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I am curious to know more about Whittier! We will be doing a 14 day collector on Noordam and have all day in Whittier. Not really interested in the lengthy glacier excursion and hoped to find enough places to visit in town. I know it is a small place, but so far I've jotted down a restaurant and a gift shop/ fudge/ candy place. Any suggestions? Just a good place to wander?

Not sure how this will translate to your cruise, but the Taste Bar on Koningsdam held regular tastings. A few photos of the signage:

A gift that HAL gives made of the Dutch Delft porcelain that illustrates the ship you are on.

Hmmm, that's odd, mine shows all kinds of spa services. I guess it is just a waiting game.!

What date & ship? We are May 26 Noordam, and I have booked several excursions, then today the one missing port opened up. Spa has also been available. Mind you there are times when nothing has been "available", but that is due to the problems with the website! I found that with excursions, start with the "Manage my booking" screen, and ONLY use the "book my excursions" tab that shows UNDER the "xxx days to sailing" line. It should bring up the sideways rolling itinerary. That works. The other links to book excursions did not work for me.

400, Bad Request is another common one. Also, just a blank white screen! Let's hope somebody is working on this; don't they want to sell cruises? I find the icon for the new app kind of strange - what on earth does the atom symbol have to do with HAL?? It seems a little dicey to me. It doesn't work anyway so I uninstalled it!🙃

Thanks. Well, it doesn't do too much, either!!

Still having issues today; can't do anything. And my cache is the cleanest it has ever been..!!(Sounds a little risque).. I am also getting an odd message ( at least to me) on the bottom of the screen. What is this? Just started showing up a few days ago.

You can certainly fill your own containers, plastic or otherwise, in the Lido. The rule is: do not fill it directly from the spout- fill one of the Lido cups and then pour that into your container.

Re: CO upgrade- yes, we have done it twice. Once on RDam, once on KDam. Had 1155 on R, 1145 on K. Of course, they have to be available at the time. The gray area I believe is the galley. We booked starboard for both. At the end of the hallway by the aft elevators on starboard, there is a crew entrance stairwell, but no noise from that.

Order the lobster, VMax!!

I've been getting weird messages like you stated, and searches that don't go through, for quite a while. Using android tablet and pc. Has taken forever to book shore excursions or search new cruises!

We always pre-order the 6 litre pkg of Acqua Panna and then have them in the fridge (after clearing out the mini bar stuff). But I believe you can also order the Panna pkg and the Flow water pkg once onboard, from the minibar menu.

Have a pleasant flight home, and thank you for including us on your cruise!

!!this is dedication!...

Definitely not available everywhere..unfortunately! Dec 17 NS is $1520 CAD inside..

Noordam thermal pool/ceramic loungers shows $149 . USD for 7 days on our current reservation screen. There are lots of other services but not in one neat sheet format to copy here. Are there specific services you're interested in?

They'll assign you 25 cabins to clean and worry about finding the hiring paperwork later..

Yes: one large, non-collapslble, umbrella. In the clothes closet.

Your photos are very nice! Hope you both are feeling better tomorrow! Have you tried NY Deli or Dive In for lunch yet?

Welcome to CruiseCritic! Here is a link to a sample daily program on the Koningsdam, 7 day Alaska Inside Passage cruise. On the back page each day it shows the hours for pools & hot tubs, and the Greenhouse Spa & Salon (where the thermal pool is located). https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2948200-koningsdam-inside-passage-review-june-24-july-1-2023/?do=findComment&comment=65661774

Standing by....

Argovia sounds interesting; we've been on a few coffee plantations but not that one. Added to the list!