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Yes, now that you mention it. I have an insulated bag that was a giveaway at a hockey game almost thirty years ago that has done the trick so far.

I brought roasted and salted pistachios on a cruise that terminated in Australia, and had about half a pound left over. Knowing the country's reputation, I was very proactive in declaring it and had it ready to show. They waved me by. As for the US, they mostly don't care. I bring cheese in. I just tell them that. They've never asked to look at it. I think meat products are an issue. The Washington post had an article a few years back about all the crazy stuff they've confiscated out at Dulles.

At the McKinley resorts, if you don't feel like a sit-down meals, the vouchers are exchangeable for a dollar value of grab-and-go stuff. Ask. I gather your tour doesn't include Anchorage, but we had a very good time at the 49th State Brewing Company. It was a rather. busy place so check to see if you can reserve in advance.

The British version was also called a florin.

Florin, the name of the OP, is the name for the two shilling coin used until 1971 in Britain. It was then used as a 10 pence piece until the 1990s. A shilling was called a bob. So we've been making coin jokes at Florin's expense, though it shouldn't run him more than a quid or two.

Looking at the deck plans I see that's an SY. Could they possibly consider SY an upgrade from SS? We had considered getting an SS guarantee last January, to avoid being on Deck 8, glad we didn't.

We were in Kodiak both on the Maasdam as I mentioned and once previously (Volendam in 2016?) and we docked both times and I don't remember any extraordinary wait for the shuttles either going or returning. Pretty sure we docked in Homer too. Of course, Westerdam's a bigger ship and more passengers. There must be a large percentage of 4 and 5 stars. Did they cancel the priority tendering except for Neptunes as they did on the GWV?

I was also on Deck 8 on Oosterdam. Don't be underneath where they play ping pong. Get an SS guarantee. All of those are on Deck 6.

Since the new version of the contract with HAL says they can change our cabin and there is nothing that says "except if you clicked no upgrade", it seems to be a moot point anyway.

On the 21-day Alaska on the Maasdam five years ago, we tendered into both Ketchikan and Juneau, the ships that were there every week or two had the docks. On our recent sailing on the Oosterdam that called at Malta, the schedule said we would dock. Then the daily schedule the night before said we were tendering, and I called the front desk and they confirmed this. We wound up docking across the harbor from the normal place, with boats hired to take as across to Valletta. Why the confusion, I don't know.

As one of the people who had questions for them, it would be nice if they would engage more fully about their experiences. But if they are returning home now after their cruise, it's quite understandable that they may be out of touch until they're home and rested up. Until then, I would not expect Florin to care 10p about our questions. I hope they do help us be clear that we haven't misunderstood what they've said.

I was also on the 50th. It was fine. That was enough.

So it means cruise credits are doubled for Elite guests taking advantage of this, not cruise days, for purposes of MTG? I thought cruise credits were the tiebreaker. That's not a big deal, I would think? Since they abolished the loyalty OBC and the multiples of 25 cruise credits getting breakfast at Sabatini's, cruise credits don't seem too meaningful at the Elite level.

As I understand it, it is the standard fee for the airline. We looked at changing a post-cruise flight in February, after we had made final payment, and spoke both with Flight Ease and with the airline. It was the standard change fee for the airline plus the difference in fares. We stayed with the original booking.

Well, they DID win the America's Cup. Twice.