LindaJ+

Fantastic!

Well, that's not happening. There's probably 100 people in this group. Hopefully someone in charge of running the gathering will have this sorted out. Or does your table # show up on your key card?

Also - I'm assuming with a fixed dining time (as part of a group) that we will have the same table every night ... so the first night we should allow extra time for the staff to show everyone to their tables, but after that we can just walk in directly to our place.

We are in 12178

Never been on a ship as large as this. We will be on the 12th deck. How long should I allow to get from our cabin to the main dining room for a 5:00 set dining time?

Do you have to book a tour to visit Quebec City's Citadel? I'm not too clear on the website information.

I'm confused about where the ship docks (Holland America Zaandam). Is it right at the actual town? The Musee du Fjord looks interesting ... but it looks like it's a ways away. I suppose the only way to get there is to sign up for an excursion.

Anyone have any recommendations on excursions, tours or self-guided walking?

Sailed on her around Scandinavia in May. Beautiful ship.

Oosterdam

The other cruises we've been on we went with a group and our TA got us a set seating time at a group of tables. This time we're on our own. Do we need reservations for the MDR each night? Can we make them on the app? Or do we just line up at a time we choose? Any tips or advice?

We qualified for 3-star on our last cruise. I can't remember how we got our 2-star pins.

I was waitlisted for a HAL excursion in Chile on our upcoming South America cruise. I received an email that I had been notified that space had opened up and I had failed to respond within 72 hours to confirm going on the tour. I went through all my email, including my trashed mail, and found no such notification. They automatically removed me from the waitlist. It doesn't really matter because in the meantime I had found a local tour that sounded more interesting anyway ... but there seems to be a flaw in HAL's system somewhere. Anyone else have the same experience?

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Santiago ... around the horn ... to Buenos Aires ... or vice-versa? With or without an Antarctica sail-by?