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The Fleet Report and Daily for Friday June 23rd, 202
DFD1 replied to richwmn's topic in Holland America Line
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROY. I WISH FOR YOU MANY MORE.- 89 replies
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The Fleet Report and Daily for Friday May 12th, 2023
DFD1 replied to StLouisCruisers's topic in Holland America Line
Welcome Home, Rich. Welcome home Zuiderdam and all the World Cruisers. Special thanks to all of you who wrote about your trip. Those threads were great fun to read.- 95 replies
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The Fleet Report and Daily for Saturday May 6th, 2023
DFD1 replied to StLouisCruisers's topic in Holland America Line
Up early to watch parts of the Coronation. My second one. I was 11 when I watched the first one.- 92 replies
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The Fleet Report and Daily for Wednesday May 3rd, 2023
DFD1 replied to StLouisCruisers's topic in Holland America Line
Try Farm Bureau. You don't have to have a farm. Almost every town has an agent. -
Thank you for your interesting comments, especially about the African ports. Congratulations on your continued success and enjoyment of Trivia.
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The Fleet Report and Daily for Monday February 27th, 2023
DFD1 replied to StLouisCruisers's topic in Holland America Line
Really interesting pictures. Thanks for sharing them. -
Question about Half Moon Cay for HAL Passengers
DFD1 replied to LVinTennessee's topic in Holland America Line
There is usually more on offer than you indicate. Horseback riding for example. I would suggest you check with the shore excursion desk as soon as you board and/or as soon as it is open. Some friends of ours recently took the excursion of swimming with the rays...last month in fact. I hope you can find that there is more available. Good Luck and have a great cruise. -
The Fleet Report and Daily for Friday, February 10, 2023
DFD1 replied to kochleffel's topic in Holland America Line
Great Pictures, Graham. Thanks for sharing them.- 120 replies
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Enjoy your posts. Great fun to read. Please keep them coming....and have a great time.
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Please advise on cabin choice/best deck for motion sickness
DFD1 replied to yls's topic in Holland America Line
The lower in the ship, the better....and midship always -
The Fleet Report and Daily for Monday January 16th, 2023
DFD1 replied to rafinmd's topic in Holland America Line
MSC overnights there on most, if not all, of their Bahamas/Caribbean cruises. There is a dock. Not sure about night-time activities other than on the ship itself. -
The Fleet Report and Daily for Sunday January 15th, 2023
DFD1 replied to rafinmd's topic in Holland America Line
For what it is worth, I drink almost noting except a lot of water and I find the tap water on the newer HAL ships very good...and the price is okay as well.- 77 replies
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Thanks for sharing your cruise. We'll be watching all along the way. Safe Trip.
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2023 Grand World Voyage with The Inside Cabin
DFD1 replied to The-Inside-Cabin's topic in Holland America Line
Looking forward to following along as well. Thanks for taking the time and effort to share your cruise with us. -
The Fleet Report and Daily for Saturday December 31st, 2022
DFD1 replied to rafinmd's topic in Holland America Line
HAPPY NEW YEAR, Everyone. Reading this thread this year has been great fun. Thanks to you all.- 112 replies
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We liked the library on Rotterdam, but agree that it has wasted space and not enough seating. When we were there, almost every one of the few chairs was taken. However, I'm glad the ship has a library. We often go to the Crow's Nest in the mornings and read there. There is some slight noise, but not enough to disturb us...and the Bloody Mary is nice.
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The Fleet Report and Daily for Sunday December 25th, 2022
DFD1 replied to rafinmd's topic in Holland America Line
Did some research before moving here. This seemed like a reasonably safe place to escape freezing winter weather. So far, so good. It has worked out well and a lovely community.- 130 replies
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The Fleet Report and Daily for Sunday December 25th, 2022
DFD1 replied to rafinmd's topic in Holland America Line
MERRY CHRISTMAS Everyone. 35 Degrees here this morning in Winter Haven, cold for us, but not too bad compared to most of the country.- 130 replies
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Great type face. I use it all the time. Looks very good in your posts. Thanks again.
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Thank you for keeping us posted along the way. Great fun for us to read and share your trip. Stay safe and have a grand time.
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In one sense, that's what it already is. We'll probably see the day when it is $20.00 per day or more.
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I've been told by some members of staff that the comments are worth as much as the tip. That they be singled out and mentioned it very important. The "crew appreciation" is in fact a hotel service charge administered by the company.....mostly as part of compensation....the cost of which they have passed on directly to the passengers. It most certainly, in my opinion, is not a tip.
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Unless there's an expiration date, I'd expect you could use it later. We used one on a recent cruise. Not much of a drink, no choice and it came in an odd small glass . If you don't use it, you probably won't miss much.
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Rotten on the Rotterdam? (A question about crew appreciation)
DFD1 replied to Fluoroman11's topic in Holland America Line
While we almost never use the main dining room and do not benefit from the services of the dining room staff, we would never consider adjusting them out of the daily crew appreciation amount. However, I'm not thrilled with the constant increases in the daily amount of the gratuity...if that's what you call it now. I've always suspected it was a move on HAL's part to shift some of the payroll burden to the passengers through the daily gratuity charge, but I may be wrong about that. We really don't care. We just want HAL to survive financially. We always enjoy our time on the ships.