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There are pictures of that very stateroom on halfacts.com, a TREASURE TROVE of info about all HAL ships.

Can"t celebrate National Ice Cream Day 😪. Didn't scoop neatly into a bowl, would just spoon it right out of the carton. Used to clean a pint in one sitting just watching a TV show. Had to join Ice Cream Anonymous and I've been clean and sober for 7 years now. And able to maintain my target weight -- even on a dam ship.

Sorry, don't mean to hijack this thread but just a quick question for @SilvertoGold: I was on Kdam in March and April. Was the PG hostess named Anastasia? You don't have to answer if you don't want to (or if you didn't note her name). I had to write my first-ever nastygram to Guest Relations about problems with her. Yeah, first nastygram in 12 years of sailing on HAL, but she was that intolerable. Back onto thread: Next month will be my first cruise on Zuiderdam so I will be following this thread with great interest.

And I was on one of them with you, Sue. On Eurodam with dear Captain Scott (now retired).

Ditto on what others have posted. Three post COVID cruises already and always just waved through the vacc/test station at FLL and SAN. I found the VeriFLY app very easy to use -- unlike ArriveCAN, which is a real kluge. Dreading the boarding procedure for next month's cruise out of Vancouver. Vancouver was always a pain for boarding and in-transit procedures, even pre-pandemic.

Not soon enough for me, although I've ALWAYS taken the Cascades pre-COVID. For my August cruise gonna cost me about $500 to stay for a night at the Richmond Radisson or Holiday Inn Express and park my car for the two weeks 😬. And that's not even including the cost of gas in the car for the 220-mile round trip. Even if I choose just the Canada Place parking (without an overnight stay) it's about $500. So why don't I just fly? Not even taking into consideration the hassle of YVR arrival/departure, cost me $200+ round-trip for Lyft or shuttle to Sea-Tac from Snohomish County.

I have been complaining to HAL about that for many years. There are quite a few other lines that do award double loyalty points for us solos -- one of them being Princess (a CCL line)! The only response that I have ever received was a vague sort of "we're thinking about it" reply.

No stateroom "shares a wall" with THE BRIDGE, in the sense of the actual space overlooking the bow where the officers conn the ship. You might share a wall with the captain's stateroom or a navigation staff supply storeroom or something like that. The white space forward of passenger staterooms on the deck plan includes those spaces. The actual bridge itself does not extend that far aft. Hope this helps.

Leon, my brother pilot. We are not friends on Facebook so you will not be notified that I sent you a message. Just go to your messages and click on the "Message Requests" feature. We cannot mention our PCCs by name here on CC but my FB message to you is information about my awesome PCC and how to contact him. Good luck. Regards to Jenn. 61 Hurricane

Yeah! The Atlantic Adventurer cruises! Don't know why they discontinued that one. Great itinerary and didn't involve a flight across the pond.

Y'know, that's the one change that I REALLY hate. The Mariner medallion reception is the ONLY time that we actually wear our medallions. Now that's limited only to 5*s -- and I still lack 100+ points for that. Since resumption of cruising I no longer even pack my medallion. Well, I did on the first post-COVID cruise in October because I didn't know about the change. Seriously? How significantly does it impact their revenue stream to just provide a glass of cheap wine for the 4*s?

I did too!! Back in 2018 or 2019 (whenever they "terminated" the Yum Yum Man) I asked the DRM if they at least still had the chimes. He said they did and I volunteered to circulate around Deck 4 (this was an R-Class ship) and play the chimes before the early and late fixed seatings. Yeah, really! My offer was declined. And I agree 100% with your last statement.