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Thx for taking time to do the review.

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Thanks for the detailed instructions. I finally got mine working :).

From my (admittedly) limited knowledge, I'd say age !!

 

Tom

I assume you are joking. I'm in my 50's and I enjoy Hal for many reasons. That said, their smoking policy isn't one of them.

You did well, congrats. It's pretty much location that dictates cabin differences within catagories. Have a great cruise.

We are going on HAL trip this summer and I cant get answer in other areas of message board and need some help. Does anyone know if you can take small sound/noise machine in carryon luggage? I know that sounds crazy on this board but cant get answer from airlines.....one employee "thought it was ok" and the other time I called the employee did not know what a sound machine/noise maker was.....any help appreciated......trying to save weight in my checked luggage

I don't see why it would be a problem. While I don't take one on a cruise I use one at home. Can't see why it would be restricted.

Thanks for the update.

My guess is that the 10 day is a harder sell. I did do the copper canyon a few years back on one cruise but I found it disappointing.

I'm taking the NA on April 10th. On the 15 night cruise we have 2 gala nights.

You can request a side facing cabana or an aft facing cabana but can't always be guaranteed you'll get what you request. Only requesting one of the larger corner cabanas will guarantee just that -- a large corner cabana.

Yes, absolutely true.

I called Ship Services yesterday to book a Cabana and no confirmation was sent. So I called today and was told one would not be sent unless requested. A request was made and one should be arriving shortly.

Yes, you do have to ask for a confirmations for the cabanas. Make sure to take it with you just in case. They had no record of my purchase on my last cruise but luckily I had the paperwork. I've never had a problem before.

I've gotten all the confirmations for my recent purchases.

O.K., a look at the HAL web site shows Konigsdam is scheduled to do the 10-day Southern Caribbean Seafarer cruise in Nov and Dec. The itinerary is:

 

0 - Sail from Ft. Lauderdale

1 - Half Moon Cay

2 - Grand Turk

3 - Amber Cove

4 - At Sea

5 - Bonaire

6 - Curacao

7 - Aruba

8 - At Sea

9 - At Sea

10 - Arrive Ft. Lauderdale

 

 

The latest HAL 10-day cruises have 2 Gala nights. Intuitively, I would have said Half Moon Cay and the first sea day out of Aruba.

 

But ... we just did the Seafarer on Oosterdam (the only difference being Samana instead of Amber Cove) as part of a Collectors' cruise. The two Gala nights were: the at-sea day before Bonaire, and the first sea day after Aruba. Konigsdam of course could do it differently, but FWIW, that is what Oosterdam did last month.

 

BTW, we really enjoy that itinerary, with all three ABC's. I hope you have a great time!

 

Dave

I like it when there is a delay between embarkation and a gala night. It always comes to quick for my taste.

My DB and DSiL had 5122 on the Nieuw A for their first cruise, and enjoyed it. When they had it, before a re-categorization 2 years ago, it was rated as a VE, and I think fairly priced. I feel with the misleading deck plan and highest Verandah rating (V) that people are being lured into cabins which I would place near the bottom of my choices. Maybe if you don't let the others see your larger balcony and unobstructed view they won't know any better! :D

 

DW and I like to be high up, but for people who are prone to seasickness I think the best verandah cabins are 4133 to 4158. These are 7.5 feet deep!

This thread has been very informative. Thx for your contribution.

I'm more than six months out.....

Ok, that won't work. Thx.

Sorry gang, and thanks for helping us figure this out....

 

5th, 9th and 10th are sea days.....

I'm curious as to how many gala days it's showing on your boarding pass. Thx.

The OP was asking what days the Gala Nights would be on.

The number of nights are on the boarding pass but not the dates.

Yes, I understand. I have 2 on a 15 day cruise so there is a remote possibility there there could be one night on a 10. It would be easier to provide a guess on the night (s) after seeing the itinerary.

If the op is going soon (within 50 days) the amount of gala nights will be on the boarding pass. This is subject to change of course.

Don't they have certain balcony areas where smoking isn't allowed? Before Carnival's full ban, they had spa balconies where no smoking was allowed. I think they were forward on their ships that had them.

They have spa cabins on some ships but you can smoke on every balcony on Hal.

First time on Holland and first time in suite. What are these slippers? Does HAL provide slippers? What about robes? Usually take my own robe since Princess robes only come in Small, X-Small, and XX-Small.

Too funny :D. They are small!

Everything in the center section (from 5051 to 5140) overlooks lifeboats. I suggest VB 5137 to 5158 where the motion will not be bad, you will not look down on lifeboats, you will have a full 6 ft deep balcony (compared to 4.5 ft in the center section Vs), and it will be cheaper! Good luck! :)

Thx :). That's good info for me too. I'm copying this to my iPad.

We can pick our own rooms, but they are going fast. Did you feel you needed to to be in the middle to avoid sea sickness? I've heard it really doesn't matter which room, but I'm a tad nervous

 

 

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I think it really is better in the middle but I'm not terribly picky. I've been all over the ship and I think the worst was right at the front. I've also been up on 10 and there was a fair bit of movement and vibration. I don't suffer sea sickness until I get home (mal de debarkment) so I'm not the best person to advise you. That's not to say I enjoy rough seas because I don't.

Oh no! Looking down at a lifeboat doesn't seem like a good view. We are staying with a wedding group on the 5th deck. Would all the rooms on the 5th look down on lifeboats? Is there anywhere to avoid it?

 

We picked the middle to help with seasickness, but I've heard that the ship is pretty stable on all parts and it doesn't really matter.

 

I would move to a different part of the ship if I can avoid the lifeboats!

 

 

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I'm not sure if all the rooms are hanging over the lifeboats on 5. It doesn't look that way on the deck plan but I'm just guessing. That was the first balcony I've ever had on deck 5 and it was assigned to me so I had zero right to complain. I hope poster jtl513 comes by this thread. He's the balcony guru.

Here is the picture

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I had room 5111 which is pretty much across the Hal from that room. I looked down at a lifeboat the whole time. As an added treat it had a huge dead dragon fly on it for the whole 2 weeks. I think I have a pic of the room. Will post it shortly.

The front desk can't do anything for you. You need to contact dining reservations.