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Nothing like the old menu .Loved the lamb chops . This new menu definitely entered cheaper dishes ,Heck pasts is very very cheap . From what we see is less quality & less selections with a higher price tab . Now that their Have it All Plan is so popular ,they ring up the cash register & then figured out how to screw the public. .This like less quality in both Tamarind & Pinnacle /Do they care what we say ? NO

Being Cautious With the tensions with China at sea with US war ships I wouldn't jump too quickly .We have to question even placing Nordam there at this time . We can hope for the best outcome ;however ,caution is warranted

We checked all this out & insufficient information is why we asked on the HAL noard

Wondering if it is possible to make phone calls using HALS Premium Wi/fi plan & how would that be done ? TIA

Can you make calls over the internet using your cell phone with the premium plan? If so how is this done when the phone in on airplane mode ? TIA

Now that Bora Bora is out because they limited to ships not exceeding 1200 pax ,what do you do on the other French Polynesian Society Islands ? Do you take mostly HAL yours or arrange private tours .what were your best private tours on which islands ? TIA

As far as CCL stock ,it makes me lots of money now . The more companies into cruising the merrier .Saudi cruising could be fun 😀

The smallest ships on HAL that we sailed were the Ryndam & old Rotterdam . Even though many like the smaller ships ,theywere put into service in 1999 .Being the Padfic ocean is so huge we like the newer more up to fate technology & size for comfort reasons We booked a habdicap cabin with a huge balcony that we can see out & down on Deck 4 .you got to book really early as there are only 2 of these one on each side of the ship We acrually have 3 cruises booked on Koningsdam ,the 35 day Hawaii /south Pacific . 18 Hawaii & 14 day Mexico /Calif ports .Reason is it sails from out home port San sdiego & no flying needed . So I guess we all come from different reasons why we prefer certain vessels .This ship is out go to home to see what we would not be able to see

We were not aware of that even though we bought them with our chase Sapphire Preferred Credit Card ;which we use for trips only ma great CC to insure the trip cancellation ,interruption & baggage.Then we top that off with a Allianz Travel insurance policy for one year

Thank you for your input ,

Thanks Mary that is pretty comprehensive . Seems to us a 10 % savings is as good as it gets these days , We are hoping that we can do this every month to get (5) $500 cards .We did call our TA & instead of FAXing them to them they took the numbers over the phone What is interesting is that you can use them for extra OBC as well as other expenses on board Started applying to drop the price of our 14 day cruise ,Then we wil work on dropping the 35 day cruise😃 Mahalo & Aloha

How do we apply the discounted AARP gift cards to a HAL booking ? Thanks in advance

Been reading lot of negative things about Fanning island .so why does HAL make a stop there ?

Good info thanks to all the contributors .Thought Fanning island was to be mussed .So why does HAL still stop there ?

B/4 you buy HAL insurance check out the insurance board on this HAL web site ,just scroll down until you see it .There is much better insurance than the cruise line

Sorry .The word should have been "if " bot id typo ..I typr on a small Apple key board & the letters are not raised & they are loght in color .Ay 84 yesrs my eye sight is not what it once was

Id you decide to rent a car any where download the gypsy apps ,They are the vest guides wow no South Pacific islands tours for your cruise up as yet ,Perhaps lining up tours is not oi easy in French Polynesia by the cruise lines . Papatee shouldn't be a problem being the capital

Thanks for your posts . Taking proper precautions thousands of miles from home is important

We believe it is better to know & have been done & not get ill thousands of miles from home

Wondering if dengue fever is more common in the south Pacific Here is info I found for vacinations & other data " https://www.passporthealthusa.com/destination-advice/oceania-pacific-islands/ Aloha Cliff

interesting that HAL sends those reminders .Thanks for the info

For the French Polynesian islands in the South Pacific are visas or shots requured ? TIA

Then we have lots of time as the cruise is not until Feb 2025 . Thanks for the heads up 😃

When can we make the special restaurant dinner reservations . We have 3 special dinners for a 25 cday cruise ? Also when can we make reservations for shore excursions ? TIA