LouChamp

Aloha. Please report on your homecoming and how joyful to see the kids and grandkids. Happy Mother’s Day

Aloha. Please do report about your homecoming and how joyful to see the kids and the grandkids. Happy Mother’s Day

Aloha. All blessings

Aloha. Welcome home. You should know as world travelers not to sweat all the nonsense and go with the flow. If all of these things bother you maybe you should consider moving to Hawaii lol. I’ll show you around! All the best

Aloha. So glad you had a great time. Have been blessed to sail and travel the world and love HAL also. We divide our time between NY and Honolulu and cruise here and there. Love your posts and several others who I really enjoy reading and the time you spend to provide valuable information and great memories. All the best!

Aloha. We love San Juan and sailing in passed El Moro is definitely so enjoyable although Venice seems to be more magical. The walk up the hill is really enjoyable and it seems that although we have been blessed to visit regularly nothing changes. Funny that there always seems to be a downpour walking through town and funny we always forget an umbrella!

Aloha. I agree. After 5 decades of cruising and being blessed to see the world I barely collect a refrigerator magnet lol. That said for us it’s all about the kids now and spending as much time with them as possible. While we love Hawaii and spend a lot of time there we fly back and forth to NY constantly. I have been known to fly back and forth twice in a week often. Bill and Maryann you don’t mention the kids often. While I respect your privacy if you don’t mind me respectfully asking how often do you contact them

Aloha. We love the Arts and hope you will too!

Aloha. Blessings and prayers

Aloha. Congratulations on your milestone. May you have years of health and happiness for future sailings

Aloha. I see its winding down. Great memories and the kids are probably happy you will see them soon! As for those events we generally do not prefer special sections or cordoned off areas. Perhaps being from Manhattan we shun noteriety. When there are shipboard events we will generally sit elsewhere. We were blessed to celebrate my parents 50th wedding anniversary on the QM2. I invited approximately 50 relatives to join them on a voyage and would have special cocktail parties but they were curated to avoid anyone noticing. Same for my restaurant events. I will reserve a private dining room as I used to at Windows on the World and the 4 Seasons and now at Le Bernardin. I do similar in Honolulu. As for the unknown canapes I enjoy mystery lol!

Aloha. The bags are great and the rollers of course help. We are blessed to have a few from crystal and Cunard our HAL ones do not have the rollers. Pete and Judy…do you miss your kids?

Aloha. Yes luggage with wheels is definitely a great gift we have quite the collection from Cunard. Flag HAL is doing likewise.

Aloha. Glad you are prepping for future cruising. We have put a pause on cruising as we are preparing for a new addition to our family. Looking forward to becoming grandparents! We will have to coordinate between NY and Hawaii. Do you have children or grandchildren? If you do I am sure the treasures of memories will be priceless as we too have tons for them lol. As far as gratuities, we always receive them along with complimentary excursions dining and most importantly laundry! All blessings

Aloha. Glad you had an enjoyable day. I agree the ribeye is generally more tender and full of flavor than a filet. Our butcher in New York prepares them for us and in Hawaii I am friends with a butcher who gets them from a ranch. Ever so delicious when paired with fresh fish.