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I doubt very much if you can do it in the App. Navigator is not good for very much of anything pre-boarding. But you can easily do it on the website -- log in, go to your Itinerary, find the day and 'activity'. Below it to the left is a small link "EDIT PURCHASES" -- click and click the Cancel Item box. If you are booked for two people and only want to cancel one of them, I'm not sure how that is accomplished. I don't want to click the box to find out! if you get a chance to cancel each person on the next screen!

Be in touch with them as soon as it is clear that you will not make All Aboard! Passengers on HAL's 35-day Voyage of the Vikings, that sailed on July 20, are meeting the ship in various of the early ports (Bar Harbor ME, Sydney NS, etc) due to flights to Boston being delayed or cancelled. BUT they all got pre-approval from HAL.

HIA -- actually just the Beverage Package -- will count for a credit per day for two people in a cabin. If you as a solo had the HIA/Early Booking Bonus, then the Elite BP would give you 15x15 or $225 per day. The specialty dinners and shore excursions would be added in, along with any additional ones of both that you bought. I am not sure if crew appreciation is included in the calculation, but a solo with EBB (or Elite Beverage Package bought separately) can relatively easily reach one spending day per sailing day. With standard HIA -- Signature Beverage Package -- it is harder for a solo to get one $-day per sailing day as the beverages just total to $165 and the other perks don't total $135 per day unless you are a BIG spender. So then @ChinaShrek's maths are correct.

You can get 20 different dishes at the HAL buffet (Lido Market) -- you just don't get to touch the spoon yourself -- after dozens of your comrades do.

A re-fare is equivalent to rebooking without possibility of losing your cabin. But, as you found out, another cabin in the same category (including additional pax in room, I just learned!) must be available... otherwise you would actually have to cancel and rebook, and any waitlisted party would snag your cabin. It is not "getting a discount applied" per se; it is getting all new conditions applied. Usually lower fare, sometimes additional promo (like daily service fee), but as c4car described -- you may also lose perks, if they have dropped off. But you could have your TA call again -- could be a triple in your category has cancelled in the meantime, making you eligible!

Actually I just had to cancel a cruise that I picked largely because it visited several ports in Turkey. In Izmir we were going to wander the Carpet Quarter on our own, with intent to buy! and I had booked a ship's excursion in Istabul that included a rug factory just in case we didn't find the right one in Izmir. Back story: we took an excellent land tour of Turkey some years back. After the obligatory but very interesting rug factory stop, AS WE GOT ON THE BUS -- my husband said, "I wanted to buy a Turkish-knot rug." Ten minutes too late! Eventually we will get to buy that rug! ETA: If you pressure a private guide not to include stops at commercial ventures, be sure to tip extra, as they supplement their income with the stipend the shop owners provide for bringing tours in.

My experience is that the HIA (and before that, the SBP by itself) -- whether part of the fare or bought independently -- counts toward Mariner points. And not as the $55pppd that it costs, but as if you had spend the $11x15 drinks per 2 people in a cabin, or $330 applied to both people's Mariner account! (A solo or a third person with HIA would get $165 plus face value of the dinner(s) and shore excursion allotment, by my figuring.) This has been true since we had Signature Beverage Plan as part of a promotional in 2016. In January 2023, we came up one day short of double points, but I never took it up with Mariner Society, because we did achieve four stars without it! Do remember that if you book even a Vista Suite (at published rate, not an upsell) you also get one extra point per day each for first two pax in cabin.

Two days domestic, three to Europe! There may be places we would add additional day(s). I read someone's formula of adding a day for every "leg" (flight) in your itinerary.

Hello Scarlett! Agree, tell us more about yourselves and your preferences on a cruise. Meanwhile you can browse the Greek Ports sub-forum to see what people are saying! https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/463-greece-ports/

Only one Shareholder benefit and one AARP benefit will be allotted per cabin, also.

What was said above, but adding that it won't do you any good to "go directly to port to embark", because you won't be embarking at 7 or 8 am. You will be waiting somewhere uncomfortable for about four hours! I know whereof I speak! Fly in AT LEAST the day before. We now do two days before. Nothing is cheaper about a missed cruise ship.

