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If it's a medical issue, the Lido or room service can accommodate you just about any time they are open.

I hope this helps. Photo #1 is me on a regular night. Photo #2 is me on Orange Party night. Any given night All decked out for the Orange Party Note the huge difference in my attire. Hours are spent on getting ready for the Orange Party.

Our last full day on the Rotterdam - April 6, 2024 2024-04-06-Daily-Rotterdam.pdf

April 5th, 2024 Daily - Our 2nd and Final Formal / Dressy / Gala Night 2024-04-05-Daily-Rotterdam.pdf

The Daily for April 4, 2024 Note that the dress code is Casual with a Splash of Orange. That's your cue that it's is Orange Party Night. 2024-04-04-Daily-Rotterdam.pdf

We're booked on the Nieuw Statendam for March 15th - 22nd, 2025. We snagged the same stateroom, Club Orange, and a Retreat Cabana.

We sailed in December 2023 and again in early April 2024. Both times our stateroom keycards were in the mail slot at our room. We picked them up and could order beverages almost immediately. I say "almost immediately" because there was no bar right by our mail slot.

The entertainment for the Rotterdam will be different for the European season. We had Island Magic over Easter. They were excellent, but they're done now until the Caribbean season starts in the fall. This page should answer your questions. https://www.hollandamerica.com/en/us/news/2024/April/news-041124-holland-america-line-announces-new-entertainment-lineup-fleetwide

I'd look at the sailing and the time of year. If you are doing one of the 17-21 repositioning cruises from Alaska to Fort Lauderdale or vice-versa, I'd be confident that I wouldn't be bumped. It's not a school holiday and it's a long cruise. On the other hand, I would hesitate to book a quad on a week long cruise during Christmas in the Caribbean or school break for Alaska in the summer.

Daily for April 3, 2024 2024-04-03-Daily-Rotterdam.pdf

Usually on dressy / formal nights. However, our room stewards on the Nieuw Statendam in December made them other nights as well.

Yes. I believe that the system looks at adjacent segments when spitting out the warning. It's kind of like the visa notice you get on every cruise. There could be someone booking in the US who is here on a work visa and needs clearance for a Caribbean port; so visa alerts for everyone! I don't think AI has progressed to the point where it can deal with your itinerary, Rich. Every time they try to train it using your bookings as seed data, the computers start sparking, smoke pours out, and the machine bursts into flames. 😉

Starboard will give you better land views - more of the time while sailing. The ship is closer to the land as it travels northbound than it is traveling southbound. As for which side faces land in port, that's not something you'll know with 100% certainty.

The upgrade cost applies to guests #1 & #2. They cost for the 3rd and 4th people won't change. If you have cruise protection, that may increase if the upgrade cost bumps you up to the next break point.

The Daily Program for April 2, 2024 2024-04-02-Daily-Rotterdam.pdf

Daily Program from April 1, 2024 And, because we care, JPEGs and a PDF. 2024-04-01-Daily-Rotterdam.pdf

The Easter Service was held in the Main Stage showroom. While not exactly packed, there were more people here than there were on the pub crawl, so that's a good sign. We did not have musical accompaniment to the hymns, but there was a a family who definitely sang lead parts in their congregation's choir. They helped us to sound pretty good.

This was our first cruise over Easter. We weren't sure what to expect, but we were absolutely delighted by the Easter Service. As many of you know, all Holland America cruises have Catholic Priests onboard. This was very fortunate for us, because the Very Rev. Louis Phillips of Portland Maine was on the Rotterdam and graciously volunteered to lead the interdenominational service. I have attached a PDF of the "bulletin" if you are interested. 2024-03-31-Easter-Service-Rotterdam.pdf

The HIA-included fares havehad refundable deposits going back to at least last spring, probably earlier.

Daily Program - Easter Sunday - March 31, 2024 Again, JPEGs and a PDF. 2024-03-31-Daily-Rotterdam.pdf

The Rotterdam Art Tour - with the formerly secret next-to-last Observation Deck page. If you have the old version, with the missing page, please keep it. It could be really valuable on the secondary collector's market. (I'm not saying that it will rival the "Inverted Jenny" postage in value, but you never know.) Rotterdam-Art-Tour-2024-04-fixed.pdf

Day 2 Daily - Saturday, March 30, 2024 JPEGs and a PDF -- which are hopefully in order. 😀 2024-03-30-Daily-Rotterdam.pdf

Oh, heck. Let me see what I have left in scan images. These were two-sided pages with 4 content pages per side. They had to be rotated and cropped, so I'm kind of mad at myself for the error. Thanks for pointing it out. I'll fix it,

Laundry - From the "Almost Pointless Because The Ships Are Heading to Europe and the Prices Are Different There" file... Text version: LAUNDRY PACKAGE OPTIONS LAUNDRY BY THE BAG $ 25 All the laundry you can fit in our blue Holland America Line laundry bag. *Eco-friendly dry cleaning is not included. *Please allow 48 hours for your laundry to be returned. UNLIMITED LAUNDRY AND PRESSING 12 - Day Cruise — Unlimited Laundry* - $ 102 9 - Day Cruise — Unlimited Laundry* - $ 76.5 UNLIMITED PRESSING SERVICE 12 - Day Cruise — Unlimited Pressing* - $ 48 9 - Day Cruise — Unlimited Pressing* - $ 36 For all of the above offers, please allow 48 hours for your laundry to be returned. We hope you enjoy our laundry service onboard. In order to process everyone's laundry in a timely manner before disembarking, we kindly ask you to send your final laundry to us no later than 48 hours before your disembarkation date. Should you wish to purchase the below items please advise your Stateroom Steward*: Blue Cloth Laundry Bag for $15 Laundry Return Garment Bag for $6 Holland America Line SAVOR THE JOURNEY *- This should really read: "If you are a thief and decide to steal these items, please make sure that you want to pay this much. 😉

Thank you. It's not normally something I'd pay a lot of attention to, and we tended to have a PG lunch schedule conflict. It's good to know that we weren't rejected.