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When we were on the Zaadam we have the same table for 2 for 17 days with open dining. The only problem with the table was some other tables for 2 were about 1 1/2 feet apart or so apart from our table so it was a table for 2 but didn’t feel like it. When we were on the Rotterdam last Nov we have open dining again and was able to get a different table for 2 each night for the entire 9 days. Most of the tables were tables for 4 they turned into a table for 2.

Thank you

It is fare is refundable but is Club Orange refundable?

The cruise isn’t till November 2024

HAL changed my cruise itinerary from southern Caribbean to Eastern Caribbean and I booked the lowest category veranda for the southern Caribbean and upgraded with club orange. I did a mock booking using the same category that I first booked and the new itinerary is $960 less then what I originally booked. Does HAL automatically refund the difference or do I need to call them.

I would think so. Here is the email I received: November 22, 2023 Dear Valued Guest, We look forward to welcoming you on board Rotterdam for your upcoming voyage departing November 8, 2024 We are writing to advise you know of a change to your cruise itinerary. Due to port congestion, your voyage will no longer be a Southern Caribbean Seafarer sailing but will follow an Eastern Caribbean itinerary. As a result, your voyage has been revised as follows: Date Destination Arrive Depart Friday, November 8 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 3:00 PM Saturday, November 9 At Sea Sunday, November 10 At Sea Monday, November 11 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Tuesday, November 12 St John's, Antigua, Antigua & Barbuda 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Wednesday, November 13 Road Town, Tortola, BVI 8:00 AM 6:00 PM Thursday, November 14 San Juan, Puerto Rico 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Friday, November 15 Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands Noon 7:00 PM Saturday, November 16 At Sea Sunday, November 17 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 7:00 AM For guests with Holland America Line tours booked for the cancelled ports, you will receive a refund to the original form of purchase. Updated shore excursion information will be available online within the next two weeks. Should you wish to consider an alternative voyage, please reach out to your travel advisor or to Holland America Line at the appropriate office to discuss your options:

Just got notified that the November 8, 2024 Southern Caribbean sailing on the Rotterdam has been changed to the Eastern Caribbean. They said it was changed because of port congestion.

We were just in the Rotterdam early November 2023 and on sail away day the thermal suite was open from 7:00pm to 10:00pm and all the other days it was open 8:00am to 10:00pm except on the last night of the cruise it closed at 7:00pm for cleaning. Also one night they had a ladies night that costed $39.00. Hope this helps.

We also stayed at the Horton Grand and really liked it. Easy walk down to USS Midway and other things. The bar/bbq restaurant that the Top Gun bar scene was shot (rebuilt the original building burnt down) was a nice casual place to eat.

We been on HAL 7 times and MSC twice and enjoyed both. Most of the time we get an inside cabin on both cruise lines because we look at the cabin as a place to sleep, shower, and dress and we would rather spend the money we save on the cabin for other things like the thermal suites on the ships. The inside cabins were about the same other then there was a lot less storage space on MSC. The dining room service go’s to HAL. Our waiter on our first cruise on MSC was terrible. The pizza on MSC is the best I have had at sea. The HAL Dive in hamburgers and hot dogs beats MCS burgers and dogs HAL is a much slower pace but that’s not a bad thing. We enjoyed the entertainment more on MSC. It was different but enjoyable. If you want to hear ship announcements in 6 different languages MSC is for you. We will sail both again. Here some images I took on the MSC Seaside.

Looked to book the thermal suite for the Rotterdam (9 days) on line and it would only let me book my wife and I individually and not as a couple. I call HAL 3 times (to make sure I got the correct answer) and asked them if I could book the thermal suite as a couple because in the past the couples rate was cheaper the 2 individual rates. They all told me you can only purchase the suite individually and they no longer have a couples rate. Can you still get the couples rate on board or is it priced for each individual too?

Can you upgrade your have it all package internet package? It’s offering “Surf” internet but we are wanting more like premium. The past internet we had with HAL has not been good (to be kind) so we are looking for the best we can get. I saw there is a $5.00 a day price difference between surf and premium. Can you upgrade for $5.00 a day when you get the internet with the have it all package?