Holland Blue bags a thing of the past?

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

49 minutes ago, highscar said:

Nice hat

[Mary229]

52 minutes ago, highscar said:

Made a bucket hat from the canvas ones

Aren’t you the clever one😀

Edited July 18, 2022 by Mary229

[Mary229]

I am not a fan of the plastic one but can see it’s use for wet suits and sandy flip flops.  Last cruise I tried to leave it but found it useful to wrap my dirty sneakers in.  My sis tried to leave hers but she forgot to pack her dirty laundry and used it for that purpose until she got her luggage.  As you can tell I am not a fan.   I love the hat but my old canvas one is now a rock hounding bag, very durable. 

[lstrong]

I use my plastic bags at the grocery store. They work great and can rinse the out if needed

[luvteaching]

Just got off the Westerdam on Sunday and one blue bag was in the suitcase!

[PFU92038]

11 hours ago, Sunshineliving said:

I called guest services. I like them to take things up to the cabana. Oh well.

What did guest services say?

[scubacruiserx2]

Is this the devolution of the cruise bags ?

 

Carnival bag from 10 years ago was made of canvas , heavy duty carrying straps and an insulated compartment for 10 cool drinks .

 

 

This is what our Club Orange Bag looks like for an added cost . Some canvas and smaller .

 

 

Our recycled plastic bag from our Neptune Suite cruise from Ft. Lauderdale to San Diego in April and the Carnival bag .

 

[chefchick]

On 7/18/2022 at 1:55 PM, highscar said:

Now THAT’S how you recycle!  

[Loreto]

22 hours ago, lstrong said:

I use my plastic bags at the grocery store. They work great and can rinse the out if needed

I buy recyclable bags in ports when we cruise....they make me happy when I use them at the grocery store and think of the wonderful places I have been!  They are a great, useful, inexpensive souvenir.

[Sunshineliving]

On 7/19/2022 at 5:37 AM, PFU92038 said:

What did guest services say?

That they didn't have any for purchase.

[RD64]

On 7/19/2022 at 7:02 PM, Loreto said:

I buy recyclable bags in ports when we cruise....they make me happy when I use them at the grocery store and think of the wonderful places I have been!  They are a great, useful, inexpensive souvenir.

Loreto - I agree - I thought I was the only person that did this.

[willoL]

On 7/19/2022 at 6:11 PM, chefchick said:

Now THAT’S how you recycle!  

I'd say @highscar achieved true UP-cycling with that creation! That hat is even better than the bag was (though I, like many, prefer a canvas bag to a plastic one, yet I'm also aware the carbon footprint of the canvas bag is actually HIGHER...) Sigh.

 

I'm trying to train myself to refuse swag I won't use. I think that's the most environmentally friendly choice, but it's hard to say no to free. Even free junk! 🤦🏼‍♀️

 

My souvenir of choice from ports is tea towels. I use them at home and happily recall cool places while doing my least favorite kitchen chores. St. Andrews, Scotland by my sink right now, and Hilton Head just went into the 🧺

[highscar]

@willoL thanks.  Thinking about making the same with the plastic bags. Aka rain protector. Lol. 

[Xenni]

Currently in Koningsdam, no blue bag (not even the recycle ones) 😞

[Cruise Suzy]

On 7/18/2022 at 4:48 PM, idiebabe said:

Also, never received the Journey's Booklet at the end of the Cruise nor the "Mariner" Drink Card. 

 

We received the booklet on the last night. There was only 1 Mariner Drink card in the stateroom when we boarded, but the steward supplied the second one when we asked. 

[Caribbean Chris]

On 7/19/2022 at 6:04 PM, scubacruiserx2 said:

This is what our Club Orange Bag looks like for an added cost . Some canvas and smaller .

 

For our last Neptune Suite cruise in 2019, we received a similar bag without “Club Orange” printed on it. I use it as a gym bag and like the zipper and net pockets for my water bottle. Unfortunately the white ”canvas” part running horizontally at the top is actually not canvas but some sort of white coating that has been flaking off.

[zgscl]

On our July 9th Eurodam sailing they told us they were out of stock of the Club Orange bags and did not get anything. 

[thanna]

We got a bag on our current zuiderdam cruise.

 

I also have one of those old Carnival bags. They are nice.

 

[MISTER 67]

The canvas bags were very nice, they can keep the cheap garbage bags they're handing out now.

Edited July 25, 2022 by MISTER 67

[Caribbean Chris]

1 hour ago, MISTER 67 said:

The canvas bags were very nice, they can keep the cheap garbage bags they're handing out now.

They definitely were nicer. I remember seeing a woman wearing a vest she had made from HAL canvas bags. Love that hat posted earlier! 

[ski ww]

We got the HAL Blue bags on Oosterdam on our July sailing.