopefully something else will appeal. Waiting for a bit to get off the ship. Don't expect much to be open before 10.

Good Morning, Today's When and Where

Good Evening, after dinner we watched Cantare and we both thought the performances were good. Happy Hour strikes again with a beautiful view.

The current system is the old system. No on demand movies or shows.

Some observations up to this point. Tuesday we put laundry out by 9 am. When we went to the room to get ready for dinner it was returned. Quick good service. I'm used to see Canaletto and Tamarind staff pushing their dinners. What surprised me was the Pinnacle Grill pushing the lunch on the one sea day on this cruise. We took the bait and are giving it a try. We've both had random dinner reservations appear on our daily itinerary. We check each day to keep it accurate. The Effy store was too hot every day. The staff, who we met on Eurodam, asked us to complain. During 9pm happy hour we submitted feedback through Navigator app. Today the shops temperature is comfortable. The TV service that we are used to on the newer ships is nonexistent on this ship. Definitely a step back in time. Tonight we had another nice dinner in the lido.

After we went back to the ship I stopped in the lounge for a drink. A woman was watching tv. From the side my first thought was that you made it onboard!

I don’t mind at all.

Good Afternoon, Sydney is a wonderful place to visit. Today the sun is shining and the winds are strong. I found the craft fair. It moved to a new location and is much smaller. The terminal has plenty of places to part with your money. I bought a salmon from a local artist. It's really nice up close.

@Quartzsite Cruiser hope im remembering correctly.

Good Morning, the Zaandam has three happy hour times. 4 in the Ocean Bar and Crows Nest, 9 in the Sea View Bar and 10 in yhe Ocean Bar. Despite the wording on the daily it appears that all drinks are 50% off. I got another blueberry beer and it was 3.50. Last night's dinner was in the lido. Food and service were on par with other ships. We finally went to a show last night, the comedian Drew Fraser. We saw him on the Eurodam in April and is a good show to catch, unless you are easily offended. Today's When and Where

Good Morning from Sydney, the weather forecast was for rain today but the sun is breaking through. Today's meal suggestion sounds good. We would like to visit Iceland and I showed DH the itinerary that @dfish is looking at and it appeals a lot. Only problem is that work won't give us 25 days off. No agenda for today. We will just walk around and see what's out there.

I don’t know. If it happens I’ll try to remember to share.

Happy Hour round two. It's 50% off.