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I was curious about this so I watched a video on YouTube where someone explained how the game worked. Every card has a unique number on it and they know which passenger has which card. A player is randomly selected to play on stage by the computer. There are twenty cases with unique values between $.01 to $1000. The player picks one case that they think (hope) has the $1000 in it. This case is then “locked”. The player then picks 5 other cases and their values are shown. The player wants these cases to have low values in them. After the five cases are picked and their values are display, the “banker” computes a dollar amount. The player can then choose to take that money offer or keep playing. The gamble is deciding if the amount offered by the banker is greater than the value in the locked case or not. The amount offered by the banker is determined by the values already revealed, since those cannot be in the locked case. So if $1000 has been revealed, the banker knows the $1000 is not in the locked case and the offer will be on the lower end. Therefore the more low amounts that have been revealed the higher the offer is from the banker, since it is more likely a high value is in the locked case. If the player decides to keep playing, they open another batch of cases, I think four this time, the banker computes a new offer, and so on until there is just two cases left. The locked one and one other. The cards the audience are playing with have 20 cases but the values are only the 10 lowest values that appear two times each. If the player picks case #4 and the value in case #4 is $1 and you have $1 in your #4 case you have a match. With each value appearing twice on the card, you actually have better odds of making a match (still not great) but with two of your cases having the value of $1, the odds of match with the game case is double than if only one of your cases had the $1 value. The audience is playing to get as many matches as possible, the dollar amount of those matches makes no difference. Prizes are based on the number of matches. Since the computer knows who has which card and what values are under those cases, they are able to keep track of the number of matches for those playing in the audience. The video didn’t exactly share what happens when the player takes the banker’s offer and quits playing but I think they continue revealing all the cases and the audience can see if they have matches or not. I might play the game once if I had nothing else to do but I wouldn’t expect to win anything. Thus, if I felt just the entertainment value of the game wasn’t worth the cost. I won’t play it. I can sit in the audience and watch without playing.

My nephews were in their teens when my brother and his family went on a HAL cruise to Alaska. They had a good time but they were perfectly content to interact with the older guests. They spent a lot of time putting together a jigsaw puzzle.

I'm experiencing the same on both my iPad and Android phone. The static menus are fine (breakfast, Pinnacle grill, ...) but no luck with the lido and MDR menus. Prior to this I noticed the MDR menu wasn't changing daily. I would get the "Dutch" one or one of the gala ones, but none of the regular MDR offerings. I'm not sure of the timeline but I think it's been a week or so with no menu and about a few weeks prior with no real daily updated menus.

Agree, it was an enjoyable book. Thanks @POA1 for the recommendation.

I have zero experience with the “key in the mailbox” process but is there any “activation” that happens in the checkin process? So if someone does go to the wrong cabin, and they try to open the door, the card wouldn’t work since the real occupants haven’t checked in? I know this wouldn’t stop it if the real occupants have checked in but haven’t made it to the cabin yet. But in that case, hopefully the error is quickly discovered and corrected.

I agree. Spring break for the school district in my area always falls in the middle of March.

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/holland-america-crewmember-missing-after-going-overboard-before-vessel-docks-at-port-everglades/

I read that as two different cutbacks, the Lincoln Center was one and the 2 pianos to one was another.

There is a bit more information at this site, https://www.cruisehive.com/holland-america-line-unveils-new-entertainment-offerings/128483

It’s worth a call to see if you can get the credit applied. I was verified for the military and education credits prior to booking and they appeared automatically. The AARP offer became available after I had booked and I called and was able to get that applied. I was able to stack all three OBC offers as well as the stock holder’s credit.

Just wanted to clarify that besides dogs, miniature horses can also be service animals. From the posted link: “In addition to the provisions about service dogs, the Department’s ADA regulations have a separate provision about miniature horses that have been individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. (Miniature horses generally range in height from 24 inches to 34 inches measured to the shoulders and generally weigh between 70 and 100 pounds.) Entities covered by the ADA must modify their policies to permit miniature horses where reasonable. The regulations set out four assessment factors to assist entities in determining whether miniature horses can be accommodated in their facility. The assessment factors are (1) whether the miniature horse is housebroken; (2) whether the miniature horse is under the owner’s control; (3) whether the facility can accommodate the miniature horse’s type, size, and weight; and (4) whether the miniature horse’s presence will not compromise legitimate safety requirements necessary for safe operation of the facility. For more information about the ADA, please visit ADA.gov or call our toll-free number.”

Just read that Holland is planning on three sailing in Europe to align with the path. https://www.aol.com/news/ship-move-why-watch-future-191407387.html

Do you know if the Captain is planning on shutting off the ship lights?

That was mentioned.

It does, I'm thinking about trying it but I know I'll regret it with the first sip.