Florida_gal_50
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Love that idea about being able to pick. I’d be dumping Shorex for sure. -
Just want to comment on the cruise consultant thing I’ve found it almost impossible to ever get an appointment with them even before Covid. They only seem to work for a few hours a day with passengers.
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I wouldn’t have an issue paying for it if it would work for more than 10 percent of sites. They should stop offering it in hia and sub in crew incentive.
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Well this is 2022 not 1922. The internet should work better than it does. I think if hal wants to attract younger cruisers that will be important. Not everyone has been retired for several decades and needs to be connected.
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Upgrade Offer - opinions welcome!
Florida_gal_50 replied to mathed101's topic in Holland America Line
Took my luggage a long time to get to my room on my last cruise. I was in the first boarding group. Got my luggage around 3:30 if I remember correctly. -
Upgrade Offer - opinions welcome!
Florida_gal_50 replied to mathed101's topic in Holland America Line
I think you were lucky. I’ve done many an upsell aka upgrade and have never gotten double points. They have had this disclaimer on the upsells for as long as I remember. -
Christmas gifts (tips) to crew
Florida_gal_50 replied to alwayscruisetime's topic in Holland America Line
I always like to put my extra tips in envelopes. I’ve been able to get them from the front desk luckily because I probably wouldn’t remember to bring them. I’m speaking people like cabin stewards, cabana stewards, the laundry not people that I may tip extra in a restaurant for instance. -
Usually it’s a pretty safe bet hal will not be crawling with kids. It’s not Disney after all.
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Were you on the koningsdam by chance? It sounds exactly like my experience. One I hope to not repeat again.. I’m hemmed in by work deadlines so it’s not like I can go whenever. I always forget about American thanksgiving until it’s too late.
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I’d be very surprised if there would be 2. People will still get photos, in shorts, pjs or whatever.
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Unfortunately you can’t rely on the navigator app. Mine said all casual as well for the two back to back I did but there was 4 in all. The dress code had gone by the wayside on my last cruise this month. I suspect you will have one. Hopefully someone can confirm.
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5 star internet. Hardly. I couldn’t get into my bank account, American Express and air Canada to check on my reservation or to check in to name a few. I wasn’t trying to work or watch videos. Also tried to update my podcasts that I like to listen to. I couldn’t do any of that. 2 star would have been good.
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I’m looking forward to reading all about your cruise. I’ve been primarily a hal cruiser but I’m looking to try other lines again. I’ve done celebrity a couple times but it’s been a while. Thank you for your thread.
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Florida_gal_50 replied to mathed101's topic in Holland America Line
Seems like a good offer. An offer I have seen for a neptune has been more than double of that. Don't wait too long if you are interested. They may go fast. -
Just as I mentioned you would need to buy a beverage card. That is a separate card and not your cruise card. You can buy them ahead of time. You can possibly buy them on board. I can’t walk you through it as I don’t have an active booking but I found it pretty easily for my March 2022 cruise.
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Definitely, be very, very specific about what you are asking on the ship. It seems to me the alcoholic drinks should be the only thing that counts but that doesn’t seem the way it is. Hal’s strong suit is not updating its communications. It still tells you to do verifly. Please come back and report what you hear. Things may have changed.
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Yes if that’s the name of the older pier. There is an escalator in the old pier. It sounds like you are surprised. I just googled the Broadway pier. No it’s the old pier.
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Does the elite though? It may say that on the website but I think it includes the zero alcohol. Seems there has been several threads about that.
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I have done 3 B2B in the last year. While I think the second week was populated in navigator it showed nothing until half way through the day on the second voyage. If there is a way I don't know it.
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I’m water drinker for sure. I never came close to the 15. I remember someone saying they had 6 or 7 coffees in the morning. If that was me I’d either be tempted to have free coffee on the ship or buy a beverage card. I don’t drink a lot of alcohol but I personally wouldn’t want to “waste” the drinks on non alcoholic if I’d be close.
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No I’m not one of those people. I was just hoping to update my podcasts, get into my bank account or check in for my flight. I couldn’t do any of that.
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Indonesian Rijstaffel Dinner at Tamarind
Florida_gal_50 replied to OmarOak's topic in Holland America Line
I just got off 2 weeks on the koningsdam. It wasn’t offered. -
The internet was not good on the koningsdam. I couldn’t ever access my bank account, American Express, air Canada etc. I upgraded to premium on the last couple days. It did nothing. The internet was often down in ports. My cabana steward told me that was common on the ship. I didn’t have a ton of problems with my email but I did have to babysit it to make sure it was sent.
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I don’t recall them showing in my navigator app for my recent cruise until I got on the ship but maybe I just didn’t look hard enough. I had an email confirmation issue. For some reason it doesn’t like my email which I consider my primary email but it likes my hotmail. It never did show up. Unfortunately I had to call to get them to email me.
