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The article mentions "Tales of the South Pacific" departing from San Diego, "Amazon Explorer" departing from Ft. Lauderdale, "Hawaii, Tahiti and Marquesas" departing from San Diego and "Voyage of the Vikings" departing from Boston. Like you, I wish there were more sailings embarking in Florida, but I suppose that if we want to visit places that we've never been, we'll have to travel farther than we ever have. . 😏

"The new special programming planned for the Legendary Voyages will include the same types of theme parties that Holland America currently offers on its longer Grand Voyages, as well as new curated onboard lectures from destination experts. 'We're going to bring in local and cultural specialists that can really speak to the region and the destination,' Cole said."

"Holland America doubles down even more on long and unusual cruises with new 'legendary' sailings": This article was published online by The Points Guy today. Does anyone have any further information about this topic? I don't see any of these "new" sailings on HAL' s website yet. I suppose by "Tuesday", the author (Gene Sloan) means March 14, 2023?

We signed up. The wait list only cost, $100 per person, not $500 per person as we had expected. Our TA sent us an email with the subject line "Future Dam". 😀 Our wait list reservation appears in our account on hollandamerica.com, but it's listed as a cruise on March 16-17, 2024 - not even close to what we asked for. Is this just because there is no other way to record a wait list in our online account?

The cruise I want has not posted yet. (None of the cruises for those months have posted yet) HAL will not even tell my TA if this cruise is going to be offered, but they said that we could get on the wait list for $500 per person. How does such a wait list function? Is there any point in giving HAL $1,000 when we don't even know whether or not this cruise will sail?

I'm asking about fall 2024, specifically October and November, not 2025. I see that CruiserBruse posted, " Fall 24-Winter 25 schedules will probably be out in April or May." Does this mean that HAL posts its fall cruises at the same time as the winter ones?

When can I expect HAL to post fall 2024 cruises? I can see September Alaska cruises, September and October Europe cruises, October transatlantic cruises, October southern Med cruises, and October Atlantic Canada to Ft. Lauderdale repositioning cruises. But nothing in the Caribbean, the Panama Canal, Grand Africa, Grand Asia, or South America. When can I expect to see those cruises posted?

No PUP gift here in Colorado USA at 7:51 AM Mountain Time. Just more snow on the way, too.

I guess this means that Celebrity is not going to discontinue the PUP program any time soon. If they were going to do so, I don't think they would have gone to the trouble of adding PUPs to point history.

Actually, you added details that weren't in Stem to Stern's original post, so no need for a red face. You made a contribution.

If you're in a suite, are the gratuities for butler services included in your cruise fare?

Is the butler covered by the Azamara "Inclusive amenities for all guests - gratuities and concierge services"?

And watching the ports disappear in the sunset while the ship sails away.

abbydancer, What is the meaning of the "rare" flag on your logo?

Until I read your post, I assumed that the dinner menu at the Patio was the same as the lunch menu. I never ate there except on White Night. I will try it for dinner on my next Azamara cruise.

Beach, red, chocolate, Greek Islands.

IMHO this was the best Celebrity webinar yet. Thank you for posting the link, TraderSam. I have not received the Celebrity PUP email yet.

(continued from post #5605) .... and my hats, sweaters and glove liners. And the slippers that I bought in New Zealand. If ever I went ice fishing, I would wear wool base layers too.

I agree. 25 days is a long time to go without a clothes washer. The lack of passenger laundromats is the reason I've avoided Holland America for the most part. Some of HAL's ships used to have them, but they have been removed. 🙁 Americans who live in cold areas do wear wool. My base layers are poly, but my winter socks are always wool.

How long is your cruise? Can you get by without washing your woolens? We did a cold weather cruise recently. We washed our woolens by hand, rung them out in a towel, and hung them in the shower. It did take longer than over-night for them to dry - 2 days usually.

😕 Oops. I didn't mean different from each other. I meant different from day to day.

Do the menus of Prime C and Aqualina vary?

Still looking. And still trying to decide how much longer we will continue to spend the north American winter skiing. As far as I can see all of the World Cruises, except one of Princess' are during the North American winter. If we decide on a line other than Princess, it will have to wait until we can't ski anymore - sooner or later, that will happen. It will be nice to have a World Cruise waiting in the wings at that time. Or we'll take Princess's Sidney to Sidney May - August World Cruise, but we're leaning away from that one, partly because of what we've learned on this thread.

We sailed in November 2022 in a Veranda Suite (AA). We sent out a bag of laundry every day until the last few days. We specified "cold wash, low dry". It always came back the following day, in excellent condition. Those items that needed to be hand washed, we hung in the shower. Part of the reason that we booked the Veranda Suite was for the double balcony and part was for the included laundry. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this thread. Your comments helped us to make a good decision.

Can someone please tell me what time Azamara requires passengers to be out of their cabins on disembarkation day? And what time they are required to be off the ship? Also, how long there is likely to be anything to do, eat, or drink onboard on disembarkation day? We want to book a transfer from the cruise port to the Istanbul Airport and need to decide what time to request pick-up. Our flight leaves at 3:35 PM - too early to take any of Azamara's tours, but also late enough to possibly require hanging around the airport for hours.