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We are still onboard.  Things are mostly back to normal. All water is now from Spain.  Our friend onboard has been suffering for two weeks and the doctor finally gave her antibiotics and she is was better in 24 hours.

The pool is open and White Nights will be on deck rather than in the cafe.

Well, I started this by saying I had gotten the ailment but not my husband.  Now he has it.  He has not eaten off the ship!  Whatever this is, it is on the ship and they either cannot or will not tell us what is causing it.

I have had the illness but my husband has not.  We drink both bottled and ship water. At first I thought it was the water but that doesn’t explain why I got it and he did not.  

We boarded on Feb. 8 in Cape Town and pool and hot tubs were closed due to some intestinal issues onboard.  
Now, three weeks later, the cause of the issues still has not been found and the pool is still closed, paper menus, no self service and no books.  The captain claims that it is not a norovirus epidemic.

We have had officers, the future cruise consultant and cruise staff serving food as crew disappears.

Hope they find the cause soon!

 I went  2 months after the surgery. It was a simple caribbean cruise on the rotterdam. I sent a lot of time in the hot tubs and walking slow laps on the promenade deck. I  cruised  last month  on TA and to UK .on the ZUIDERDAM and it was much easier getting a round If you need more detailed info , you can email me at sfgrosscpa@gmail.com -steve

The last time we were in Civitavecchia the walk to the train station was much longer than 1 mile as they had closed one of the gate to make you walk through more of the city. Is this still the case?

In our letter from Viking regarding our Trans Canal cruise, this is the wording regarding pre-cruise testing.  Pay close attention to the wording.

"Viking is committed to doing all we can to ensure you are healthy and well prepared for international travel—and that you will be able to arrive in your destination and embark your ship safely. Viking has decided to require that all guests take a COVID-19 PCR test within 48 hours prior to boarding their first outbound flight from their home country."

Wow, that’s great.  Thanks!  

We are taking our first Viking cruise in February.  Is there an advantage to booking our next cruise while onboard?  If so, what is it?

Thanks!

Maybe you should ask HAL why there is only  3 umbrellas for the whole back deck  as there was when we sailed 8/15 to 8/29 -steve

We were on the first two weeks  of the eurodam , AUG 15 TO AUG 29 The entertainment in main stage was as follows:7shows with ONE STEP ,DANCE CO, 3 SHOWS WITH  A MAGICIAN , 2 HAL HISTORY  TALKS , ONE  MOVIE NITE WITH  MIA MAMMA AND GREEK EXC NITE .Pretty boring in my  opinion .Worse than before covid -steve

Thanks!  Found it.  Look forward to meeting you on the October Transatlantic.

Fran

Is the 5 Star Mariner 50% discount on wine packages still offered?  Cannot see it on the HAL site.

We are booked on Star Breeze in June and if this forced shore excursion requirement is not changed, we will be cancelling. The Millenium is sailing on the same dates at half the price without this requirement.  Seems to be a money grab.

We have three cruises booked for 2021.  Each is over 21 days.  We are not willing to give a final payment until we are assured that we can go ashore on our own. 
It is unacceptable that HAL would not tell you the status of going ashore before final payment.  

It was nice of them to tell us after we made our final payment  for our 1/23 ZAANDAM   which was due 10/25.What a bunch  of incompetents .

We have been notified of the changes by HAL

VOLENDAM to the med for summer 2021 and ZUIDERDAM to ALASKA 

40 minutes ago, ScottishMaid said:

Norfolk Island Australia. You must have been on the same cruise as us, January this year. So glad we were able to tender in.

Good job!  Yes we were on that cruise and were lucky enough to make it to shore.

Amazing job with tenders!  We were with friends that rented a car and we drove all over the island.

Where is this?  Maasdam Cruise.

By the way the SS AMERIKANIS ex KENYA CASTLE  had an operating fireplace in the lounge forward on the top deck.

DOH  FIRST SHIP WAS THE SS BRAZIL OF MOORE MCCORMICK AND OUR HONEYMOON SHIP  IN 1971 WAS SS HOMERIC OF HOME LINES

ROYAL VIKING SUN -STEVE

That is correct. So we have been on the maasdam 47 days with 2 zodiacs  excursions . That was a lot of hype by ASHFORD  for nothing.

 We were on the MAASDAM FOR 27 DAYS from JAN 20 to FEB 15 ,2020.There was  only 1  zodiac tour in 27 days . We were told  3 of the zodiacs were unusable due to dry rot.We  have only one EXC lecturer . That was it.It was quite a boring shipboard experience.Prior  to this cruise we were on the jan 2019 INDIAN OCEAN EXC CRUISE which was quite interesting. It seems  SEATTLE  cuts good new programs  even after  a little sucess.