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Thanks, excellent information to keep in mind re: “fresh”. Another positive move by HAL, keep them coming!

Ten years ago or so their featured Dutch beer was Grolsch in the bottle with the attached stopper.

Certainly a step in the right direction, why have 150+ years of heritage and then ignore it?

I went to Iguazu prior to my Celebrity Eclipse cruise in January. Booked independently through Ripio Turismo in Buenos Aires, all arrangements were well handled at half the price Celebrity was charging.

With all due respect this seems like an extremely risky and nerve wracking plan with the connections and good fortune required to make it to the ship on time. I hope you can find a way to do one overnight.

Mattress seemed fine, the most heavily worn part of the cabin was the balcony furniture but still fully useable including footstools which may disappear when renovated anyway.

Sadly true and many times the ones served in the specialty restaurants aren’t much better either.

Interestingly the decline in steak houses has been from the low to mid range, i.e. Ponderosa, Bonanza, up to the Outback level. Meanwhile the higher end such as Fleming’s, Morton’s, Ruth’s Chris, etc. have proliferated. None of us are right or wrong in our preferences, in general I think the cruise lines balance fairly well between classics and the au courant.

I think as long as some of the old traditional food options remain most people should be satisfied. It can’t all be the latest trendy presentations. Despite decades as a Food & Beverage Director I’ll take traditional basic steak any day. New flavor profiles are interesting but often one and done.

In the past subject to availability people were allowed to change from early to late TD and vice versa, also open to fixed. I’m sure if there is space, changes would still be allowed for those who are unhappy with their initial selection.

Excellent news, I had been holding out hope that they would reinstate the TD option. Now I will consider Princess again going forward.

Certainly a step in the right direction. Now just put a classical duo on each ship and we’ll be good to go…

Where I live in New Jersey there were passing clouds but I think they added some interest to the photos. Maximum coverage here was 85%. Looking forward to clear skies and totality in Iceland for 2026.

We were on this cruise January 20th aboard C. Eclipse and it was full. These itineraries are very popular due to the very short season which is dictated by weather in the Antarctic region as well as penguins in Falklands and Argentina returning to sea by March. Highly recommend this itinerary if you get a chance to go.

That’s what I was afraid of, will keep closely monitoring reports before I make final payment decisions on these. Thanks.