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They did a good job for a great price . Highly recommended for wedding . The guests that didn't sail left the ship before it left . We went on our daughter's honeymoon but didn't see her or our SIL until the last night at the Chef 's Table . 😊🙂

They were and they did ! We hope to surprise the family with it , maybe on an afternoon at sea . This was the food that came with our daughters wedding on Carnival in the Port of Miami .

On a long cruise from Alaska to Ft. Lauderdale we met a group of people at the interdenominational church service . We agreed to also meet in the mornings at sea for a bible study . Near the end of the cruise we had the room for the group to meet for an afternoon tea from HAL . We haven't seen so much food since our daughter got married on a cruise ship . We want to do this with the family . The group beginning to arrive . The 2 ladies with glasses took a HAL excursion in Costa Rica called A Zipline Adventure . There was a lot of rain in the mountains and 2 miles of mud that they had to hike through in the dark to get back to the ship . But we had sailed to make the time for our transit through the Panama Canal . We met2 days later in Panama , after the Canal . The rest of the group

Here's how strict they were in Cozumel on the Star . The officers and entire ship waited more than an hour for the last stragglers to board .

What kind of food or drinks are included ?

One of the things that we added to our future HMC Villa rental is a butler service . Our TA did this on their 1st HAL cruise , but when we looked at Youtube , we could not find any videos of this service which includes food and drinks . We hope to record some photos or a video when we go .

So sorry that squatters moved in while you were gone ! We felt like we were playing a game of Survivor on the island for our clamshell , so that's why I stayed there . We're from Florida and we know about the heat in the shell so we stay away from the midday sun . We think they are used for the frequent pop up showers .

A look at HMC and a video of the cabana and the beach Villa that we will be renting . https://insightcruises.com/pdf/Half_Moon_Cay.pdf

Room for 2 in a clamshell Nieuw Amsterdam on the rocks at HMC The mats that people were using for floating and Pat and Tyler snorkeling for fish . They found some that a lady was feeding and a turtle also The sister ships at HMC Getting too crowded for us . We have some nice beaches in Florida but we don't go where the crowds are . A large number of people keep bugging us about our shell . Pat did meet a couple of ladies from the other ship who had paid and got no shell . It's seems that HAL had sold more shells than were available . They seemed to be very nice so we asked at the rental area if we could leave them the shell and she said OK so we waited until they got settled in the shell before we left at about 11 AM .

Friday October 28th , 2023 HMC Less than a week later we were back at HMC with our grandson for his 20th birthday present , his first trip on HAL . We were up early to pick a clam shell before it got busy so we were on the 1st Tender . The Nieuw Statendam was right behind us . As soon as we got off we made a beeline to the rental place before it got very busy The water was warm and clear and Pat and Tyler wanted to snorkel . I just took photos and guarded the clam shell as people were checking ours out and asking a lot of questions about it .

Our first Neptune Suite was our first visit to Alaska cabin # 7071 . It was near the elevators and the Neptune Lounge . It was quite except for the people coming and going to the lounge especially during drinking hours in the afternoon . When we were on the balcony there was a loss of privacy on the balcony next to the glass elevators where you can be seen and many people stopped to get off on that floor to use the Lounge .

Returning to the ship

We went ashore after the crowds had left the ship for the lobster lunch . It was quite breezy and the fancy paper plate tried to blow away . The wooden utensils may be eco friendly but they didn't cut it .

A visit to Half moon Cay from the Nieuw Amsterdam We had booked the Lobster lunch as our only plan . And to take some photos also . The tenders here were more roomy , safer and more open which was much nicer that being squeezed into the orange boats .

Some sights from Grand Turk The beach that we went to