Nice Invitation From Our TA

[sapper1]

Just opened our email and found an invitation from our TA to go aboard the Celebrity Summit for a tour and luncheon when it is in Saint John on August 19. How do you think I replied? Ha Ha ---- I have never whipped my passport out of storage so fast in my life.
I saw the list of others the email was sent to as well, and since this is a small area, we know most of them----- so it should be a great time.

[aliaschief]

Congratulations....sounds like a great time.

[Gunther1]

I volunteer and contribute to a non-profit here in Seattle. Each year HAL lets us have a lunch/show/"tour time" on a ship on a day when it's ending/starting a cruise. We generally board around 10:30 am and have to be off by 2. They hold our driver's license or passport in case any of us want to be stowaways :).

My first time on a cruise ship was via this route, and it got me interested in signing up for my first cruise. I really enjoyed the hour or so of free time we got so we could wander around the decks.

I suspect the cruise ship companies do these things with that in mind . Today's lookie loo is tomorrow's customer....and they probably get a tax deduction in the process.

[CruiserBruce]

Danger Will Robinson Danger!!!

We received a similar invite for a May 2005 (or 2004, unsure) visit by the Oosterdam to San Francisco, when the O was less than a year old, and repositioning to Alaska. I also think it was one of the last times a HAL stopped in SF.

We had not seen a Vista ship at that point, but had been on several other HAL ships. We loved it. On the Lido Pool area HAL had a travel agents desk, and they were offering cruises at pretty good discounts. We "just had to have" a 10 partial Canal (oddly, on the Rotterdam, not a Vista) the following December, that we found there, and away we went.....

Its a big trap! Stay away!!!:D:D:D:D:D

[sapper1]

Danger Will Robinson Danger!!!

We received a similar invite for a May 2005 (or 2004, unsure) visit by the Oosterdam to San Francisco, when the O was less than a year old, and repositioning to Alaska. I also think it was one of the last times a HAL stopped in SF.

We had not seen a Vista ship at that point, but had been on several other HAL ships. We loved it. On the Lido Pool area HAL had a travel agents desk, and they were offering cruises at pretty good discounts. We "just had to have" a 10 partial Canal (oddly, on the Rotterdam, not a Vista) the following December, that we found there, and away we went.....

Its a big trap! Stay away!!!:D:D:D:D:D
Like lambs to the slaughter----but do I care? Not a bit.;)

[Krazy Kruizers]

Enjoy!!

[COLLEYBERRY]

What fun Sapper:)...have a great time.

[lorekauf]

Have a great time and let us know what you think of the ship. While I can't say Celebrity is a line I like that much I thought the ship I was on was quite nice.

[jena1]

Back in the early 90's when we lived in the South Florida area, our TA invited us to go check out (with a great lunch and tour) a brand new ship: Statendam! We had never cruised with HAL but we liked the ship so much that we booked a cruise on her. We have never cruised any other line since!

[DutchByAssociation]

Danger Will Robinson Danger!!!

We received a similar invite for a May 2005 (or 2004, unsure) visit by the Oosterdam to San Francisco, when the O was less than a year old, and repositioning to Alaska. I also think it was one of the last times a HAL stopped in SF.

We had not seen a Vista ship at that point, but had been on several other HAL ships. We loved it. On the Lido Pool area HAL had a travel agents desk, and they were offering cruises at pretty good discounts. We "just had to have" a 10 partial Canal (oddly, on the Rotterdam, not a Vista) the following December, that we found there, and away we went.....

Its a big trap! Stay away!!!:D:D:D:D:D

You know Zuiderdam has a trip departing San Francisco this fall, right? :)

[CruiserBruce]

You know Zuiderdam has a trip departing San Francisco this fall, right? :)

I didn't know that. I see it is part of her repo to the Caribbean. I am very happy to see that, and hope they do it more!

However, Noordam has a 20 day cabin waiting for me next month.

[kazu]

Just opened our email and found an invitation from our TA to go aboard the Celebrity Summit for a tour and luncheon when it is in Saint John on August 19. How do you think I replied? Ha Ha ---- I have never whipped my passport out of storage so fast in my life.
I saw the list of others the email was sent to as well, and since this is a small area, we know most of them----- so it should be a great time.

Lucky you!! We live in Greater Saint John area too and I got no such invitation so I must have the wrong TA:eek: explains why I didn't use her this time I guess. I wouldn't ask for a TA's name on the board of course, but I wish I could scrounge up this invitation. I didn't like my last Celebrity cruise but I think it was the wrong ship. Would sure like a chance to see another one!! lucky!! lucky!!~!:):)

[sapper1]

Lucky you!! We live in Greater Saint John area too and I got no such invitation so I must have the wrong TA:eek: explains why I didn't use her this time I guess. I wouldn't ask for a TA's name on the board of course, but I wish I could scrounge up this invitation. I didn't like my last Celebrity cruise but I think it was the wrong ship. Would sure like a chance to see another one!! lucky!! lucky!!~!:):)
Last time we were involved in a cruiseship tour/luncheon, it was on the Eurodam here in SJ, and more than one agency was involved---about five of them---and each one had 20 or so guests. I know our agency is being allowed 30 so I am guessing that other agencies would be involved this time as well. Doesn't hurt to ask-----do it ASAP as July 15th is the last day to submit passport #s etc.
Maybe we will get to meet on board. We live in Millidgeville. Are you KV or GBWF?

[kazu]

Last time we were involved in a cruiseship tour/luncheon, it was on the Eurodam here in SJ, and more than one agency was involved---about five of them---and each one had 20 or so guests. I know our agency is being allowed 30 so I am guessing that other agencies would be involved this time as well. Doesn't hurt to ask-----do it ASAP as July 15th is the last day to submit passport #s etc.
Maybe we will get to meet on board. We live in Millidgeville. Are you KV or GBWF?

We are in the KV. Thanks for the tip. Enjoy your tour!!

[Australian family]

You know Zuiderdam has a trip departing San Francisco this fall, right? :)

Is this part of your job to post information about HAL on here?

[kazu]

No DBA (Dutch by Association) does this to be nice. He has his own thread too where you can ask questions. This is not part of his job.