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Holland America
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Alaska
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When is the best time to call about an Upsell Offer. This is only my 2nd cruise on Carnival. On Hal they start sending upsell emails about 10-14 days before sailing when they start assigning GTY cabins. I'm perfectly happy with my Premium Balcony but it does look like there are Suites available in every suite catagory. Thanks, Paul
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Galveston and New Orleans Future Cruises
kangforpres replied to Woofbite's topic in Holland America Line
HAL use to station a smaller ship at Tampa during the Carribbean season, but now it's Port Everglades or bust. Which Means for lots of us Bust. -
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/global-cruise-ship-industry-having-165431737.html -Paul
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Yes any cruise ship casino is much worse for payouts then a land based one. I know the HAL ships even have something posted about meeting the minimun Neveda State gaming laws. Slot Machines payout in the 85-88% range, Video Poker maybe 90-92%. Whereas my favorivte place for land based gaming Reno, Slots usually pay out around 95% and Video Poker 98% Vegas strip casinos are also very tight, better chances are off strip or downtown. Good Luck, Paul
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Why Isn't HAL Adding New Ships to Their Fleet
kangforpres replied to mcrcruiser's topic in Holland America Line
HAL needs to prove to the parent company CCL that they can sustain profitablity and are worthy of new capital investment. CLL is awash in junk bond debt and ordering new builds is not fessable until they pay that down. Maybe a new HAL order in 2027 or 2026 at the earliest. There is a rumor that CCL has a Sister Ship to the new Cunard Queen Anne on hold with Fincanitieri and that order could easily be converted to a Pinnacle class ship for HAL since it is the roughly the same size as the New Queen Anne. -Paul -
the ship will be working the Alaska season so additional tipping "face to face" crew in US dollars will be appreciated. You can't get out of the on board daily gratituty fee. My Carnival Cruise consultant who I booked with advised to remember to pay in advance so it doesn't come as sticker shock on May 1. We stop in a few Alaskan ports before Seattle and you can get USD out of ATM's there. You luggage question?? I think you might have to lug it to SEA and check it in for your HNL flight. Hope this helps, Paul
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I've been on 1 carnival cruise (4 stars on HAL) they had seen my gambling habits on HAL since they are in the same corporation and offered me a free 22 day transpacific in a Balcany room. So I took them up on the offer. Now I'm booked for a 30 day transpacific in April 2024. original offer was for a free OV, but I upgraded to a Premium Balcony for $1500 for a 30 day cruize that makes stops in Japan. I pretty good deal I reckon. I dropped about $4k on my first 22 day cruise on Carnival, the alogrithim for casino cruise offers is mysterious on all the major lines. If you see a great offer and it fits your schedule take it. I'm retired so I can practice what I preach. Good Luck, stick to your budget and enjoy the cruise Paul
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Just booked, Japan was the hook. I was on the Luminosa last April for a 22 transpac that took the southern route via Tahiti and Hawaii. I'm hoping the dinning room has gotten better since the ship has been in the Carnival fleet longer. It felt like crew was just still learning the ship since it was a hand over from Costa There is a nonstop to BNE on united from SFO, also one from YVR on Air Canada and I think Quantas has one from LAX -Paul
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You would have to re-book and lose all the perks in your current offer
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I'm sailing right now as a solo on a casino offer. I get around the solo penalty by using casino offers. Now if I can only get a tax deduction for not having any kids.
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Thanks for posting this, we did the Indonesian discovery cruise in February. It's a remarkable country full if wonderful people
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Do any HAL excursions allow you to step foot on Antarctica?
kangforpres replied to POA1's topic in Holland America Line
I'm pretty sure you have to go on one of the smaller expitition lines to actually step foot on the 7th continent. I don't think any of the major lines are permitted to do that or have the equipment and properly trained staff.