POA1

There is nothing simple about dinning. It's either dining to the nth degree or the extra n is for nice.

We got that email earlier today and I thought, "Gee, that makes no sense. We already added HIA to that cruise.". A few hours later, we received it for another cruise where we already paid for the Elite Beverage Package. Were they trying to talk us into spending less?

If you have never been on that first 10 minutes, I can see why you feel that way. The first 10 minutes is when they hand out the free ponies.

Yes. Any category can add it. It's capacity controlled though. Only X passengers per sailing can add it. (I don't know what number X is though. Rumor has it that it's ten, but only in Rome. 😉 )

Agree. It should clearly show that then.

From a pure user interface design perspective, bold type at the top of the page trumps light type at the bottom.

You can potentially run into issues trying to use multiple Healthcare /First Responder credits. From the T&C - The offer expires at the end of the Eligible Cruise and may not be used in the casino or on gratuities or any other specified fees or items. Also remember it's for new bookings only, so complete your verification before you book.

Also, be aware that the preliminary boarding pass will say that you can use it even though there is no bar code. It says it in bold type no less.

It should show up on the PDF attachment to your booking confirmation. Annoying though, you only see the total amount and not the breakdown.

The menus.

Resize for iPhone. https://www.fotor.com/blog/how-to-resize-an-image-on-iphone/#:~:text=Tap the image and find,of options to resize images.

It's the photo size. I should probably know this, but are you an iPhone person or Android? If you can bring the photo size down to 1,600 px wide, that should fix things.

Same thing happened to us. It's a programming issue on HAL's part. There are weird, "half the cart can only be paid for by one method" issues.

The issue with outdoor movie screens is that it's really hard to get the acoustics right. Modern films were made for a much more complex audio set up. (This was from an article asking if big format projectors were finally well priced, why were outdoor video systems not taking off.) You would need an old movie, with regular stereo and maybe a center channel, to sound good. (I define "old" as movies I would have seen in a theater. You know, candle lit projection, piano player sound track...) Anyway... Sports works well. New movies, not so much. Things like the Marvel movies sound awful.

Welcome back!

Our first cruise was on the old Noordam out of NOLA. It was in 1994, but sailing down the Mississippi is really nice.

Have a great trip!

The benefit of a guarantee is the lower price and the chance to upgrade. The tradeoff is the wait. Wishing you the best of luck.

The Nieuw Amsterdam had a port stop in New Orleans? That's pretty awesome.

Just ask if you have not received the email. There is a code that gives you the OBC. You (or more specifically, your Mariner ID, need to have sailed recently.)

Thanks for the shout out. There are waaaay too many places where the "delete all your cookies and cache" advice is given out.

We've done cruises during the entire holiday period, ranging from Thanksgiving through December 27th. We thought they were great. If you want a more sedate HAL-iday experience, pick a sailing of 9 days or longer. (Not a B2B with two 7s strung together.)

Looking forward to our upcoming Rotterdam sailing - and the World-renowned Holland America Club Sandwich. 😁 (For the record, I know that the club sandwich has a middle slice of bread. The one in my super accurate photo has that piece of bread removed. Watching my carbs and all that.)

I use a backup program to keep every version of my apps. They're archived to both cloud and disk stoae. It's probably overkill for most people, but for me it's job related.

I'm still in awe of how you can keep this information current. But not posting it until the second? Tsk. Tsk.😉