G&G

As stated in other threads, we will be sailing on HAL in December 2022 for the last time after 40 years sailing on HAL. We are not leaving HAL, HAL left us.

Hi Lunastella. Are you still out there or have you left the building 😀. Would very much appreciate an answer to my question from a week ago, why did you rank Nieux Statendam ahead of the Beyond?

Here is my two cents. I live in the Tampa area. It appears your ship arrives on 10/22/22. Fog is usually not an issue in Tampa Bay until the winter months, sometime after Thanksgiving. But Holland America stop sailing out of Tampa three years ago due to the fog; but their ships did not start sailing until late November. I would suggest you have pre TSA to make flight. Airport has been busy this summer but very efficient to get through security to gates. If it was me, I would book after 12 noon.

One final question, we board the Nieuw Statendam in December. What made this ship better than the Beyond?

Wow, that’s a relief. Not a long wait for a drink 😀

Thanks CyberTag. I thought by now these ships would be sailing nearly full. But what was amazing was most of the photos that Lunastella posted from inside the ship, rarely were there other passengers in the picture. It looked like y’all had your own private yacht 😀

Great review Bob. It is good to see the lighter side of cruising.

Thanks for the great review. Scheduled to board Beyond in November and very excited. I do not know if I missed it but do you know how many passengers were on your cruise? Thanks