Overhead Fred

We had a Mariners lunch the other day on the Nieuw Statendam transatlantic. See the following link for pictures. It was a huge crowd but the food was quite good.

I went to "All That" last night on the Nieuw Statendam and thought it was OK. Three singers and five dancers. The singers were good IMHO. I am not a big fan of dance numbers, but they were enjoyable too. All the numbers were song & dance but a couple were somewhat comedy sketch-like. Seemed like an overall improvement to me.

From yesterday in Bermuda on the Nieuw Statendam Sunrise as we sail in - Kings Warf - Royal Naval Dockyard - Sailing away -

We had a lovely anniversary in the Canaletto last night. I finally tried the Osso Bucco - Pat, Ann, Tony, and Martha helped us celebrate - And we got a nice cake - we shared, of course!

Thanks for the Bon Voyages yesterday and today's Anniversary wishes! We are heading to the Canaletto with @sailingdutchy and @Vict0riann to celebrate in about an hour.

We are safely ensconced at the Comfort Suites Fort Lauderdale Airport & Cruise Port. I scheduled a 10:45am shuttle for tomorrow. Not a lot around the hotel but Grumpy Gary's and the 3 Sons Brewery & Grill are on either side of the hotel.

Perhaps a breakfast poutine with peameal bacon and chelsea buns on the side?

Bergen May 2023 -

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@SusieKIslandGirl

If everyone in the cabin has separate accounts (separate CCs as @Nodakboiler described), you could use gift cards to buy OBC for yourself and "gift" OBC for your cabinmates to cover the gratuities.

First off, on this thread you are not posting to "a HAL audience", but to to a group of friends (even if many of us have never actually met). Lots of folks post here about their lives that have little to do with HAL and cruising. I think we all enjoy hearing about all the ups and try to comfort about all the downs. Your posts from the Azamara Onward fit with this IMHO. Secondly, learning about other cruise lines and ports from folks we can trust is very valuable. Keep it up!

I had problems trying to pay for our upcoming cruise with gift cards online in early January. I think others have had issues too. I was able to enter the gift card info no problem but I could not proceed without also entering credit card information. Upon completing the transaction, everything was charged to the credit card and nothing to the gift cards. I was able to call HAL and straighten it out and they indicated that it was a "glitch" in there system (I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!) that they were aware of. I don't know if it has been fixed yet. I was subsequently able to apply gift cards to dining, excursion, and OBC purchases for the cruise (only 5 days, 8 hours and 28 minutes from now!) online with no problems.