HAL'S Xmas Trees $25 & $44

[Arubalisa]

HAL has two sizes of Christmas trees for your cabin. I believe one is 17" and the other is 24" complete with decorations. Price was (I believe) $49.00USD, Happy Sailings...Leslie Swiger
Sorry only a few people looked at my post HAL Holiday 2004 Gift Order Form (http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=102427) :( Thought I had done something worthwhile...:confused: if you go to the post at this link (http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=102427) there is Holiday gift info along with a link to print the order form in order to fax your order...

801 Standard Decorated Christmas Tree 16 inch A smaller version of our Deluxe seasonal favorite. $25.00


802 Deluxe Decorated Christmas Tree 28 inch This lovely, festive artificial pine tree comes fully decorated in the beautiful traditional colors of the season. $44.00

Phone: (U.S. and Canada) 1-800-541-1576
Fax: 1-800-207-3547
Attn: Ship Services
Holland America Line
300 Elliott Avenue
West Seattle, WA 98119

BTW, FWIW--
Hello Little Feet! You will want Customer Relations and ask for Ms. Rose Abello or Tiffany Bergman (Supervisor of Customer Relations) e-mailCustomer_Relations@HollandAmerica.com My tree was 24" fully decorated and I believe it was $49.00USD. Sure hope this is of help. If not try me at my e-mail leslieswiger@hotmail.com and I will see if I can find more. Happy Sailings..Leslie SwigerEmailed each of these two ladies 3 weeks ago and never received a reply from either person...

[Krazy Kruizers]

Do you get to keep the trees after the cruise?

[localady]

ArubaLisa-

I think with the volume of posts, it's easy to get lost in the shuffle. I for one really appreciated your post as we'll be sailing during Chanukah and HAL even offers a couple of gifts appropriate for the holiday also! I was able to call and order them via ship services, who, as awlays, was totally helpful!

Thanks for the posting!

P.S, A question for you: we are going to be in aruba for one sunday afternoon (HAL changed the schedule) I am an avid snorkeler and this itinerary only offers 3 possible snorkel days....should I do the shopping thing in Aruba or is the snorkeling not to be missed????? Thanks in advance

[shipcafe]

Sorry only a few people looked at my post HAL Holiday 2004 Gift Order Form (http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=102427) :( Thought I had done something worthwhile...:confused: if you go to the post at this link (http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=102427) there is Holiday gift info along with a link to print the order form in order to fax your order...

801 Standard Decorated Christmas Tree 16 inch A smaller version of our Deluxe seasonal favorite. $25.00


802 Deluxe Decorated Christmas Tree 28 inch This lovely, festive artificial pine tree comes fully decorated in the beautiful traditional colors of the season. $44.00

Phone: (U.S. and Canada) 1-800-541-1576
Fax: 1-800-207-3547
Attn: Ship Services
Holland America Line
300 Elliott Avenue
West Seattle, WA 98119

BTW, FWIW--
Emailed each of these two ladies 3 weeks ago and never received a reply from either person...

As mentioned in a previous post, these two figures at HAL are VP and supervisor level so I don't believe that they would be personally responding. You'll want to contact ship services as they field direct consumer and agency questions . . . E-mails to anyone "higher up" will probably just float back down to this department.

[Arubalisa]

P.S, A question for you: we are going to be in aruba for one sunday afternoon (HAL changed the schedule) I am an avid snorkeler and this itinerary only offers 3 possible snorkel days....should I do the shopping thing in Aruba or is the snorkeling not to be missed????? Thanks in advanceThanks ;)

For sure anything you are able to purchase in Aruba you are able to purchase in St. Martin or St. Thomas. My FIL, dragged us from store to store in June is search of a new Olympus Digital camera. DH kept telling him that he could purchase it cheaper on the internet. Just for the heck of it, DH took his Dad over to the local Internet Cafe and sure enough, the cameras they were being shown in the stores in Aruba were no great bargain.

There is a very interesting thread on the Aruba Board regarding Shopping for Watches (http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=81529)

If the price is right for your budget I would choose a snorkel trip with
Roberto's Private Snorkeling (http://www.angelfire.com/sports/snorkeling) Email (oosterwaal@setarnet.aw)

Other Snorkel Excursions are offered by:

Mi Dushi (http://www.arubaadventures.com/midushi) Email (info@arubaadventures.com)
Jolly Pirates (http://www.jollypirates.com/) Email (jollypirates@setarnet.aw)
Octopus Sailing Charters (http://www.octopus-aruba.com/)
Tranquilo Aruba (http://www.visitaruba.com/tranquilo) Email (tranquilo@visitaruba.com)
Wave Dancer Cruises (http://www.arubawavedancer.com/wavedancer/)
Winde’s Watersport (http://www.windieswatersport.com/Sailing.html) Email (rene@setarnet.aw)
Unique Sports of Aruba (http://www.visitaruba.com/uniquesports) Email (uniquesports@visitaruba.com)

The three largest tour operators on the island are:

Pelican Adventures, NV Tours & Watersports (http://www.pelican-aruba.com/) Email (pelican-aruba@setarnet.aw)
DePalm Tours (http://www.depalm.com/index2.htm)
Red Sail Sports (http://www.aruba-redsail.com/sailing.shtml)

Interesting and also offered are:
De Palm Tours: SEA TREK
(http://www.aruba-redsail.com/extreme_snorkeling.shtml)De Palm Tours: SNUBA: SNorkeling + SCuba
Red Sail Sports: Extreme Snorkel (http://www.aruba-redsail.com/extreme_snorkeling.shtml)

Aruba Shore Diving Site Map (http://www.shorediving.com/Earth/ABC/Aruba/index.htm) (fine for snorkelers too)

Anything else, just let me know, glad to help! :)

[lwnbwlr]

Thanks soooo much for the info about the Xmas tree. My wife's going to freak out when she sees it in our cabin. I wonder why HAL didn't advise me of the availibility of the tree when they sent me the documents? Oh well, you did and that's what's important.Thanks again and happy holidays!!
Jim in Florida

[WindyCity]

I was told by HAL ship services that the holiday gift list was only available during holiday sailings - what a bummer! We can't even order a little tree because we sail the week BEFORE Christmas!:(

[elmorejj]

It`s so easy to pick up a 12-18 inch folding tree at the dollar type store. I`ve done this in the past and they never cost more than $2-3, some of them are decorated too. if not, buy a $1 package of balls. I leave this after the cruise, don`t have room to haul it back home and as it was so cheap who cares. It`s small, but gives enough cheer to remind us it is Christmas. If you have a larger one, there is no where to stand it.....jean :cool:

[Krazy Kruizers]

Years ago when we did our first Christmas sailing, we bought a 3 ft folding tree and packed it into our suitcase along with unbreakable ornaments. The lights I packed in that plastic bubble stuff. The first time we set it up on the table in our cabin, the cabin steward nearly dumped our breakfast when he saw the tree. Whenever we left the cabin we turned off the lights. One time when we were passing by our cabin we saw the cabin steward working on our room and he had turned on the tree lights while he was working. We used everything on a few cruises. I still have all that stuff just in case we ever decide to take another Christmas cruise.

[localady]

Lisa-

Thanks so much for all the information!!! I just wish HAL hadn't changed the hours in Aruba, we don't arrive till 12pm:o . Oh well, we will explore half day options! Thanks again!:cool:

[PSR]

Snorkel in Aruba if you can! The only better place we've snorkeled is at St. John, Virgin Islands!!!

Penny :)