LindaSSF

$299 is a good price for an upsell. Whether you gat a complimentary upgrade depends on how full your ship may be.

Personally, I love the Neptune suites & would jump on the opportunity t $299.

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We are staying at Hyatt Place 17th St Convention Center. Nice hotel, 10 min to the pier . Next to shopping & restaurants. We booked the room for 11/23 directly for $124

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Thank you!

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Thanks! That does help.

It sounds like we take the ship sponsored tender to CL and back, or have a great day on the ship.

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Since they have been "testing it over the last year", has anyone used this system?

Prices?

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Cruise line Formal Wear does not list any ladies clothing - only men's formal wear. Years ago, I thought they also had ladies' gowns.

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We are on the Noordam 11/27/2014 Southern Caribbean Seafarer.

I've looked in the Dominican Republic board on CC, but it seems that HAL uses a different port than most. If anyone has stopped there, can you help me answer a question?

I am considering booking a trip over to Caya Levantado at the Pier when we get there. Does the ship send a tender there to bring folks back? I got the impression from the ship-sponsored excursion that they did. I don't want to be reliant on a local return or (worse) be stranded there.

I wasn't thrilled with the rest of the offerings there. We are SCUBA diving at the rest of our stops, but that end of DR isn't known for great dives.

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You'll have a blast! You might want to check out Scubaboard.com - the basic scuba forum there is very helpful

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The XL BCD should be adjustable enough. Getting your weights set to even out your trim might be interesting, but not a focus on an intro dive. Have fun!

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It would help if you gave your measurements - honestly. Shops usually carry BCDs up to XL. Fins up to around a man's size 12. For a short intro dive , you can probably get away without a wet suit.

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Our trip is 10 days to the Southern Caribbean. They wanted an additional $1099 pp

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We are on the Noordam on Nov 24th in an SC guarantee. I got an email from HAL today offering an upsell to the PS. It was more than I wanted to pay, but I called anyway.

I thanked them for offering the upsell & asked what the cost might be to upsell to the corner aft suite we really wanted all along. He agent spoke with her supervisor and offered it to us at no charge.

I have an assignment I thought was better than the PS 4 weeks before the cruise. It NEVER hurts to ask!

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We simply set the alarms on our iPhones for the few days we absolutely must get up with a clock. When we are on vacation, alarm clocks are best avoided where possible!

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We used a taxi from the 17th street area (Hyatt Place N 17th St Convention Center). It is a short(er) taxi ride, but we tipped well. It was no more than the shuttle and we had personalized service. Once in to the gates at the Port, it is a quite a ways back to the cruise ship docks!

We have always used the laundry and dry cleaning since we stay in the Neptune suites. It's great to pack less (relatively speaking) and have clean clothes when we return home!

Out only problem was when dry cleaning lost Mike's tuxedo jacket. Our cabin attendant was mortified, and we were worried what to do for that evening if it couldn't be found. Our cabin attendant made a list of EVERY dry cleaning order in the last 2 days on board & visited every cabin until he found Mike's jacket in the same room one deck up.

We had it for a partial transit of the canal. You could see all around the rear of the ship as you went through - gorgeous views! We had 20+ from CC on the balcony with us. The next level down, the corner cabins could actually reach out & touch the sides of the canal.

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We were on the other corner. It is covered - only aft that really is. We burn easily, so it allowed us to stay out & enjoy ourselves. The cabin is a little smaller than other Neptune suits, but the balcony makes up for it!!

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Another great dive shop is Curious2Dive - Hans will personalize your dive trip based on your interests and abilities. He's a Curacao native that knows all the dive sites and is on good terms with the locals.

The best Curacao diving is shore diving!

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No, I haven't changed my travel plans as long as I am flying jets that are US based rather than international. I run a hospital - we are all gearing up 'just in case' and it does worry me, though.

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I'll second using Curious2Dive in Curacao. Hans will pick you all up at the pier, outfit you at the shop and do a good briefing for divers & snorkelers. You will most likely go to Tugboat. Shallows for snorkelers, a shallow wreck, great growth under a pier, and often sea horses.

He can offer the best of both worlds with a single shore dive.

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