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isosika

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  1. In late January we got off a 21-day Caribbean on HAL. We had the unlimited package and thought that it was well worth it. We never had to worry about the cost, how many items may/may not fit in a bag, or how many times we sent out laundry. Our next cruise is a 43-day and we plan on purchasing the unlimited package for that one too.
  2. I've successfully brought on (on Princess) my Micro Leatherman, that has a blade about 1.5" long. I bring it in my luggage. I've even carried it ashore and brought it back on the ship when re-boarding (albeit with questions from onshore security but not on-ship security). It has never been confiscated. Multi-tools always come in handy.
  3. Princess is our preferred cruise line but in January we took a 21-day cruise on Holland America (our first), who uses a cruise card. It's amazing what you miss once you no longer have it. I really wanted my medallion back. The card is a PITA compared to the medallion.
  4. On the Eurodam it was $178 for a 21 day cruise.
  5. We are on that cruise as well and after our experience on the Eurodam we will definitely be buying the laundry package for this cruise.
  6. We got off the Eurodam about 10 days ago and it was our first HAL cruise, 21-days in the Caribbean. We bought the Unlimited laundry package. We are Elite in Princess and get free laundry. There is no comparison. HAL is far superior. On Princess we generally get a 2-day turn around on the laundry. On HAL it was same day. Leave the laundry out for the room steward in the morning and it was in your cabin the evening of the same day. Leave the laundry out in the evening and it was in your cabin after breakfast the following day. We were impressed and have already planned on buying the unlimited packaged for our upcoming 43-day HAL cruise.
  7. We got off the Eurodam about 10 days ago and it was our first HAL cruise, 21-days in the Caribbean. We bought the Unlimited laundry package. We are Elite in Princess and get free laundry. There is no comparison. HAL is far superior. On Princess we generally get a 2-day turn around on the laundry. On HAL it was same day. Leave the laundry out for the room steward in the morning and it was in your cabin the evening of the same day. Leave the laundry out in the evening and it was in your cabin after breakfast the following day. We were impressed and have already planned on buying the unlimited packaged for our upcoming 43-day HAL cruise.
  8. We are doing January 3 and 13 on the Eurodam. We did B2B Southern Caribbean last year on Princess. Only about 10 days away now. It's our first HAL cruise so looking forward to it.
  9. As someone who has lost about 60% of my hearing I sympathize with you. I wear small foam ear plugs that you roll between your fingers to reduce the size then insert them into the ear canal. They will expand and fill the canal to block out excessive noise but you will be able to still hear the music. Unless someone looks into your ear canal they likely won't see them. These foam ear plugs are used by many who use firearms because they are efficient at reducing firearm noise to an acceptable level. They are available at most sporting goods stores and the cost is very minimal. On Amazon you can get 100 pairs of these for less then $10 - and they are reusable.
  10. Thank you for the great review. I've been looking for something like this for a while now as we are doing an Eastern/Western B2B in less than 2 weeks. We are Elite on Princess but have never sailed HAL before so this review helps a lot.
  11. I've been having a lot of trouble logging-in when using Safari as my search engine. I switched to Google Chrome and HAL works flawlessly. I have two sites that I use frequently that I must use Chrome because Safari won't work. My computer is over 10 years old and Safari and the operating system can no longer be upgraded. I believe that is the source of my problems. However, other than those 2 websites the computer works perfectly so I doubt that I've going to by a new computer for 2 websites.
  12. Being "Elite" on Princess Cruise Line I know exactly what to expect. However, we will be on our first HAL cruise in January. I feel like a newbie cruiser when trying to make sure I have everything done. I repeatedly check the HAL website site to see if there is anything that I have overlooked. This appears to be one of them. The website says that our boarding documents will be available on 11/19 but there wasn't a mention of an assigned boarding time. Apparently, that time will be given to us as HAL sees fit, so I need to keep checking the website so that I don't miss it. It has been so confusing that I'm beginning to wish I had just booked Princess.
  13. Found it. Thanks. Got it ordered for our 21-day in January.
  14. We are new to HAL, but not to cruising. We are going on our first HAL cruise in January. I have been looking at the HAL website almost daily to make sure I have not forgotten anything but I have never seen anything related to distilled water being available to order. Can someone give me an idea of where I can find it? Thank you.
  15. I've been looking at Wi-Fi for our upcoming 21-day. HIA is $2100 for the 2 of us but only includes the Surf W-Fi package. We would like the Premium Wi-Fi package (FaceTime with grandkids). Is there a way to upgrade to the Premium Wi-Fi if we decide on HIA? We are new to HAL but not new to cruising.
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