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Why don't you hold on to it and apply it to your account after you board? 

Another THANK YOU! I especially appreciated the menus that will useful for a later cruise this year!

Apparently there is testing near the checkin area for the US airlines at the Vancouver airport; I think the test is pretty quick and you can/should make reservations. I don't have a link but it should be online if searched. 

20 hours ago, Crew News said:

No 5-second rule for escargot?  A simple request for butter sauce should be honored.

I probably would've picked it up and thought about the rule, but I couldn't find the piece 🤔 . It blended in with the worn wooden floor of the restaurant.

3 hours ago, Crew News said:

There are three Gala Night menus.  The blue menu is only seen as the first menu if there will be three Gala Nights.  The escargot is on the Gold menu, served on the last Gala Night.

 

I checked my last 14-Day Alaska cruise and there were three gala Nights.

 

From my analysis, there are actually five regular menus for a 7-Day cruise plus two Gala menus (silver menu first and gold last day).  14-Day cruises repeat the 7-Day menu the second week.  That leaves one yet-to-be discovered menu for the second week.

 

FWIW there should be at east one Rudi's Sel de Mer night and that menu has escargot as an appetizer.

Thanks very much for the clarifications! So the pattern for 14 days should be: Blue menu, Silver menu, Gold menu. Also, I have seen that Rudi's menu has escargot, but have read descriptions of it not being "traditional", so not sure if they would have the usual garlic butter dip. Pictures of Rudi's escargot show simple shells on a plate with no "sauce" of any kind. I have had that style before, but the butter sauce was still included on the side. Funny story: one time I was picking a snail out of it's shell and it flew off my fork onto the restaurant floor...bummer!😲

Love 'em! In January tried to get one at a hotel bar in San Diego...no Clamato on hand; maybe we can blame it on the pandemic???🙄

On 5/1/2022 at 2:27 PM, Crew News said:

If you look at the second Gold Gala Night menu, just posted for Day 05, you will see escargot is on the menu.  Bon Appetite.

After my reply yesterday, I realized that since I am on the 14-day New Amsterdam cruise this September (with you, I believe), the Gala escargot appetizer will probably not be on day 5, as your current one is a 7-day cruise. Do you think the escargot will be on a probable Gala #2 or #3? I would guess #3, since that would be the last Gala dinner. I am assuming there are 3 Gala nights as usual on a 14-day cruise. Thanks.

10 hours ago, Crew News said:

If you look at the second Gold Gala Night menu, just posted for Day 05, you will see escargot is on the menu.  Bon Appetite.

Fantastic! Just checked it out; now I just have to make sure I haven't already made a specialty restaurant rez for that day. Thank you!

17 hours ago, Crew News said:

Tomorrow is the deadline to sign a statement that I have completed my ArriveCAN submission.

 

Ans so it was April 29, 2022.

Which port was this for? Victoria? I am a little confused about the ArriveCAN submission. I know you have to submit one to enter Canada to board a cruise ship in Vancouver, and also another to "reenter" Canada at a second port, but I also am not sure about your itinerary.

Thanks for any into.

I have been gone a few days and just read the menu for the first GALA night. It can't be true that there is no Escargot Bourguignon (sp?)! That was always one of the appetizers I enjoyed on the first gala night and was planning to have again after a long time of no cruising. I am disappointed, but I guess many people do not care for it, so perhaps it's been discontinued.😢

4 hours ago, Crew News said:

Here is a link to the first evening's menu:  Alaska MDR Embarkation Day Menu

Thanks so much! I guess the "Kings Day" specials won't be on later cruises...😉

Crew, Have you added MDR dinner menus yet? When I click on your link, I get a lot of other menus, etc. for 4/25/22, but no dinner menus. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks.

On 4/26/2022 at 2:35 PM, StLouisCruisers said:

 

 Error...🙄 Sorry

1 hour ago, StLouisCruisers said:

 

I see it in his signature at the bottom of his post.  Black lettering  "HAL Menus & More Link"

I've forgotten how to access the "signatures" at the bottom. Can you give us a hint of how to add that feature? Thank you.

