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I'm with Crew News on this. October in Alaska may not be a good experience, on any ship, on any cruise line.

Thank you for the laugh-out-loud moment this comment gave me 😄 😅😂

That's unfortunate for the people who enjoyed it 😞 We never received it, and I never even noticed. Getting to 4*, I just wanted the complimentary laundry, and wine package discount. 😉

Thanks again for your reports. I'm really enjoying this thread, and appreciate the time you are spending on it 👍

Thanks for taking the time to keep us all informed! I really appreciate it. For me, this is probably an unattainable cruise, but I can dream 😉and I am definitely dreaming.

Maybe try this. Log into your HAL account, spend time looking at a particular cruise while logged in. Leave the website without buying 😉 My PCC, who has been unwilling to do anything for me since she was assigned to me, was on the phone within an hour to see if I wanted to book that cruise.

It's a British series!

Probably this is only for those who watched Red Dwarf

That's it!!! Exactly how DH has to give me directions when I drive. 😁 😅 🤣 (I have some issues with dyslexia, which makes life "interesting" some days! 😄)

Sheesh, too late to edit my original post .... STARBOARD SIDE. STARBOARD SIDE. Sorry for any confusion. PS -- I meant STARBOARD side.

We were port side twice, both times slightly aft of the Neptune Lounge and didn't hear any noise. Can't remember the cabin #s but someplace between 7021 and 7033. Friends traveled in 7035 and they didn't complain about noise. One of them is very sensitive to noise and likes to sleep late, so I think if there'd been noise to a level that bothered them they'd have mentioned it.

Thanks for taking the time to report. It's appreciated.

Thanks so much for taking us along. 🙂

As a Canadian, I appreciate your thoughtfulness in asking these questions. Thank you! 1. Either is acceptable and appreciated. 2. Absolutely! 3. In a major centre like Vancouver, it's pretty easy to exchange US$, any bank will do it. 4. Not at all offensive. RE: Airport. When you leave Canada, if you have a bunch of Canadian $1 and $2 coins, use up as many of those that you can. You can't exchange them back to US $s in the US.

I'm so sorry. I can only imagine how disappointed you are, with such short cancellation notice 😞

HAL had a promo shortly after the Alaska cruise season bookings opened, IIRC, that was up to $200 OBC for booking early. Would that be the case for you? EDITED TO ADD: I think bookings needed to be made within 90 days of the cruise being available to book. Or something like that.

Have you thought about flying from Tokyo to Vancouver, and doing a 7-day northbound, and a 7-day southbound? Then doing the Rockies road trip from Vancouver?

@ontheweb thanks for asking. I too had wondered. @KirkNC glad to hear all is well.