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billco

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    Folsom, California
  • Interests
    Family, health, nutrition, latest technology, power vinyasa yoga, cruises
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Princess, Holland America, Virgin
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Europe, Asia, Alaska

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  1. I backed off on the extra tipping when I realized a lot of the wait staff were playing me.
  2. Been to a few. Not sure I would accept if invited to another one. Usually end up sitting next to a ship's officer who would rather not be there. Also, there are those who won't shut up talking about all their cruises. Food is pretty good, but being vegetarians, we have to check in advance.
  3. Well, we departed Oosterdam in Ushuaia this morning due to medical reasons. I can’t say enough about how Patrick, our connoisseur made the departure efficient and easy. He took care of all the details including flight arrangements and getting us to the airport. This morning Patrick and a steward got our luggage and accompanied us to the tender. Patrick stayed with us to get our passports and get us on the van. The van driver and his assistant didn’t just drop us at the airport, but stayed with us to get checked in. Also, the medical staff was outstanding.
  4. I made a huge mistake with Uber. I put Quintella Benito Martin as the address. Should have put Quintella Benito Martin Passenger Terminal. Driver spoke no English. Took us to a place a few miles in the opposite direction. Used Translate to get it straightened out. He was a bit grumpy, but had a big smile when I gave him a $20 tip
  5. I have an app called Channels DVR, which allows me to watch my local tv channels wherever I am as long as I have WiFi. I’m a 49er fan. It started out fine last night (the hotel internet not the game) but started cutting out. I had to resort to texting with my son to keep up. At any rate the end result was fine. Hope internet is better on ship.
  6. Thanks! We enjoyed following your blog. We recently accepted an upgrade offer to Neptune. I wonder if that was why our time was changed from 2:40 to 12:00.
  7. If I print my boarding pass on the web site, it says Benito QuinQuela Martin Checkin 2:40 PM /Group F If I look at my Navigator App, it says Benito QuinQuela Martin Checkin 12:00 /Group F. Think I'll go with the Navigator App.
  8. Thanks so much. Perhaps somebody at Passenger Services desk would know.
  9. Did you have a chance to inquire about the Panomax 360 webcam? https://hal.panomax.com/oosterdam I would imagine the internet person might know something. Thanks
  10. If you get a chance, could you ask why the Panomax Webcam is down? I was really looking forward to viewing the past two cruises and my upcoming cruise. https://hal.panomax.com/oosterdam
  11. We sail next week on a 22 day Antarctic cruise. We have only been on one 4 day HAL cruise and we accepted an upgrade to a Neptune Suite Of course, we loved it. On this cruise, we started out with the lowest cost Oceanview and upgraded after buying Club Orange for the same price the upgrade would have cost. Not too long after, my wife started saying she wished we had booked a Veranda, so we moved up to the cheapest Forward Veranda. Then we got an upgrade offer to a signature suite. Well, we only live once. Today, we got an upgrade offer to a Neptune Suite. I was waffleing on that one until they told me they would take our cost of the Club Orange off the price of the upgrade. They offered a choice of three cabins fairly close to the lounge. We picked the one directly across from the door. We were going to buy unlimited laundry.
  12. Just to be on the safe side I bought a Neewer USB Lens Heater for my telescope.
  13. Agree. At $3000+ Swarovski binoculars are quite above that price point.
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