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Thank you! We fly out Monday, the 7th and will spend a few days in Rotterdam with side trips to Haarlem (thank you for the Corrie ten Boom House tip), The Keukenhof Gardens, and Kinderdijk.

Mine, also! I have never put any Asian ingredients on my salad. What a great idea! Another good idea that I learned here is to go to the roast beef section and top your salad with a slice. My main go to is Mexican. I also like to add that rice mixture in the salad section (not sure what it is called) and also love most salad additions like beets, raw veggies, nuts, and cheese.

Two of my favorites for salad. I hope the salad bar is still good. Oceania had pitiful salad fixings.

We found the MDR sit down breakfast on the ship was the best food we had all week on the Sunshine. Ate there every morning!

Did the lady take the oils and whatever was sold🙄 to her? My DH almost always gets the hard sell. He tries to tell the masseuse up front that he is not interested. If they leave him alone, he will tip extra. If they hammer him, no extra tip. Now with the service charge being automatic, I do not feel inclined to tip extra when I have my hair or nails done. Although, they usually don't try to sell me anything.😉

Sorry about your room temperature. Which leads me to something that I have never thought about. Can the heat/air system be turned completely off in the staterooms? I also love the crisp, and all of the appetizers that you ordered. Hope they have the same menu when in CO in a little over a week. I have never had the Peruvian chicken. What does it taste like?

Both were good options! I hear that the Family OV has an extra half bathroom like the Disney ships have. A shower and sink. The other bath is a normal full bath.

888-628-8107 Pacific Best to call closer to your cruise. I called one month out.

Thanks! I did get in touch with my TA. She was very surprised that this happened. She sent the new invoice right out.

UPDATE: I called HAL again today. I could see that there were still no Signature Suites, but some Vista Suites were miraculously available again! None have been showing up until last night. Very painful conversation with the HAL rep today. She was very nice and helpful, but talked so fast, that at times, I could not understand her. Also, she did not have a clue what I was talking about until I asked her to read notes on our booking. Really makes me wonder how the "Priority Waiting List" works. BTW - I was told again that I should not call them, and that they would call me. 🤨 We have now Upselled to a Vista Suite, which is under Canaletto. The cost was $399 per person (better than the $549 it was previously for an Upsell. And certainly a lot less than it would have been to upgrade, outright, to a Vista Suite. We saved $1000 pp.) So for our 14 night cruise, that's $28.50 pp, per day, to have a good location, midship, a bit more space, and most importantly to us, more storage! We are still on a waiting list for the Signature Suite. Since I had a hard time understanding this rep, I think she said the rest of the money that they have on hold would be refunded to our CC. Again, I was also told that I don’t need to call back. But I will call back on Monday to let them know we will be in the air. And tell them not to automatically put us in the bow if a SS was to become available. Off to go check my reservation online. I will be certain to take a screen shot this time! I am also emailing my TA to get a new invoice.

I have enjoyed reading your views on the Vista. Thank you! Have a wonderful and safe adventure with your road travels!!! I thought the dish we had in Rome had cream. Perhaps it was just the fresh Parmesan mixed with the pasta water. I made once back home with a recipe that I found on the internet. I thought it called for cream. Thank you for the recipe.

I love the dish! If not adding cream (which I thought was the way is was made) how do you make yours?

I did have a Peanut Butter flavored ice cream that I liked, so that must have been it. At the Movenpick Hotel, you have to go to the street level and there is a glass door on the side of the building. We understand that the place has limited hours. We walked all the way over one afternoon from our hotel at The Hilton.

We did not notice anything special about the ice cream. In fact, for most of our recent week on the Vista, I thought that Humphry Slocomeb was a flavor of ice cream. I asked one of the attendants which ice cream was the Humphry Slocombe. He started pointing out different flavors. I replied that I would try it. Whatever flavor he gave me was tasteless. Some of the other flavors of ice cream throughout the week were good, but nothing outstanding. DH was disappointed in the chocolate. And when getting a cone of ice cream, the scoop barely made it to the top of the cup of the cone. DH had to ask for another scoop. BTW - Hambagahle and Mareblu... The best ice cream that we have ever had was from a stand is Movenpick. Had our first taste in Sydney Australia, and then found it again in Switzerland. Also found it in the lower level of the Movenpick Hotel in Amsterdam!

They called groups, and you went and got inline. They also arrived late. By late, what time was that? We are suppose to port in Edinburgh (South Queensferry) at 8:00am. Hoping that officers will be onboard shortly after. We are planning a DIY in Edinburgh, but because we tender and have to take a bus in, our time is limited. It will be a Monday, so hoping that helps. Immigration works by Deck? Which order?