richwmn

They will put a hold on the card for the full amount before you sail. Lat year we were on our honeymoon so had over $1500 in OBC from wedding gifts. HAL still put a hold for $840 on our card day one.

I've heard Celebrity and possibly others only put holds on as needed (supposedly a daily hold once your OBC has been used up). You might check with HAL to see if with sufficient advance OBC a hold could be waived.

If you have OBC equal to or greater than the "hold" would be, all you need to do is select "cash" as your payment method. When you check in you will be told to check in with the front desk. When I do, they look and see the credit and say thank you. At the end of the cruise, any refundable credit is returned.

I don't remember how to set up a 3rd e-mail account not using anything that deals with Comcast.

The easiest way is to go to

http://mail.yahoo.com

or

http://gmail.com

and click on the link that says create new account.

Each will step you thru the process of setting up an account without too much trouble

Rich

My memory isn't clear on this, because we've never been in a position to do this. I recall getting letters in the past from HAL, shortly after arriving home, stating that if we booked another cruise within (60? 90?) days of returning we would get OBC, or something?

 

Does HAL still do this? I think there was a code for it.

HAL still does this. There is a code but I can't remember it. When I book within the proper time frame my PVP knows what the code is and applies it. I would think that a good TA would know the code as well

as I posted this morning, I realized that my two star HAL symbol is not showing and scrolling through other posts, I notice other Hal star symbols missing.

 

I am assuming this is because the web site we copied them from has been taken down. Is there somewhere else we can link to these symbols for Cruise Critic?

 

Thanks in advance for all your replies. This board has answer to questions I sometimes didn't know I even had:D

I believe that some people were linking to the basic "star" symbols on the HAL site - I have no idea on what HAL feels about this. The link is

https://www.hollandamerica.com/images/5starMariner.gif

Change the 5 to whatever star level you are.

On another thread Joanie stated that the animated stars were her creation and she has not offered them to the HALFACTS site.

Rich

JTL513 answered faster than me -- take the cab!

Thanks for the encouraging words!

Rich

Repeater locations are now on the http://www.halfacts.com site.

Select "Vista", then the "WiFi Locations" link.

Cabins closer to the repeaters will have better reception

Thanks to jtl513 for the locations

To sum it up. Many (most? all?) HAL ships have at least one sign asking that passengers refrain from jogging / running on the promenade deck. Even cruisetrail has admitted that he saw one.

Despite that, some people still choose to jog / run on the promenade deck.

Chances are pretty good that the ships crew will not say anything to you if you choose to jog / run.

Each passenger will make a choice.

That's interesting. I will pay attention to this.

I did not see that on the Nieuw Amsterdam in November.

Sure I will do on the promenade what I usually do.

You say you will pay attention. How many signs would there have to be, how big would they need to be and where would they have to be placed in order for you to refrain from jogging / running on the promenade deck?

True, no one cares if you are walking there; there are no walking restrictions. When I was on Eurodam, there were clearly posted signs restricting running on the Promenade. There were no posted exceptions. It is an individual decision to heed or not.

I agree with the above. My last three cruises (Noordam, Zaandam, and Eurodam) I made it a point to check for the signs. They do exist. They are, however, kinda small. They contain arrows captioned forward and aft, advise slippery when wet and no jogging.

Your choice as to compliance. Like many things aboard the ship, enforcement is lax -- the crew does not want any confrontation.

Oh that's encouraging - it would indicate that she did indeed share that information with you for the new site.

Actually, I knew that jtl513 had provided that information and contacted him off board and he provided it to me. He also said that retiredmustang had provided the information for either the R or S class ships. When I saw retiredmustang post on the other thread I asked him about it, and he replied with his information on that thread.

Rich

When we send stateroom pictures to you, is it possible to have some sort of response(maybe automatic) indicating that you have received the email.

 

I sent some pictures, but not sure if you received them and don't want to bother you by asking.

I usually don't look at that account until I am ready to do updates. Your pictures arrived after I finished the last set. I have been sending "thank you" replies after the cabin has been added to the site.