There are no HAL ships where you can upgrade from any cabin (that is not a signature suite) to a signature suite with CO. The rules are the same for Noordam as for the fleet. The deck plan may be in error showing the same two-letter designation for all signatures? I did not check. But doing some dummy bookings will give you the difference in price between the Deck 6 and Deck 8.

Only cabins with a balcony come with mini-fridge on Zaandam (or Volendam). But at least the insides are roomy!

You would have to make it to the airport at 8am. Even with the lauded public transportation (trains), I would have to say, "No". Here is a quote from a related discussion on Rotterdam vs Dover: "I think you'll find quite a few flights from either AMS or LHR to your location so that might be a toss up. I don't find either airport that easy to use, though, and you'll want to allow for A LOT of time to just check in and get through both places' security."

This would be very unusual. Do you have a special rate, like are you a travel-agent yourself (forget what that rate is called), or casino rate? Like Haljo said, you should be able to choose dining preference from making the booking. How did you book? PCC, Travel agent, or HAL operator? That person or method should be able to put you down for any time not booked full.

I just now blew up your avatar. Слава Україні! I have found a dealer only 3.5 hours away from us, who has the Entegra version of the Jayco camper van AND a couple of pretty short C-classes that might be easier to sell dr'spin on. Also (even though she is on oxygen), it might be possible to include my mom on some shorter trips, like one week or 10 days. Using the dinette bed that the camper van obviously does not have. The impetus behind my interest in a B or C class motorhome is that we keep having to cancel (longer) cruises due to family needs. And while our home is delightful AND keeps us busy with projects, my husband's main goal in retirement (last day of 2019) was to travel. Here in the southeast of Utah, we are plus-or-minus 6 hours away from MANY MANY places to visit and camp! Even Teton or Yellowstone is under 9 hours drive.

You have to do your own maths. FF's common theme is that luxury lines are not more expensive if you would pay for all they include, on the mainstream lines. Of course, most of us don't pay for all of those things on our line of choice -- cavier?!!

Nancy's embedded photos show the regular Verandah balconies are about 3 "boards" (18"?) deeper than the VQ's. The Pinnacle VQ balcony chairs do recline and include the footrest ottomans, BUT you may have to turn partly or entirely sideways to make use of those features!

From the ship/HAL. I lined mine up with my PCC pre-boarding. I would recommend requesting one pre-sailing lest they run out. Call Ship Services is 1-800-541-1576 . It's still reportedly $2/day! (Thanks @Alberta Quilter!

The recent thread on Volendam, made me realize you may not know your outside cabin will not come with a mini-fridge, although you can rent one for a nominal fee.

It is true. You can rent one for a low price -- at least it used to be low, $5/day I believe. You will have to decide where to put it -- either on desk or in knee-bay OF the desk, placing the chair elsewhere.

This is what I see after choosing a cruise, on the view itinerary page: So it does have a "Request a Quote" option, but if I click CONTINUE, it advances to other pages, including those with prices. I wasn't even logged in, but it is the same logged in. You might try using an incognito window -- HAL's IT is cranky.

You have received some good advice in this thread. We ate only in the Lido or specialties on our last cruise, but the hint about knowing what you want for all courses using the Navigator is a good one. I did also use the Navigator for the Lido, so as not to have to get in each section's queue if there wasn't anything I needed from it. The app has the sections' offerings broken down!

That's a hard call. The noise people relate is not people noise as much as the lounge chairs being dragged around in the wee hours for cleaning and re-positioning. If you are a deep sleeper or can sleep with earplugs, you might get by!

If you are sailing on the Koningsdam | Feb 14, 2026 | 11-Day Eastern Caribbean (or another Pinnacle ship, Rotterdam or Nieuw Statendam), an aft verandah will put you elevator-close to the Tamarind restaurant and bar. I've practically talked myself into one! But really, I am booked for a mid-ship verandah on the NS, Gershwin Deck 5.