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We booked Beyond and "anytime dining" was full and only available was fixed at 8:30p. So it seems they do have fixed dining on this particular Edge class ship.

Going onboard next week. Was trying to book lunch at Sushi on 5 for sea day but only shows dinner hours. Do you have to reserve for lunch once onboard?

We'll be there in a few days. Thx for info. Do taxi drivers have credit card machines? How much for tipping taxi driver?

Currently on Nieuw Statendam. Agree...some movies say cc English. Others not. The TV channels do not seem to have it.

Quoting myself here. Despite getting a lukewarm response after asking last night not to sit at a hightop table they couldn't have been nicer tonight in accommodating us. Maybe it was a misunderstanding yesterday because tonight everything perfect.

On Nieuw Statendam TA right now. Dinner portions smaller and some food just mediocre. Tonight there is not even a salad on the menu. In Orange club last night after sitting at large hightop table for just the two of us we politely asked maitre d not to be seated at a high top next time as I wear a partner mic for my husband's hearing aids and table seating too far apart to hear on wider high top. His response was "I can't say if that can be the case". 😲 We are in a Neptune and did not think that was too big an ask. When we walked in, there were two 2 top tables available. Another surprise is that ordering a Cosmo is now $12 so if you have the package it is $1 extra when it was just $11 on K- dam in Feb. I will say they have more bar waiters in Ocean bar now. That's a positive.

Oct 2nd on Summit for leaf peeping up into NE and Canada. Have excursions booked for all stops but Celebrity lists no excursions for Portland. Does this mean that port might be cancelled? Couldn't remember if this was a city not enamored with cruise ships.

When my husband tested positive last month on Kdam and I was negative, I asked if I could move to another room and was told "we no longer do that". I had a total of 8 negative tests.

Some ships are already at $30!

My husband got covid last month on Kdam. We both self tested and I did the proper and correct thing and reported it. I was negative so had to test 2 consecutive days then every other day. I remained negative and could leave the room with a mask. They came to room and retested him on day 6 and he was negative. Luckily his quarantine was during 5 sea days on our return from Hawaii. For those of you saying you won't report please consider your room steward and all the other older people on the cruise that you will infect. Just because you don't have symptoms does not mean you aren't spreading it. They were very kind to us and the upgraded food menus were great. Also bring lots of OTC meds just in case....Advil,tylenol, mucinex, cough meds . I'm an RN and was prepared for "just in case. I did a thread on CC on our experience experience if you goggle Navigating Covid on Koningsam.

On Kdam last month it was fill the laundry bag up for $20. We rolled each item tightly and fit A LOT in their laundry bag!

We were on Koningsdam last month. First I will say the portion sizes now are smaller all around....even in Pinnacle. We ordered an appetizer and salad in Pinnacle and were told about the upcharge. But there are soooo many new people and even subbing into specialty dining so I can see if someone overlooked explaining the up charge in Pinnacle for 2nd app. They also had the same steak and lobster upcharge items in Club Orange as is available in MDR. They have a hole to climb out of post covid and it has to be spread out fleetwide. Reading a CC thread from someone currently on a HAL world cruise the hotel manager told him frankly it will be 2 yrs for supply chains for food and staff shortages to have a turn around. They are definitely trying to prevent food waste due to cost and insecure food supply chains in some areas. So we will have the right expectations to avoid disappointment and know we will still never leave hungry from any dining room.

But our hotel thru HAL includes transfer from airport to their hotel. I'm sure it will be clarified as it gets closer.

So we booked and paid for our air and we thought by doing that we locked in price.. What do you mean ticketed? Was there something else we needed to do to lock in price cuz we got a great deal for international.

So we have Hal flights and hotel for FLL in April. Our flight doesn't get in till midnight. How does that work? Private driver meeting us?