MogeyMan

Hmmm, I gave the Lounge tip in whole to the main concierge, assuming, apparently incorrectly from what I read above, he'd share it with his second, who was equally there each time we went. Perhaps 2 separate tips is in order....

I really don't need a yoga mat or IPod deck.

Yes, per my email with Binax, as explained in my OP, they have been extended, but only thru 12/21. my next cruise is Jan. 28.

Free, y'all. No takers?

Anyone want them? Dates 2021-09-21. Our next cruise is Jan. 28. I have the letter of extension of dates, so they're good thru 12/21. Mods, delete if not allowed. Not selling. The are sealed, unopened in original mailing envelope. Consider it a mitzvah.

9 hours ago, KirkNC said:

My gripe with the shops are they almost never stock XL or XXL shirts.  Given the customers onboard, you would think they would overstock those sizes.

Yessss. For those of us a bit larger people who forget something.

And no OCT antacids. Alka-Seltzer, (ick) but no Tums!!!

Thanks!! Our concierge has already proved his weight in gold, helping with a salon double billing, luggage direct (getting the airline to put our Precheck number on our flight boarding passes- I have no idea why it had gone missing), & more. Tipping well!!

Sorry, couldn't find an answer.

We're on this charter & had to be tested 2X before we could board. Once 2 days prior to boarding & again at the pier. An arrangement made by the charter owner to allow us not to be mandated to mask. The crew is all wearing N95 masks. I think I feel safer here than in my local grocery. + We're 80% capacity.

Thanks all.

Does anyone know how or if the bed pillows are cleaned or washed between pax? Am I crazy for taking my own pillow covers?

Hated it. Couldn't sleep for what I described as "pull & shake, pull & shake" all night. And spouse compared the view to watching thru the window of a washing machine, but less interesting.

After 40 years of landlording and 15 years of cruising with the worries of our properties, we sold out, and are treating ourselves to our first Neptune. We like a lot, a LOT, of ice in our cabin, and typically bring a collapsible cooler that we keep on the balcony and tip our steward well to keep it full of ice. The ice bucket in the room does not suffice, we've had them fill a champagne bucket with ice and it's just not enough. Do we need bring the cooler with us in our first Neptune, or is there a supply of ice in the Lounge? We're beyond excited, but trying to be practical. 

3 hours ago, HELENPSL said:

Here's the story on the oxygen situation.  I never mentioned to my PCC that we travel with CPAP machines and a portable oxygen machine.  We've been doing it for years and no one said anything.  Little did I know that if you travel with this equipment you're supposed to fill out a form that HAL keeps on file with guest relations.  Right now for every person that has filed the form and has a cruise booked prior to 12/31/2021, guest relations is reaching out to them by phone to see what they can work out.  Maybe a change to a cruise in 2022?  Maybe a credit of some kind?  No idea since I haven't spoken with them yet.  My PCC has now contacted guest relations for me to start the process.  Hopefully someone will contact me within a week and we'll see what they can do.  I'm already looking at cruises for 2022!

Helen

Interesting. We've traveled with a portable forever, and have never filled out any form. We're lucky enough we can leave ours at home for a week, but so glad we found this thread. 

Thanks!!

How do you handle the last nite and morning toiletries, which will not be allowed in your carry-on bags, if you use Luggage Direct. My fella has not suffered the lockdown well, (not to mention our ages) and getting the luggage handled for us sounds very tempting

Thinking about trying one, but apprehensive. I know it's Pinnacle, but would love it if it gets hot and relaxing. 

Although we do not need an accessible cabin, we find the commodes in the cabins to be very very low. I guess we're used to ours at home, an elevated commode (toilet). Has anyone else felt the same? Is there any solution to help raise the seat? We're getting older and it's just so hard to get up and down. 

 I go there to relax, to lie in the waters and just zone out. Last cruise 3 women and a man were carrying on the LOUDEST convo ever, of course, you have to be heard over the water, but they went on for such a long time, I had to leave. I went to a heated lounge, and DAMN, if they didn't show up there still talking. What would you have done? i just left and was grumpy all day. Well, maybe for an hour :)

We loved our signature on the Eurodam. mostly for the "desk and shelves" set up by the bed. Handy for so much. But the photos I am seeing of same on the Statendam don't seem to include that set up. Can anyone confirm that it's either there or not?

I hated our middle aft. I believe it was the Statendam, but the jerking and shaking of the ship as it moved kept me awake all nite.  Like THUMP, BZZZ, BANG  is how I described it. And as for the view, my hubby said it was like watching a washing machine run, just same same. 

The pax on this charter are partiers, AKA, drinkers. Only 1 bar on the aft deck (where the music is) was making Bloody Marys (they do set up a second bar for simple drinks but no speciality drinks like the drink of the day) and the bloodies were pretty marginal, I had one served in a pilsner glass! And no veggies save one lonesome olive. There were, each afternoon when the bands are playing on the aft deck, a total of 2 servers. Simply not enough for this particular crowd, and they were so overwhelmed!! The poor barkeep trying to make Bloodies was keeping up best he could, but the servers were having to go in to the pool bar. 

And typically on this cruise, the Crow's Nest stays open into the wee hours for musicians to "jam" and people to dance, but no more - locked down tight at 10:30. HAL claimed not enough staff. There were a lot of complaints, and although the Blues Cruise has been very loyal to HAL, I can't help but wonder...............

I used to grab a couple of them to take to the cabin for a late nite snack when I didn't want to wait for room service. And they used to come in a little paper/cellophane bag. No more bag??? Last cruise I wrapped them in napkins, which was OK, I guess. Anyone else notice this??

Usually at dinner, at the end by the drink section, small pretty plates of apps, like prosciutto and melon, different salads like orzo with olives, Dolmadakia , a garnished plate of meats and cheeses, etc. On our last cruise, there were just bowls or trays of whatever. I missed the pretty small plates. 

We did an aft on the Kdam a couple of years ago, and I complained about it here. Same thing you're describing. I don't know if the seas were particularly bad, but I got almost no sleep from being bounced up and down and forward and backward.