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@gerard55 Please report on the situation at PTA. Is 'Verifly' recognised? Priority Check in? Any retail outlets in the building? Thanks!

Have a great cruise!

According to their FAQ's corkage is charged. Guests are not permitted to bring alcoholic beverages onboard; with the exception of embarkation day when each guests are permitted to bring onboard with them up to two (2) bottles of wine (which are subject to a corkage fee) per guest.

and that is the low calorie version 😁

And if you like crackers with your cheese...........bring crackers! 😉

Magic! Security took us well over an hour on a Saturday in June.

Glad you enjoyed it. How did you return to the airport? Water taxi again? How long did it take to checkin and get through security?

Interesting that they must be US citizens.

Just because you don't know them doesn't mean that they don't exist! Celebrity, Norwegian, Princess etc all charge for any wine brought onboard.

only when you are onboard!

You too!

Different cruise! We are sailing to Iceland from Amsterdam.

This happened to us on Eurodam last year (2021). There was a smell of sewage in our bathroom, which occurred mostly at night. Eventually it disappeared. They almost took our bathroom apart and rebuilt it several times, but apart from the smell, we had very little inconvenience (work was done during days ashore). On the last evening there was an envelope with letter from Hotel Manager, apologising for the inconvenience and advising us that a not unsubstantial amount of OBC had been credited to our account. I went to Guest Services and they confirmed that I could 'cash in' the OBC as it was our last night. So perhaps a firm, but polite, note addressed to the Hotel Manager may bring more suitable compensation for your inconvenience.

I am also sailing August 28th and Verifly only became available yesterday.

There is no need to be 'ready to pay' as it is charged to your onboard account.

It was the same on Oosterdam in June. No BBK, but replaced with Rolling Stone Lounge. Disappointing.

Or is it that HAL did it last time but not this time? 🙄😂

When is your cruise? I seem to remember that it does not show up until within 30 days of sailing.

you can pre purchase your transfer when you log into your HAL account. Select the cruise in 'My Bookings' and then 'Shore Excursions'. The transfers will be listed under Amsterdam and the date of disembarking. The season change will make very little difference to Amsterdam Schiphol airport as it is a major international hub in a country that is a major business centre.

@Brentt_M enjoy your cruise. @roryjamesenjoy your cruise and welcome to Cruise Critic.

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Most airlines won't check in luggage until 2 max 3 hours before the flight, so you may have a problem that way. There is a left luggage place. https://www.trasbagagli.it/

The legal definition of 'days prior', does not include the day the event is scheduled to occur. So, Wednesday is, by definition, within 3 days prior to Saturday.

I do, just to check everything back in. In event of dispute it is easier if there is a paper trail.

There seems to be no reliable source for the 'No Test' information as relating to HAL cruises. It could be a keyboard journalist misrepresenting various pieces of information in the wrong way. HAL has not changed the info/FAQ on the website. HAL or Carnival Corp has not issued a press release. The only basis for the 'news' is the announcement about the 3 test cruises from Amsterdam on the Rotterdam. I can find no information relating to EU Healthy Gateways modifying their Pre cruise testing requirement. Again no source is mentioned within the article by Loyalty Lobby.