Veendam to Bermuda

[A.S.]

This isn't by any means our first cruise and I know what prepaid gratuities mean. My issue was that my OBC states that it is not applicable to service charges, so I was asking if I could cash in any leftover OBC. That was it!

 

We have also taken many Bermuda cruises and know that the casinos are not open in port and never have been.

 

Maybe you can answer a question though. Is HAL doing the muster drills with no life vests as RCCL & Carnival have started to do?

 

This will be our first HAL cruise, so we are interested in any info about this line. Thanks

[BILLP1]

Are there still two formal nights on the Bermuda cruises?

[fann1sh]

Is HAL doing the muster drills with no life vests as RCCL & Carnival have started to do?

 

There have been scattered reports of this happening. Too early to say if this will become a fleet policy. It may be left up to the master of each ship.

 

Are there still two formal nights on the Bermuda cruises?

 

Yes, there will be.

[Topsham]

2. I'm just guessing here, but which side you book is likely irrelevant. How the captain parks the ship against the dock depends on many things - weather, time of day, who else is in port that day, tide & current, etc. etc. etc. He may cuddle up portside in St. George one week & starboard the next.

4. The nights you're in Bermuda, you may not even eat dinner or attend shows onboard. You may find a nice restaurant or club or other entertainment in port. Its quite possible the ship will only offer a deck BBQ or some other very casual meal. (It's happened before when we've been in a Caribbean port until midnite) :)

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Just a couple of comments on yours above....

 

Which side the vessel berths alongside in Bermuda is not the captain's decision to make. Berthing in Hamilton is fixed and I belive it will be starboard side alongside... for operational reasons. St Geo can be more flexible, but it is usual for vessels in the port to berth port side alongside.

 

For sure the main dining room will be open for fixed and flexible dining while the ship is in Bermuda. Pinnacle will be open as well. They may well offer alternatives like a Deck BBQ but this will be in addition to normal service. You might find the dining room closed perhaps during lunch for one day a week, but not more than that. Of course, passengers may well head ashore to eat in one of the local resaurants, their choice of course.

 

Stephen