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@Turtles06 yes you can upgrade onboard. And the HIA plan you currently have is 1 device person (at a time), each of whom will use their own log in. Enjoy your cruise!

Oops, missed the typo. Pre-paying...but yes always praying price won't go up, lol

Hope it works out. Can you do a few extra reps for me at the gym, lol.

What is that thing on the toothpick that looks like tongue of small dog? Next to the pickles and olives.

I have so much admiration and respect for working dogs. Can someone with experience tell me what keeps them so focused for long periods of time, why they don't get bored doing what seems like "just sitting"?

If you don't empty your trash file, it would be worth a search. I'd all but kill for an offer for AK - I've recently been flooded (well, not really flooded, but received several) with offers for Europe, which I can't do right now.

They may have been blocked by one of the security crew who was scanning key cards. I haven't seen signs for them, which would be nice, but have noticed them in a tall, unmarked umbrella stand on the ship-side of the gang way (so near where your card is scanned but before you walk "outside").

All the talk of selling to Saudi's, breaking apart, scrapping... makes me so sad. Nothing is perfect, but as I said before, I do love HAL, warts and all. The good exceeds the bad or I wouldn't be 4* and still booking. I do know they've been scrambling to pull together a plan - focus groups, more targeted marketing, back to the basics, try new things... All signs of desperate reactionary behavior; it doesn't feel like proactive rebranding. One of the saddest comments I read here is about selling to Saudi's (who are having a pi***ng contest) only for the loser to dismantle...ugh.

Nice - we did not have rollback prices for AK on Eurodam.

And how would that have played out?

Ditto

@Crew News what do you use to keep those post cards so straight, I always get at least one just a little crooked, lol. Absolutely gorgeous! Aft balconies were made for AK!

OMG SMH and any other 3 letter acronym for "good grief, what's wrong with people?" Ugh

And this is by far the easiest to stop - the dog is simply turned away at embarkation. I think it would be hard to sneak one on.

So are we now allowed to bring our dogs? Cuz I surely would like to lessen the kennel charges...

I'm not understanding your post - are you saying the dog WAS a service dog because they were the only ones at the table night 2? Or are you saying nobody wanted to sit with them so the dog got its own chair? Not being snarky, truly don't understand.

Yep the crabs are no more, at least for now. DH was very disappointed last May when he couldn't get crab on the ship. And paid dearly at the only place we could find it - the hotel in Anchorage. Then this year when no crab and didn't want to pay $200 at Ketchikan Crab & Go - ouch!! A lot of people depended on the crab for their livelihood, unfortunate.

Ugh, that's horrible - on land or at sea.

No they would not - that's the benefit of prey paying - you lock in that price. 🤭

Correct if you book it now, you pay now and that you can use OBC once onboard to pay for - the price will be the same; no discount for pre-paying. For years we paid $49 unlimited, $20/bag. Feb this year on Nieuw Amsterdam was $49 unlimited, $20/bag. But May (last month) Eurodam was $30/bag, $59.50 unlimited. Yes, prices have recently gone up and are different based on itinerary (Europe is higher than US), so you could expect to pay any price you've seen on this thread depending on where you're going. I LOVE HALs laundry service-they do great job and take pride in their work, so almost any amount is worth it. We really like taking home all clean clothes so unpacking is a breeze. Enjoy your cruise!!

We tried starting the day we got the 1st email, but was told there weren't any available. So at 1st I just shrugged it off thinking it was capacity controlled and they probably went quickly. But I kept getting the emails so called a couple more times and every time was told they were gone. Hmmm After getting there, I was glad we didn't do it - the room was plenty big, view was nice and time inside was spent sleeping. Enjoy your trip - it's beautiful!!

Since we do now just pay the difference +18% that math should make upgrading unnecessary. Not the case when you had to pay the full price.

Correct. I belive that's the 3rd category @CruiserBruce was referring to.

Excited to read about all the great things planned for AK sailings this year. Unfortunately, we missed out since we went 1st week of the season (April 29 - May 6) and will not be back in Sept to close out the season (Fall Foliage peeping instead), but hopefully they'll continue the focus in 2024. Yay Alaska!!