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Or maybe the response to anyone that calls about not getting an upsell offer is: "Didn't you get the e-mail? We sent the offer several times"
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Maybe you should stay in Club Orange. The MDR doesn't need any additional guests.
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Again - Early morning walking Promenade
Ipeeinthepools replied to Mary229's topic in Holland America Line
I don't agree with many of your posts but this time you are on the money. Common courtesy and situational awareness go a long way to minimizing this concern. -
Again - Early morning walking Promenade
Ipeeinthepools replied to Mary229's topic in Holland America Line
I thought Holland America was founded in the Netherlands and the Rotterdam was registered in the Netherlands. Seems like a Dutch cruise line to me.- 81 replies
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Again - Early morning walking Promenade
Ipeeinthepools replied to Mary229's topic in Holland America Line
I agree for US cities as well as most of Europe and South America. Have you visited London, Tokyo or Mumbai? What was the standard there? -
Again - Early morning walking Promenade
Ipeeinthepools replied to Mary229's topic in Holland America Line
I'll suggest that it's not the "American Standard" but the left-hand drive standard for driving. If you visit areas that hand right-hand drive, i.e. Japan, United Kingdom, Australia, India and other areas formerly under British rule, you'll also encounter the same issue walking through the countries. -
Confused about Mariner Days Awarded
Ipeeinthepools replied to bobomonkeyrage's topic in Holland America Line
Me too. Hopefully I'll make 4* before they rework the system. -
We were long-time Celebrity cruisers and after a couple of trips on the Rotterdam we have made the switch to HAL. You didn't indicate if you are a smoker but if you are a non-smoker you will miss Celebrity's more restrictive smoking areas. HAL allows smoking in the Casino on the Pinnacle class ships and that often affects neighboring areas. HAL's outdoor smoking area is restricted to one side of the rear pool area but winds often move the smoke throughout the entire pool area. There's a sticky thread about smoking on HAL if you want more information. BTW, as an added bonus I'll be sailing with you and the previous sailing from Amsterdam so it can't be that bad.
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Confused about Mariner Days Awarded
Ipeeinthepools replied to bobomonkeyrage's topic in Holland America Line
That's the problem. In just a few years everyone will be a 4* and then HAL will need to water down the benefits of the program. 4* will become the new 2* -
I also had to cancel in January and had a similar quick refund. I want to emphasize there are no covered reasons for canceling the cruise where you get 100% of your fare returned. I never read the policy closely and this was a surprise to me. The reason for the cancellation doesn't matter you get 80 or 90 percent of the fare returned quickly with no questions asked. I cancelled all of my onboard purchase before I cancelled the cruise and all of those expenses were also returned quickly. I also agree with @crystalspin on the value judgement for the additional cost of the Platinum versus the Standard plans for covering the cost of the cruise. If you are purchasing the Platinum plan I think it is because the additional trip interruption, medical or evacuation coverages are valuable to you in addition to the additional 10%. Another subtle difference is the Standard plan doesn't offer any trip interruption coverage. I'm not sure what this means if you need leave during your cruise. I hope no one else ever has to cancel and utilize the insurance coverage.
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Hi @BermudaBound2014. I haven't sailed the Pacific but I was surprised to hear that it was freezing outside. Do you know the air temperature and when do you expect it to warmup? It also seems like the you have conquered your internet issues, can you do a speed test and let us know what the speeds are in your section of the pacific? Thanks
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I'm glad to hear that boarding wasn't too bad, if the true holdup in San Diego are the security inspectors, then that sounds like something they could improve by adding more security screening. Of course, it's a matter of money and if San Diego really wants to improve. I'll be interested to see how all of your refunds for shore excursions are handled. Getting credit for canceled shore excursions doesn't work well for me a lot of the time. It seems like it's a two-step process and someone in accounting actually needs to process the refund. About half the time I need to make multiple trips to get the credit to show-up in my account. It's great to hear that you enjoyed the food in the MDR, but slow service on the first night seems to be common. I'm glad it works for some people, but a Vegetable of the Day will probably not be a memorable feature for me. 😉 It seems like staff are always switched to different jobs between cruises and there is a learning curve for the new jobs. Hopefully it will improve during the cruise. Enjoy your cruise.
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Piano Bar on the Rotterdam last night
Ipeeinthepools replied to msteries's topic in Holland America Line
They often pull up the music on their iPad. -
This is excellent news
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Bill Board on Board changing formats
Ipeeinthepools replied to iflyrc5's topic in Holland America Line
If you want to follow this logic, since HAL makes the decision on everything, maybe we close out most of the discussions on Cruise Critic. -
I hope the streaming package works on your new cruise line.
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Bill Board on Board changing formats
Ipeeinthepools replied to iflyrc5's topic in Holland America Line
You really need to quote all of "my words". Please read and quote my entire post instead of removing part of the post. My comment referenced guests interacting with the performer and becoming part of the performance. Most guests won't enjoy watching you or me playing games or interacting with the performer. I stand by that comment unless you are going to tell me that you would enjoy watching me be part of the performance. Enough said.