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Can you share where the ship docks (if it docks)? The only piers I see are at the city center.
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Awesome! Thanks a lot. Did the ship provide the equipment? Or did people bring their own paddles and balls? For those who don't know, pickleball is played with a solid paddle (usually graphite) and whiffle ball (plastic, hollow, holey ball). It's a mix of tennis and badminton.
They supply it, and it's wiffle balls:
On Zaandam, there are 2 courts, one each side of the funnel. One side had a net and the pickle ball set, the other didn't have a net up (but did have the lines) and did have basketball hoops along the funnel side of the enclosure.
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Anyone know if the Zaandam has a pickleball court? I'm booked on the Sept 24, 2017 sailing from Vancouver to Santiago. I'd love to be able to play pickleball with other enthusiasts on this cruise.
I disembarked 2 days ago, and yes, it does.
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When we started cruising there wasn't even Internet -- back in the 80's.
Oh, look: A chance to be a nit picker.
The Internet has been around since the late 70's. It's the WWW that wasn't added to it until around 1990.
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Why are you concerned about Zika or Mosquitos? Are you pregnant or planning on getting pregnant soon?.
Or give blood? Or care about getting the symptoms, even if they are usually mild? I do.
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ETA is actually free:
http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa/Fees
The fee that you are charged is set by the owners of the service that you use to submit your application. The official government site charges $20, other sites like EasyETA set their own prices.
I'd be interested to see if anyone can show an example of a case where EasyETA hasn't worked.
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As a youngster I was lucky enough to have sailed on many of the legendary 'ocean liners' as a first class passenger with my parents. Those magnificent ships included the SS Stockholm (she sunk the Andre Doria which I actually walked on during a bon voyage party I attended in NYC with my parents), RMS Queen Mary, RMS Queen Elisabeth, RMS Canbera, the French SS Mermoze, the original SS Rotterdam as well as the SS United States. I keep fond memories of all those voyages.
Like all passengers, I loved the horse racing nights, the ships pool where passengers would try to guess how far the ship traveled overnight (GPS killed that one :rolleyes:), the way the staff performed (almost like Downton Abby) and the specialness of getting dressed up for dinner. Trying to play ping pong on a rolling deck during the day was always a challenge (no stabilizers back then folks :eek:). In the afternoon passengers could go topside near the ships funnel(s) and visit passengers that brought their dogs which stayed in the ships kennels. It was a very different world aboard a ship back then.
Cruise ships have their merits as well as some pitfalls but the birth of the cruise ship industry has given a much larger audience a little taste of the 'good old days' and that is good.
You're showing your age; the original Rotterdam sailed from 1873 to 1883; the present one is #6.
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In the videos I didn't see the numbers, did I miss them? In 1928 it would have bee NA1, the current NA is what number?
Four.
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These two are of Nieuw Amsterdam.. the second one is of the interior of the ship. So different from today's ship.
Those are the NA II; in 1928 it would have been the NA I.
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The Western Hemisphere would not cover Ireland or the Canary Islands or Portugal. According to the State Department website the passport card may be at sea ports of entry returning from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean. http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports/information/card.html
Why not? They're in the Western Hemisphere.
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It may also be used for open jaw sailings within the western hemisphere, so if someone only sails on cruises in the western hemisphere it could be the document they choose (one document to carry, durable, info already stored in the State Department website). Everyone's level of risk is different just as everyone's comfort level with that risk, so one person could legitimately decide to accept the risk whereas another could decide not to accept the risk just as legitimately.
May I ask where the open jaw provision of the rule is documented? I don't see it on the State Department web site.
I also wonder whether the "western hemisphere" exception would still be valid if someone had a closed-loop cruise from the U.S. to Ireland or the Canary Islands or Portugal.
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Home Line's OCEANIC.... standard outside cabin... $178.57 per day.... that was exactly 36 years ago. 7 days... NY/Bermuda/Nassau/NY.
I have in my hand.... a folder 'from the Bar' m.v. ATLANTIC... 1982
Port $1.20
Sherry $1.20
Whiskies $1.20 to $1.70
Bourbons $1.20 to $1.40
Rums $1.20
Cognac $1.30 to $3.00
Vodka $1.20
Liqueurs $1.20 (1 oz.) or $2.40 (2 oz)
Aperitifs $1.10
Champagne $2.30
Cocktails & Long Drinks $1.50 to $1.70
Beers Imported $1.20 American $0.90
Sodas $0.40
Cigarettes $.55 to $0.75 (Dunhill)
That $178.57 per day is $577.33 now.
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On the Mediterranea back in '07 we were on the north side of the pier with the Caribbean Princess on the south side, and both are nominally 8 meter draft.
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My RCCL history has been messed up for years. A while back I sent them some information to try to get it straightened out; the result is that it's messed up even worse: they have me going on the same cruise (same date) 3 times, while others are missing.
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This is the first thing that came to mind when I read the op's post.
I think much smaller; I thought it would be about the free transfer between JFK and LGA.
Cost of a Taxi From IGR to the Sheraton?
in South America
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You only need cash for the boat trip if you book it at their stand down on the lower trail; their office up above takes credit cards.