RuthC

As far as I know, yes. This isn't like any of the beverage packages where one person in the cabin commits everyone in the cabin to the same purchase. IIRC, I have had the pass when I have shared a cabin, but my roomie didn't. But then we weren't on the same booking number either.

Experience. HAL's IT has been awful for years.

Perhaps it was correct info at the time it was posted? You bumped up a very old thread, you know.

If your wife wants to go, she needs her own pass. No sharing of cabin keys to get a spa pass.

If your wife won't go, you can go without her. Suggestions? Best burger I have ever had was in a Pinnacle Grill. You can order it without the bun, if you don't want the carbs from that.

As you disembark to go ashore, HAL will have a board listing the 'all aboard' time; it is clearly marked for what it is. Many people who tour privately plan to return with at least an hour to spare. Remember, too, that HAL normally ALWAYS changes time on the clock as the ship changes time zones. There is no 'ship's time' vs. 'clock time'. There will be a note on your pillow the night before, as well as a notice in the Daily Program. And a mention at the show the night before.

That's exactly how they are treated in Europe, in my experience. Just another port day. The only time I can recall having an 'in-transit card' was in Sidney, Australia. In Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam---more ports than I can count, it was just like any other port stop.

Although I haven't been on the Noordam in several years, I have been on late fixed dining on many other ships in that time. I know that late fixed was never at 8:30, except for a brief period many years ago (as in 20, or so, years), when it went to four fixed seatings. Since that short experiment HAL has gone to a mix of fixed and open seating, at earlier and earlier hours. Last I knew, late seating was at 7:30 pretty much across the fleet, while early seating moved, in increments, from 6:00 PM to 5:30 (I think sometimes even earlier).

A confused woman is wandering around, stark naked, and hallucinating, and your word for that is 'amusing'?

Seriously? I would kill right now for that exact Pinnacle dinner, along with a veggie. Oh, and dessert, too, of course. Can't wait until my next cruise for that exact meal. Add the clothesline bacon as an appetizer, please. Can't get a meal anywhere near that fine in my own home!

It is. I have never done a 'turn around' procedure in any European port, where I have done several turn arounds, in several ports. The only place I have ever had to do a turn around procedure, that was not the US, was in Japan.

I had to drive to Logan Airport on a Monday morning, back in (I think) 1976. It was four lanes of solid traffic, bumper to bumper, all doing about 65 MPH. I picked up my sister at the airport, got out of town, and vowed I would never drive in Boston again. I have been back many times, but never driven there since. I can't believe the traffic, or the drivers have gotten any better in the intervening years.

As far as I know, it's still 330 days. If the flight is open for booking on the airline's site, then it should be open for booking on Flight Ease.

She may be my favorite all time ship (neck and neck with Rotterdam V for the title). I wish HAL had her back. Thanks for the pic.

Always sad when something like that happens. Happy there was no significant damage to either the pier or the ship. Loved that ship as the Ryndam. Spent a lot of very fun nights on her. Thanks for the link.