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I have always pre-ordered bouquets and received them every time. Most recent one was in June of this year. There is an option to also order them onboard! There are also lots of flowers on display in common areas on HAL ships, one of the things we really like. Hope you enjoy them, too!

We find the beds to be small in non-suite cabins. The 2 "twins" do not make up to the size of a true king, like the one we have at home. DH also uses CPAP and likes to separate the beds on ships. If you can put one "twin" against a wall, it works better to fight the feeling of falling out! Sometimes the bedside tables aren't in the best spot for that. The pullout sofa beds aren't bad, they seem wider and don't have the "fallout" feeling. But of course the noise is hard to muffle regardless of where you sleep. I cannot be sure but I thought they were bigger years ago. We aren't THAT much bigger now!

Thanks, I'll keep looking for it to appear! Doesn't show on my android tablet or pc currently.

Mary, where is this button? I have looked at cannot find it!(when the website is working...)

I think I will try it next time. We've always liked the bouquets, but I only remember getting exactly what the pre-order photo showed, once. I guess it can vary with fresh stock and what they can get for each sailing, so you never know. Same for the vases. Once on board, they can only offer what they actually have! At least that's my assumption.

Thanks everyone! We have always enjoyed the bouquets that were pre-ordered. Very glad to know that I have the option to order on the ship with no problem!

We've always pre-ordered our flower arrangements but I recall some of you saying you can order on board too. Do you just go to Guest Services? Is the selection different than what you can pre-order? Any advantages?

No problem, glad to help! Another consideration to have is that some sensitive sites have limits on the number of visitors that can go there, so the possibility of adding more tour groups on a given day might be nil! For example, the Mendenhall glacier has commercial tour limits. https://www.juneauempire.com/news/unprecedented-visitors-at-mendenhall-glacier-rapidly-outpacing-allowed-capacity/

I recently cancelled an excursion to book a different one, and the shore excursion credit adjusted automatically. You can make changes online until 4 days prior to the cruise; after that, you must do it on board. As CruiserBruce said, 100 days out isn't very long when it comes to booking tours, even private ones. Our Alaska cruise is more than 250 days out and several excursions are showing "Sold Out", including one I booked (thankfully)! And many others have only 1or 2 spots left. If there is something you would be disappointed to miss, book it now!

. It must be the weekend...🙄

Coffee cream is notoriously difficult to get on ships. In dining rooms and room service, we now order heavy cream, and always get it. They seem to know what that is. You can always thin it down, but you can't fatten the other stuff up!

Sorry you missed getting your ship photos! They aren't delivered to your room anymore, but I always get one, free for the asking, at the Photo Services desk. Sometimes there is even a choice of different shots.

I see that somebody in IT can pay attention to spelling, so I have to wonder why the coders are so careless with basic search functions!! Oh, oh ..403 bad request... (ps do you guys get the same photo in the ad?)

This is how it appears in Canada:

In 2022 we did a short ship tour (1.5 hrs) with HAL, called Gold Panning Adventure, out of Juneau. It took us to Gold Creek at Last Chance Basin. It was about a 20 minute ride to get there. It's the only one we've found so far where you can pan right in the water rather than from a trough. The guide was fun and the place was a beautiful spot. It is difficult to find a DYI spot that is close enough to get to easily, especially with little ones. I think this tour might suit your purpose and the kids would enjoy it. You even get a gold claim certificate and a tiny glass vial with your gold flakes in it!

We're on a 14 day Alaska cruise next May 26, so not much before yours. There are 2 stops in Skagway. If this is the tour you are after, then I can tell you that on our sailing that the first date is sold out, and the second has 3 spots left...first date we are in port until 8 pm and second one is 9 pm.

Too funny! If you're talking about the Experience the Yukon and Suspension Bridge tour, that's the one I recently reviewed! We took a similar private one the year before, and the ship one was just as good, just a bigger bus. We will do it again next year. We find it is good value for everything you get to see. Plus the Yukon is the one place we can use our own currency on this cruise, and we like the shops there.

I've been hoping for more timely excursion reviews for a couple of tours on our Alaska itinerary next spring. When I logged in to our booking today, the shore excursion descriptions had a new look to them and there were many new reviews! (I wrote one last month for our cruise this past June and it is there now, so at least I know they are truly recent). Not sure about other itineraries, but if you have been looking for something in particular, it might be updated now. Still getting some error codes and white screens, but when I finally get the excursions to come up, they display differently than before. I guess I.T. dept. has been working on something!

I am so happy to see so many food suggestions, thank you for your recollections. And I am quite prepared to take an Italian's opinion on pasta dishes!

That's okay, sorry yours wasn't great. Mine was good; unfortunately, dish quality can vary from ship to ship. The good news is your cruise is in the right place for seafood, so I hope something ashore will be terrific!

I really enjoyed the lobster roll I had on KDam Alaska cruise; it was in Pinnacle Grill for lunch. That said, if you are doing an Atlantic Canada/US cruise, there is no reason to get lobster on the ship..virtually every port will have it! And so good, especially if you find a casual place that uses sea water to cook them..come to think of it, the ships could cook them in sea water- they have an unlimited supply of sea water!!😁

A few more questions! - You've mentioned elsewhere how good the berries with goat cheese was, and also the sambal with orange peppers! Any other favourites that stand out? - Any treats of note at the Explorations Cafe? - Did you try any excursions? How were they?

Thank you - sounds alright to me for a relaxing day!

As a former Maritimer, I can say that you will find lobster, lobster rolls, lobster mac n cheese, etc etc in PEI..!!