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seattleslew

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    Sun City West, AZ
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    PCL, HAL
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Alaska

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  1. I came to this forum specifically to see if anyone else is having problems with the website. I finally had to call the Shore Excursion landline Tuesday to ask if anyone else was having problems and she tiredly said she'd been hearing lots of complaints. This makes me so frustrated --- their website has never been great and has always been poor at best. What exactly is the problem? Why can't their customers have a great website experience (which would benefit them and us). To whom should we complain or would it do any good? Never worked in the past. Grrrrrrrr. My world cruise leaves in a few weeks and there are lots of decisions to still be made as far as excursions. Do you realize there are 47 ports on this WC?
  2. This is a tour I'm organizing ....
  3. Thanks for that. I keep hearing about using that card and if I were better at math, I could figure out if would benefit me more than using the Holland Barclay card for double points on HAL. Since I cruise HAL so much, I always redeem points for cash/OBC with them.
  4. Holland tells me that I have zero OBC to apply to my 2024. Is this normal? They are telling my TA that I will be entitled to future OBC only after I complete one world cruise. Basic Cat G cabin. This just seems weird to me with this huge investment ... and I'm traveling solo!
  5. Thanks for that ---- have you gone yet? I understand the tolt is wonderful!
  6. The private tours I'll be taking require pickup at hotels. Is there a ship shuttle to the hotel areas? When you try to book online they ask for a pickup point so which should I choose (I imagine they're all fairly large hotels) or should I just contact the tour company? And when the tour returns at 7 or 8pm, how do I get back to the port? Does Holland always berth at the same port and is it walkable from downtown? The good news is in August it will be daylight until we depart at 11.
  7. I'll be on the Holland VOV and will be in Iceland two different times in August nearly two weeks apart. Does anyone have any ideas about where I should ride? I don't have plans for Isafjordur or Djupivogur but figured I would book Reyk with longer tours. Perhaps Reyk is my only place for stables? Ideally the first two ports would be best. Thanks!
  8. I didn't know what to expect in Halifax so jumped on the HOHO bus right outside the disembark gangway --- maybe 500'? I enjoyed it so much I hopped off (!) at the end of it, headed back to the ship and it was such a beautiful day that I turned back around to hop right back on for one more go-round. 90 min? I actually would recommend doing that because I got a different driver and the narration was different. If it's nice, sit up top. I got chills hearing about the explosion --- I'd never heard about it. A few people got off at the Titanic cemetery but it was a slight uphill trek (a block?) and didn't look like much. Just hearing they are buried there and in the Jewish cemetery as well was enough. If you have the time to go around twice, you can decide where you'd like to get off the second time. I wished I had time between Stops 4 and 5 to explore the Spring Garden Shopping District. Jennifer's of Nova Scotia was mentioned by both drivers so I'm sure it's either worth a stop for souvenirs or she pays them! I was told by a local to treat myself to a Donair, the official food of Halifax which is really a gyro with a twist. The only one I could find was at Scotia Square (ground floor of an office building) because the "season" wasn't open yet. I suspect that after May 15th, you might see food carts. The town was vital, busy and alive on a sunny Mon, April 24, 2023. Next time, museums!
  9. Appreciate the input. After numerous calls we found an accessible van service. Wow, talk about an underserved community! It's HARD to be handicapped! If they show up on time, I'll be thankful and amazed ... then off to our B2B2B2B2B on Kdam. (I would have considered the bus but can't schlep all the luggage by myself). First world problems.
  10. Thank you all for your input. Four calls to HAL reps have resulted in four "no, not possible; too close to sailing" so I'm hopeful we can pull this off with the on-site reps. Good idea about SAN Information Desk. Either it's me, or their website is acting up and I can't get anywhere with it right now. I wonder if SD offers accessible cabs that can service the airport...
  11. Just discovered that we don't have the transfer pkg purchased from SAN to the cruise terminal for tomorrow's sailing. Can you walk up to the Holland reps who are at the baggage area and pay for the transfer right then? And we have a big complication: we need a wheelchair accessible bus or a ramp taxi. BTW, Vancouver is wonderful about providing ramp taxis. It's a seamless process and Vancouver should be proud of the way wheelchairs are handled there.
  12. Thanks for taking the time to send the links. Will check it out. We are indeed a "special" family that can help each other ... we all know certain stuff so let's combine brainpower and not assume everyone knows!
  13. I think this is possible but how do I do it? Disembark Holland at 7am in San Diego and embark Princess in San Pedro at 4pm the same day ... while needing a ramp van to transport two people, luggage and our POWER CHAIR (not a scooter) up there, approx 120 miles away. We used to use a wonderful private ramp van guy but Covid destroyed his business. I would prefer not to break the chair down because it requires kneeling on the ground, but it could be done if a van or sedan trunk was large enough. Remember, there's lots of luggage plus the driver and us. You guys are great with advice and I'm sure someone has done this --- help! And yes, we realize that disembarkation won't really happen at 7am. I have posted this in Disabled Travel as well.
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