P.S. Just found it by going into my ACCOUNT SETTINGS then "Signatures" and clicking "view signatures" or something like that, then "Save".

Are you in isolation now? Were you positive on the cruise, or after you got home? If you were on the ship when you got ill, was it handled well, or poorly?  I guess that's enough questions for now...

Looks like my questiones were answered on the duplicate thread. Hope they can be combined...

1 hour ago, Nodakboiler said:

We are currently on the Regatta and the entire crew is masked but very few passengers are wearing masks. We have sailed several times post Covid and make sure that we have our masks on in handy unless we are in our room or outside.

So you got on the ship right after the cruise from Tahiti? Did they tell you anything about the outbreak on the previous cruise and that everything had been cleaned thoroughly? Hope so!!

1 minute ago, CruiserBruce said:

No, from 12:01am Thursday to say, noon on Sunday is over 72 hours...its actually 84 hours. But yes, it appears we are back to counting hours.

I don't want to argue, but yes, from 12:01am Thursday, it is more than 72 hours to Sunday noon, but you originally wrote "midnight on Thursday", which would be nearer 11:59pm on Thursday in my figuring, rather than 11:59pm on Wednesday, which is what I think you originally meant. Anyway, it appears to be moot.🤔

38 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

This was resolved quite a while ago. If you are sailing on Sunday, you can test any time after midnight on Thursday. Its NOT 72 hours from all aboard or actual sailing time.

But that's less than 72 hrs...shouldn't your statement say "midnight on Wednesday"? Of course, I am disregarding the statement of post #3 which  sounds like we're back to counting the hours. I'm on another cruise line which states ""48 hrs", so now MY scheduled PCR test is also too soon and I have to figure out what to do.

9 hours ago, LHT28 said:

The prices  are listed  for those that just want that tour      the Your world package   & the  Unlimited package 

more like bundling  tours  for  a discounted price

 

 You can read about the 2 package  details/requirements

https://www.oceaniacruises.com/shore-excursions

scroll down to the packages

 

 

One difference between the SE packages and purchasing each tour individually is that the packages must be cancelled before  embarkation for refund, but an individual SE tour can be cancelled 36 hrs before the tour for refund, in case you change your mind or have to cancel for another reason. 

Thanks for all this information. I'm booked on 2 cruises stopping in Canada this year and the first cruise line has not mentioned anything about this...HAL has.

On 4/16/2022 at 5:51 PM, PSR said:

Has anyone ever had to use the HAL "Cancel for Any Reason' Platinum  insurance when FCCs were used to partially pay for the fare?  If so, did you receive the total amount back as a refund, or only the amount that was not part of the FCC? Thank you for any information.

Just quoted my original question in case anyone has some experience with using the Platinum CCP as described above. Thank you.

54 minutes ago, LHT28 said:

You can always see how much you drink in the first few days  then see if it is worth upgrading to the Prestige Package

That's a good idea. We have the basic package and usually only drink alcohol at dinner and later, so only about one cocktail, one wine at dinner, and 1 or 2 drinks after dinner. From reading this forum, it appears most normal cocktails are about $11- $13 with tip, so the $20 upgrade to the Prestige package would probably be worthwhile, but we could check it out for a day or two, since Oceania allows you to upgrade at any time, as far as I can tell.

21 hours ago, Flatbush Flyer said:

House select is beer and wines by the glass at meals from a small menu of offerings (IMO, mediocre).

Does it cover beer and wine only when ordered in one of the dining rooms, or can it be used during dining hours at Waves or The Terrace Cafe (but I'm not sure if wine is available at either place...)?

Has anyone ever had to use the HAL "Cancel for Any Reason' Platinum  insurance when FCCs were used to partially pay for the fare?  If so, did you receive the total amount back as a refund, or only the amount that was not part of the FCC? Thank you for any information.