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17 minutes ago, Florida_gal_50 said:

I have a colleague that used the same disposable mask for months.  He got Covid.  I’m also very careful how I touch mine.  I don’t touch it with anything but clean hands. I don’t use it as a chin mask or store it in a dirty pocket.  Not saying you do but this is some of the behaviour I’ve noticed.

Clean ffp 2 masks. No flights before cruise. Avoid crowded area’s.  And sanitaze hands all the time. Clean the room often with detttol. But almost nobody wear masks and people passing by couging on your food, drinks when eating.

I have learned that only be carefull is not enough.

8 hours ago, Florida_gal_50 said:

You can cruise safely.  I’ve done it twice.  I’m on my third and hope to make it through the third.  I wear a mask all the time except when eating or drinking.  I don’t do shows, but I rarely did before.  I spend a ton of time outside.  I have a woman that’s in the cabanas that is barking (coughing) a lot. People just think Covid is over but it’s not.  That’s the problem.

I wear masks all the time and got covid on my first cruise. 

And i liked the sushi🙂

Only at lunch on the Rotterdam.

2 minutes ago, Petronillus said:

I'm confused. For our upcoming cruise (18-day, R/T San Diego, Koningsdam, 01/31/23 to 02/18/23), the on--line info on our booking says for each of us: "Complimentary Dining: 2 credits available." The word "Dining" is underscored to indicate a link, which  shows us 5 options to reserve ranging from Canaletto (@ $22.50) through Nami Sushi at Tamarind (@ a la carte pricing) and Pinnacle Grill (@ $46) and Rudi's Sel de Mer (@ $47.20) to Tamarind (@ $34.20).

So,... I'm wondering what we're getting and at what cost?

=Bob=

For hia is it Tamarind or pinnacle on pinnacle class ships.

56 minutes ago, five. said:

I was hoping that specialty dining would get some BF love, but thus far it's just regular pricing and HIA is still $50 per person per day. They do advertise that spa is 25% off, but weekly access to relaxation area is still $149 per person.

 

Currently debating doing HIA. We will eat at all 3 (PG, Tamarind and Canaletto) and one or two drinks per day. Right now, I am still leaning towards separate purchases for everything.

How long you want to cruise?

For a week there is one restaurant in hia.

Prepare to wait a hour on dressy night.

we got a table at 8:40.

44 minutes ago, pmartin32 said:

Does anyone know if HAL offers the White Summit excursion and onboard credit frequently, or was that a rare offering?  I held off on booking because I was thinking the Black Friday deal would be better, but it's actually more expensive and doesn't include those two savings.  Debating if I should book at this higher cost or wait in the hopes they offer the train excursion and onboard credit again.  

I am not sure i don’t have follow Alaska cruise deals before.

49 minutes ago, Benh said:

Me too. The price was the same, but the OBC was bigger than the gratuities now provided.

We had obc 75 each but free skagway trein worth 149 dollar. More worth then free gratutities.

Happy i have my Alaska cruise booked a few days ago. It was a better deal then BF for us.

On Rotterdam no issue with ordering a cocktail and can diet coke.

Thanks all.

have just booked our cruise. With the free skagway train. 

1 hour ago, Benh said:

I'd like to do the Skagway train some other time! But we decided to do Glacier Bay instead on Eurodam.

Ah understand.

I have just booked our cruise. With the free skagway train. Also visit glacier bay.

On 11/12/2022 at 12:08 PM, Benh said:

We're already booked on an Alaska cruise for 2023, but haven't made final payment. If the Black Friday offer is better for our sailing, do you think our TA might be able to work out with HAL for us to get that deal as well, such as the pre-paid gratuities? Thanks in advance.

Did you get the free Skagway train?

7 hours ago, CruiserBruce said:

The three Pinnacle class ships have the full Music Walk. None of the other HAL ships have as expansive a Music Walk.

Can someone explain what a music walk is? It was on the Rotterdam also but we have tried to avoid crowds back then.

1 hour ago, VMax1700 said:

@JanDom @SweetsugarNL

Thank you both for the information.  I now have an option to compare pricing and benefits.  

For some reason, probably historic and political, Republic of Ireland is 'managed' by HAL/Carnival UK even though Ireland is EU and UK is not.  Next time I may have to reconnect with mainland Europe.

Oh wow that is strange.

I had even a price comparing from USA but Hal forces that company to charge 100 usd pro person for outside use. And then the price with the free train ride and 75 obc was just a little bit better to book in Europe.

55 minutes ago, VMax1700 said:

Thank you!  I can never remember the correct name.  We just ask each other "Will we have one of those very small, low fat, low sugar, low cholesterol, health food buns with our skinny lattes?" 😉😁

Hahaha!

Yeah, I am Dutch so I know these.

On the Rotterdam I only eat one but it was so good!

1 hour ago, JanDom said:

I don‘t know which cruise you are looking at.

We will never travel to Alaska without having a balcony cabin because there is so much to see… we are also sitting outside after waking up in our Pyjama and a blanket….

 

the most important thing is : book the cruise if the price is good for you ! If it is getting cheaper it will be a nice extra …

but don’t book the cruise when you think the price is not ok and wait for a drop…. 

Koningsdam from Vancouver.

a balcony is to expensive at this moment.

And early dining is already full. But we would like to do de open dining.

17 hours ago, LuAnn said:

That looks yummy..what is that called?

Bosche Bol.

4 hours ago, VMax1700 said:

Preissenkungs Service Kreuzfahrt

Really intressting.

But to be honest, €1454 (j cabin) each for the cruise, hia, skagway train excursion worth 149 each and 75 obc each is not a bad price i think?

3 hours ago, Benh said:

We're already booked on an Alaska cruise for 2023, but haven't made final payment. If the Black Friday offer is better for our sailing, do you think our TA might be able to work out with HAL for us to get that deal as well, such as the pre-paid gratuities? Thanks in advance.

In my country the netherlands not.

Thanks all for explaining the yumyum man.

What is a yumyum man?

55 minutes ago, cbr663 said:

 

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We have been to Alaska before and have taken the White Pass Summit Railway Excursion.  It was a lovely ride.

thank you!

2 hours ago, JanDom said:

we are also from Europe and book our HAL cruises always as early as we can
If the price drop for our cabin we call our TA and in a short time we will have the better price or if there is a better promo we always change to this one (just did. for our Alaska cruise in may 2023).

For this cruise we are waiting for cheap flights in C 🙂

How do you get pricedrops? In the netherlands it cant.