Rich

While fix'n links, you may want to note that zuiderdam 8140 photos were taken in June 2013.

This information has been added, thanks.

In another thread http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=41418980#post41418980 IRL_Joanie suggests that halfacts.com has wifi location info. Have great bits of info been shared from that great-but-now-defunct cabin photo website?

I will be doing updates this weekend and will include the wifi locations

There's a broken link for cabin 8147 - Zuiderdam (link points to halfact//s.com)

 

Adding my vote for being able to see the basic category of cabin (Inside, OV, V, NS) without having to open the link.

 

Thanks so much for doing this.

Thanks, the link has been fixed

Rich

Please excuse my ignorance. I don't understand why all the Vista cabins are in the same list. Is it because the cabins are all numbered identically?

With just a very few exceptions all four ships of each class are identical, therefore 7065 on the Noordam would show what 7065 on the Zuiderdam, Oosterdam and Westerdam would look like.

When, like in the case of Vista Class 4010, there are pictures of more than one ship both are shown

Rich

By any chance, is one of the two exceptions, the pictures of Eurodam 4131? I sent those in a separate email than my Ryndam pictures which did get posted to the site. I don't want to fill up your mailbox by sending them again if you did receive them.

Eurodam 4131 has now been added - Sorry I had just done a bunch and just didn't get to it.

I sent some photos of Ryndam 035 on January 11 - perhaps you didn't receive them, or I didn't put my name on them? Don't see them on halfacts. Should I send them again?

You sent 5 emails with titles 035 Ryndam, 053 Ryndam, 053 Ryndam, 035 Ryndam and 053 Ryndam. I went with the three out of five. If it is 035 let me know and I will change it.

Rich

at this point, and with 2 exceptions, all pictures that were submitted to the email pictures@halfacts.com have been added to the site.

Thanks to everyone who provided the pictures.

If anyone has comments to add, please send them to the same address.

Rich

I just completed a few more cabins. A gentle reminder - please include your screen name and the date the pictures were taken.

For those people who have already sent pictures - a big thanks. If you did not include your screen name / date send it so I can give proper credit

Rich

RJC (Rick, Jacqui, Chris),

 

I sent you a boatload (hah!) of photos today, and will send more from my Eurodam 2013 Northern Atlantic TA as soon as I sort them out. But, I noticed that on some of the sections of the great new site that you have daily programs and menus. Do you want those as well? On that 2013 Eurodam TA, I posted daily skeds and menus -- do you want those files? (OK, it may have been a bit of overkill on my live blog, but people on these boards in the past seemed to want that info about various cruises, so I included them.)

 

Dave

Dave - in an earlier post jtl513 said you were responsible for the wifi locations on either the R or S Class ships -- may we include those?

Thanks

Rich

What is the link to the site. Since it isn't a sticky how do I find it?

http://www.halfacts.com -- enjoy!

Rich

Thanks for letting us know - I won't be on board - but I know how to find you - there might be a little something in your cabin ;) You deserve more - but I'm not rich :eek:

I am -- but in name only :D:D:D

Go to http://www.wa70.com/hal/dining/llS.jpg to count the number of tables for 10. (Click to zoom in) I think there's seven: 134, 135, 140, 141, 307, 308, 309.

 

I think unless you make a reservation for the full table, I'd guess that your chances of sitting together are pretty slim no matter how long you wait.

John -- I got updated dining room maps and they are now on the HALFACTS.com pages for the different classes. The map for the Statendam is at http://halfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/SADM.pdf

Rich

I always see my stockholder OBC. It is added to my other OBC's and not a separate listing. This would only be if you booked direct with HAL.

even if you book directly with HAL, if you transfer it to a TA at that point you can't see the credits anymore.

Bug report: The link for the Eurodam menu item goes to /vista-class/ :)

Thanks for the report - we will get it fixed

None of the pictures from the old site can be used?

Also: Yes, I wonder if cruisetrail will grant permission to use some of his photos from the "Grand Tour" thread.

Rich

I now have the current dining room charts for all ships. In a quick glance, they are not all the same within a class, so we are working on integrating the individual ships maps into the site.

Stay tuned

Rich