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If my family watches the port cam what side of the ship should I try and wave from and when?

Do you mean neighbors from the train? If so yes. We live in the southern part of Pinellas County

I’ll try and get photos !

Union Station and Hampton Inn

I’m excited for this cruise of firsts. It’s my first TA, first HAL cruise, first cruise longer than 7 days and first live review. A little background: We are a semi-retired couple in our early 50s and early 60s. We’ve mainly cruised smaller, older ships on partial week itineraries on various mainstream lines. This is a combo caregiving respite/30th anniversary trip. Pre cruise: A friend dropped us off at Tampa’s Amtrak station. The train was about 5 hours late due to fallen trees on the tracks in Jacksonville. We had been alerted so knew not to arrive at the original time. We chose not to check our luggage. I just didn’t want to risk it getting lost. The seats are roomy. The AC worked well in the station and on the train. The wifi was so so. There was a “chair hog” situation while waiting in the station though. Lol. There were a number of people heading to cruises. We took a 7 minute Lyft ride to the hotel for about $15 tip inclusive. There were taxis waiting too. We’re at the Hampton Inn Downtown/LasOlas and are satisfied. It’s a typical Hampton Inn. Anyone else on the cruise please feel free to chime in! I’ll try to answer any questions. Thanks to all that have done reviews in the past!

Thank you! Can’t wait to see Zuiderdam in person on Saturday.

I’m currently packing to get on her!

I just get a blank page

Now that you’re coming across the Atlantic I would like to ask how indoor public area temperatures are?. Would a short sleeved shirt and cardigan suffiice?. I tend toward being cold natured (but not quite as cold natured as days gone by 😉).

Thank you so much!! This has totally whet my appetite for my upcoming TA. Could you please explain about the spa coupon?

It’s good if they can get the CDC inspection done in PR. It’s one less thing on the huge turnaround day on the 11th. (But I thought they were just getting the ship all gussied up for me 😉)

You should probably check on your sailings roll call

Thanks so much! I did a little googling after I read your reply. I’m posting this link in case it helps anyone else. https://www.ovpay.nl/en/how-it-works

I am looking at some direct trips to Venlo Netherlands. It’s gets us to about a 1/2 hour away from my sister in Germany.

Hello. My ship is scheduled to arrive at 7:00 am on a Saturday in IJmuiden (HAL). What would be the earliest time to safely schedule a train trip from The Schipol airport train station. (Taxi/Uber or ship transfer are options)