CGinMTL

Deck 5 dining room is really cold.

Bring a sweater

Dive in burger.

Not sure what we are doing wrong.  Twice,we were served a burger without bun.

Yesterday, just decided to go to the buffet and select a suitable bread.

I am in inside cabin. Deck 1.

The tv is on the small shelf like seen on a previous picture 

Sydney 

We are here today

Don't miss the giant fiddle.

They way we are docked today. I am sure some people will miss it.

Love this artist. 

Her father makes this art at it is very reasonably priced.

flowers are $2

trucks are $25 cad

Volendam . Connection to Ukraine

This is interesting .

Quebec city

If you want to see changing of the guards it is 10 am daily at the Citadel

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If you are Catholic

The basilic " porte saint " us open this summer

Sorry, don't know how to Translate. 

Luggage in mtl

Never seen this before 

The needed to use a crane to lower 1 basket at a time onto the ship

Be patient getting your bags if you board in Montreal.

I will definitely take my own bags off the ship on the 18 th

Montreal.

I know some people were upset when we boarded on May 4th as they felt embarkation was " disorganized".

Comparing it to fort Lauderdale is unfair.

I thought it was fine.

Just need to lower expectations.

Everybody did speak English. So no issues there

Greetings everyone. We are currently on the volendam. We are here may 4 th to 18 th

Thought I can start a thread to gather tips on the ship and the ports to help others 

Thanks for taking us along.

Tomorrow we will be onboard

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Ship is leaving Montreal at 7 pm instead of 3 pm 

So sorry you missed the port today.

Can't wait to board in 4 days.

Love the food porn.

Not many cruise ships stop at iles de la Madeleine.

Was the issue the winds ?

Surveys normally confirms what an organization already knows.

It does help prioritize issues.

Fill out they survey, be honest .

Oyster bar in Boston. 

I remember going years ago

Looking forward to seeing her here soon.

Take care of her.

I will be boarding next B2B.

May 4 to 18

Hello rich

Thanks for sharing

Btw. You are off sync with the dates

( World travel / you have crossed the international date line too often hihi )

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Also, wanted to know how you are feeling 

With 3 weeks left to this great adventure.

3 hours ago, Derbie said:

I appreciate the reply. We sail on Carnival and Princess (Holland as well, though they don't honor the OBC situation-I have been told) quite often.  I wanted the stock strictly for the OBC. 

 

Holland does honour shareholder obc.

Got it for 1 cruise last year

And 2 more upcoming in may 

You can buy now and sell if the benefit ends.

So close, 1998 on Veendam.

The other question I have, how late in the booking process can they hijack your room.

If you booked 2 years out and a family of 4 wants your room 2 weeks out.

How far is that.

Once final payment is made. Rooms should be locked in 

And yes, if you were told, it should appear on the booking.

If you booked before the policy change. You should not lose your room 

We know hal reads these boards, hopefully, they will clarify this 

Also, they have stats 

This policy should only apply on cruises with more families ( summer, 7 days)  

On 3/13/2024 at 7:59 PM, CGinMTL said:

@RuthC thank you. Found it at bottom of page 2.

I had only sent page 1 

I will highlight the number and try again

Will keep everyone posted

 

( Learning curve for all of us ) 

Success.

Stockperk approved today

I have now sent my request to carnival.

Great teamwork everybody.

Thank you

I was going to suggest the same thing

It tried this many years ago 

Was arriving greyhound at Port authority

I took a bus to hobokan, and then gave up and took a cab

I thought it was just me 

Talking to somebody on the ship

Person was a local from new jersey.

I was asked " but how did you get from Manhattan to here,'.

It felt like an American race.

Since I am from Montreal,

On the way home, I had met a nice couple from Burlington

Asked them if they would drop us in Albany.

Saved about 6 hours getting home that day.

I know this does not help you

But lesson learnt, I would not have booked a departure from cape liberty.

I have since discovered Yankee trails and it is a game changer. 

@RuthC thank you. Found it at bottom of page 2.

I had only sent page 1 

I will highlight the number and try again

Will keep everyone posted

( Learning curve for all of us ) 

Submitted over the weekend, just rejected

I had used the proxy card

Reason, does not show no of shares 

I guess they don't realize you only get a proxy card if you have 100 shares