canadianbear

Agree with above poster, it was casual in November when we were on the Eurodam in a Neptune.

Lucky!

On our recent 35 day South Pacific cruise we booked late dining with a table for 2 (but was a table for 4 but only us). Our first night we told the waiter we like to be in and out in an hour. We always looked at the menu ahead of time & ordered soon as he came to our table. We had great waiters & actually made it easy for them.

@oakridger it was so funny as we didn’t need the Murphy bed but I wanted to see it. Then we couldn’t get it back up & had to ask the room steward 😂😂.

I would never risk having my Nexus taken away over something I knew wasn’t allowed in Canada.

What ship will you be on? That could make a huge difference. Nuku Hiva tender port was the longest by far to get off the ship if you are going there. I did not get off but my husband did & because of his status he was off quickly but for others it took hours. Papeete isn’t a tender port & we were off quickly but trying to find Tahiti by Boat was a horrible experience until one of the others stayed he had used them before so we all walked as a group. Moorea was slow getting a tender even though we had priority. I can’t remember how long in Raiatea for us to tender but I know when we got there we convinced the vendor to wait 2 more tenders before leaving. Some of the ports you can grab an excursion at shore but we didn’t want to take chances with that so pre-booked all our snorkel excursions.

The other vendors were great & picked up at pier. If you are snorkeling are you taking your own gear? Some don’t provide it. We always take our own. SP snorkeling was on my bucket list and we loved it. We are booked for 2025 but I think we may have to cancel only because of a medical issue. The tendering was an issue on our ship as it was very busy & of course if you aren’t on a HAL excursion you take your chances. Even as 4* we lined up very early to make sure we were off in time.

This is who we went with: Moorea: Albert Transport full day Pearl/vanilla farm, snorkel, lunch on motu www.albert-transport.net Raiatea: aretoursraiatea@gmail.com full day snorkel lunch on motu Raiatea day 2: excursionbleu@tahaa.net Snorkel lunch on motu. This was the best one of any of the snorkel excursions we did. Papeete: Tahiti by Boat. Some loved it, some didn’t. It was very confusing where to meet him and some couldn’t find it & were left behind (this happened both days from talking with others on the roll call). Any question feel free to email me at: sammiepell at shaw dot ca

It depends on what you want to do. We did all our snorkeling in the South Pacific on our recent cruise as that was what was on my bucket list. It would help if you put if you want to sight see or snorkel etc. I read through various boards on Cruise Critic plus previous roll calls to get ideas.

On another site there were some that got “kicked out” of the retreat cabana area so a lot of different places were affected. We were not affected at all and did spend time in the Neptune lounge so maybe missed a lot of stuff in the affected areas.

Exactly…people reserved months in advance so why did this happen 🤷‍♀️. Maybe they changed the venue location to Tamarind at the last minute.

Terrifying!

Watching it now on the Food Network. We were on this cruise & our neighbours down the hall were quite upset as their Tamarind reservation (and many other people) were cancelled. Since it was a 10 day cruise they couldn’t get in another night.

Enjoying reading your review and seeing your photos. Thanks for doing this.

We also preferred the final bill under our door. However often there were still issues with billing when people got home being charged for something they didn’t order or take from the fridge. It happened to us a few years ago and luckily it was resolved when we were home but it is still very annoying. A final bill should be FINAL.

As far as I know for the Standard coverage you can cancel for any reason up to 24 hours before departure and are covered for 80%.

We did have a lot of OBC but have 3 young grandkids so chose not to buy one for all. Maybe I should have purchased just one for myself!

You do know, even as a BC resident, you can still purchase HAL’s Standard plan. It isn’t as good as the other one but is an option especially for cancel for any reason.

I was SO tempted to buy one of these …but didn’t. So cute.

I had the scallops on the Koningsdam recently and was not impressed. It was a 35 day cruise so wanted something different but wouldn’t try them again sadly.

I agree. I’d like an empty fridge when we arrive. If people want it stocked maybe it could be requested prior to boarding or a request to fill out once on board. We’ve had charges years ago and we didn’t even touch what was inside so always get the items removed now.

No idea! We had the HIA package & were on the ship for 35 days so wanted the fridge empty so we could put pop and water etc in it. Maybe someone will know but I didn’t pay attention, sorry.

I take a photo before & after as well but get the room steward to remove the items. Here’s a photo of our last cruise in February of what was stocked in ours.

Sorry about our Vancouver weather. Glad you made it and have a wonderful cruise! Will be following along.

Awesome! Have fun!