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Today's Lido lunchtime specials.

I am excited for you! You will enjoy the ship. We only made it to three evening shows, the comedian Dian Cordean, who was good, Flamenco Passion that was below average and'All That' which was singing and dancing and poor. I spent the 45 minutes trying to decide if they were lip synching or not, but lost interest even in that. However, "due to popular demand" they are back tonight. So, what do I know? 🙄😁 The slow boarding was beyond HAL's remit. A protest leading to delays, but poor real time information from Rotterdam cruise terminal staff lead to confusion and delays.

That makes three of us! 😉

Here is today's Daily

Tonight we are eating in Canaletto with Tony @sailingdutchy and Fred @Overhead Fred and Martha and Mitzi so is the menu...... And the file is here canaletto_menu_summer_2023_v2_-new.pdf

The files for today's menus lunch_menu_06.pdf gold_gala_menu_2024.pdf m13-day13-_lido_lunch_north_europe.pdf m13-day13-_lido_dinner_north_europe.pdf day_6_lido_late_snack (1).pdf

Today's menus A sea day so mdr lunch. Menu file name is different so perhaps a slight change to the menu. MDR Lunch MDR Dinner gold gala menu LIdo Lunch Lido Dinner Lido Late night snack

Friday 3rd May, at sea on Bay of Biscay and Englush Channe it is a calm, pleasant spring morning on the ship. Such a shame that we will be evicted in less than 48 hours.😪

UK etc is present on the list. It is Reino Unido

Just a fyi as you are heading to northern Europe. No umbellas in verandah stateroom and I didn't see any HAL umbrellas in evidence on a very rainy day. Suggest you bring small telescopic umbrella with you.

Currently on Nieuw Statendam, which sails to Baltics next week and there are no umbrellas in stateroom and there were none at gangway. Bring your own collapsible one.

Did you book with a travel agent? Then call them to do it. If you booked directly then it may be a bit more difficult. Although the Southampton office still exists, the numbers for HAL now transfer to a call centre 'out east' and the level of experience is low. When is your cruise and how popular are the excursions? You may have to cancel and rebook. I would not be expecting HAL to automatically do anything. Ofcourse, you could play safe and purchase HIA, rebook the excursions, then cancel the prepaid ones. I don't know if you can cancel wifi online, so you may have to call the call centre anyway.

Good morning from Nieuw Statendam, currently at the northern tip of Bay of Biscay heading towards the English Channel and then Rotterdam. It is a very pleasant spring morning onboard.

Not getting them on s6 lite tablet on andoid, nor s21 phone.