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The alcohol in water bottles can easily be determined by shaking it and looking how quick the bubbles rise to the top. It could be a combination of the cruise port staff giving the ultimatum, and Carnival wanting to make more money on selling water.

I would tell them based on a medical condition you have to have water (preventing kidney stones, etc). Be careful not to say something medically incorrect that may prevent you from embarking

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Problem with craps on cruise casinos is your max odds is 2x. This puts the odds in considerable favor with the house as you cannot bet more.

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Us, too.....Princess cruisers, first HAL because the Koningsdam seems geared toward a younger sophisticated crowd. We have been warned away from HAL for years because of the older demographic.We are taking the chance that this will be a bit more "energetic" ! I am not disparaging the staid HAL Mariners, just saying that this is not what we are looking for.

 

NEITHER are we at all interested in the Royal Caribbean giant ships with climbing walls, etc. :eek: Not at all what we are looking for. We love good food and drink (Chef's Tables, Wine Dinners, etc) and enrichment courses. Less interested in playing mahjong and bridge (although we did learn to play UNO on our transatlantic!! :) ) Pickleball, golf putting, etc are welcome.

 

We are most interested in port intensive cruises, rather than sea days. 7 days at sea on our TA was a bit much. Get me off the ship exploring!

 

I so very much hope that this will fit our needs. If not, we'll keep looking :)

 

Kathy and Michael

Wife and I have same interests with all you said. Have a good feeling we will be running into each other multiple times.

Teg and Mary

I think overall, there are younger people that are not 'party mode' like Carnival ships attracts. I will most likely be one of the young couples with my wife, and I cannot tell you how much we LOVE the quiet, domiciled crowds like what the K will cater. Good food, good entertainment, and tranquil ports like the Dec 4th one we are booked for sealed the deal for us. We are 'foodies', and shell out the money like the retirement crowds the pessimistic view is arguing.

Can you tell me if the after dinner drink that is on the MDR menu each evening is also available in the PG?

I'm a newbie on HAL...after dinner drink?!?!? Complimentary, or not?

Interesting!! I wonder how much business they will get serving dinners at lunchtime? I suppose if I couldn't get a reservation for any evening I would have to try it at lunchtime ...

I am willing to bet Sal de Mer is open for lunchtime on days at sea only.

Sorry. I meant the pizza on the ship. I am sure Naples pie is a 10

Good Evening from the Beautiful MS Koningsdam!!

Today was our last sea day and tonight our last Gala Night. I am fighting with my body to keep a cold from starting. So had decided to not attend any shows this evening although we did watch the Strings perform at the Lincoln Center Stage for a while.

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I finally saw the Famous Captain Albert, he is as personable in person as he is in his blog, I am thrilled I got to meet him.

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After dinner we were just passing through the Messina Strait so with our friends Tom and Joe we walked the outside promenade deck. Lot's of people out walking the deck and true definitely no place for deck chairs but to be honest there are more deck chairs than I have ever seen on a ship on many of the other decks and In many secluded areas.

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It was rumored we would get Inaugural plates tonight, we even seen a cabin steward holding one as he walked down the hall but sadly there was not one in our cabin [emoji22]

Tomorrow we are in Naples Italy and we had booked a very early Panoramic Tour but decided to cancel not wanting a bus ride with potential of lots of winding roads. So going to sleep in and go into town and have pizza and gelato[emoji1303][emoji6]

 

 

 

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On a scale from 1-10, how is the pizza? Thick or thin crust (NY or CHI style)?

Ciao again, I need to start to remember to write everything off line or those 1000 minutes will be gone by Monday [emoji848]

Ok back to the room thing I would assume my SA cabin is the same as everyone else except for an HC cabin. Truthfully not much room for chairs, size wise it is the same as an SS on the Vista Class. The bathroom is definitely lager and wide.

As many know I love the suites on NCL and yes have done The Haven but love the aft category SF. In my mind I basically had planned to compare this to them based on the price point in all the voyages being equal or much higher with Hal and comparing pricing to their newest to Hal's newest. But I will wait till later to do met of my comparisons. But the one I will do now is the coffee machine. I LOVE my coffee in the morning in the room. I do love that this cabin has the chair and desk set up just like a Vista Class signature suite. The Mo Coffee machine is easy enough to work, but it makes only two sizes of coffee an espresso tiny cup or a very small regular cup of coffee. They give you only three choices already here of 2 regular coffees they call Lungo, 2 Espresso capsules and and 2 Decaffeinsto which they can keep and three little creamers. Lol I brought my own French Vanilla non dairy creamers [emoji6]

This is definitely NOT enough to coffee, especially since it makes such a small cup [emoji45]

If both people in the cabin drank coffee it would just be a sample. Of course I know this is such a new concept for Hal they will have to learn. Also don't see they will offer tea which I know many like. Definitely a work in progress to get Hal up to 2016 lol. The coffee itself is not too bad tasting but since the machine is small the reservoir of water is also so could be why they don't give you much coffee. Definitely not the way NCL has it.

 

Ok you were discussing the couch in taking a good look yes the upholstery is not great [emoji57]

I do like the mauve coloring. The closets are nice and yes the rods light up. I do not mind not having the dressing area, was not a fan of it prior, it would get humid from the shower and the lighting was terrible for putting on make up. But I am not one who likes to sit in a chair to do my make up and hair either like this cabin suggests. I actually would prefer the fill length mirror in the bathroom. Lighting is actually quite good and I can get close to the mirror with out my glasses on. But with none of those plugs working for my curling iron it does not help. I did bring another curling iron that is a dual voltage that I could use my voltage converter but the curling iron does not get as hot nor is it a ceramic rod which I prefer. .....oh the problems of being a women [emoji6]

I have my spa treatments starting at 10 then will spend a little time in the Thermal suite. Then Tom is making Pinnacle lunch reservations. He went to the Pinnacle for breakfast although no where in anything were we given info that Pinnacle Suites can go there for breakfast or the hours. Never saw menus, don't have any hours of the Pinnacle Lounge. I am guessing the breakfast hours are same as dining room which today was 8:00am till 9:30.

Ok need to get ready so will post this [emoji4]

 

 

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Hope you are enjoying the cruise! thanks for all the info you are sharing.

I cannot make out the fine print on the Greenhouse spa picture uploaded. does the package deal include the thermal suite and hydro pool for the single and couples pricing? does the spa also offer one time passes to either for use (and price if they do)?

Thanks again!