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Yes of course, my bad. We are on NA.

With that, what are your recommendations for luggage drop off for the 5 May NS departure?

We board the Nieuw Amsterdam on May 5. Just had an email 2 days ago that Juneau will now be a tender port. I see there are 5 ships in port that day 🤨

That I do not know. I believe I heard that the NS aft on deck 6 are smaller. We were happy with the deck 4 aft NS. We were happy with the aft view and larger balcony and don't mind walking further to the Neptune lounge. We generally always use the stairs and never elevators while on board, so easy to get in the 10000 steps daily.

Same ship, Had a Neptune suite last Caribbean cruise on deck 4. Was fabulous. There was some machinery obstructing a tiny portion of view on starboard side where we were. Have a deck 5 NS aft for the 14 day Alaska 5-19 May, with friends on beside starboard cabin.

enjoy!

Our first cruises on HAL were with kids. 4 of us in an ocean view. First time the kids were 11 & 12 (12 days in the Mediterranean during my deployment leave from Afghanistan. Second with kids was a Christmas Caribbean 10 day with kids 13 & 14. Was very fun but will never have 4 people in a cabin again aside from a huge suite, but would hesitate even then for the privacy thing. Personally, without kids, no more than 2 per cabin is happy, but clearly budgets do impact this.

On past cruises, we were at Half Moon Quay on day 2. A passenger went into cardiac arrest on the beach, which we saw responders addressing on our way back to the tender. The Capt that evening gave a toast and acknowledged that a passenger had died on the beach. Did not see how that person was disembarked. Last cruise, a passenger had a medical issue one evening. Caribbean itinerary. We ended up with an unscheduled day at Grand Turk and missed the Half Moon Cay planned stop so the patient could be off loaded in Grand Turk and repatriated to Florida from there. The Capt did also make an announcement to that effect as the planned schedule changed. I felt it was handled very well.

That is very good to know in the event of something horribly unexpected.

Very smoky on Vancouver Island the past few days .

Good news for our 14 day Alaska on the NA in May!

No more carpaccio? Not nice. Loved that dish.

Looking forward to following your journey, as we will be doing the same trip May 2024 (as I believe you are as well). Welcome to British Columbia! You will sail right by where I live while on the inside passage.

Is this only for US military members or Canada too? Haven't heard about it here.

Noted, perhaps I had info just for bar servers/tenders.