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@kazu I offer my condolences on your husband's passing. I have been an avid reader (not much of a contributor) of cruise critic. I have always found your posts to be informative and your zest for life shows through in them. Hold on to what makes you, you! RIP, Jose.

HAL sent me an e-mail when an incoming excursion was cancelled. I did not book directly with HAL. Maybe check spam folder?

 Volendam's promenade deck is something to consider for a long cruise.

Thank you for sharing your trip. I'm glad you are safely at home. I'm sorry your cruise came to an abrupt end. I look forward to reading about your future adventures

Thank you for sharing your adventures. I am sorry your cruise ended so abruptly. I'm glad that you are home safely.

I've enjoyed reading your reports. I'm sorry that your adventure ended so abruptly. If you give it another go, remember "Third time's a charm" I wish you all the best.

You probably know this already, but please walk around on the plane. The flights are too long to sit most of the time.

You probably know this but please make sure you walk around on plane. These flights are too long to sit all 

of the time.

Please make sure your parents know they should get up and walk around on such a long flight. They should not sit the entire time.

I eagerly read and enjoyed your posts. Thank you.

I looked forward to reading about your adventures each day. Thank you for sharing.

Taxis are lined up at Fort Lauderdale. Keep an eye on the meter.

I'm pretty certain the beverage cards gifted from HAL are "Use it or Lose it" (That's how it was with "Black Friday" beverage card) 

As to the $50 for $25 soda card;  Alberta Quilter stated above (Post 5) if you go over $25, you get no refund and if you are under $25 they'll refund the difference between $25 and what you charged. (My personal experience, I only had an unused card)

With respect to soda card; if you don’t use it they will reverse $25 charge at end of the cruise. You don’t have to cancel before cruise. We bought two, only used one, and they refunded the other.

No let down here. Again, thanks.

Thank you for taking me along. I very much enjoyed your photos and commentary and looked forward to reading each day. I held off until today to write this because I had been hoping to read "but, wait, there's more"!

It was still $20 last month on Volendam.

They also sell 1 gallon bottles of distilled water. I purchased ahead of time on line, not sure if they sell on ship.

Wow, this is disheartening to hear. The EXC guide on the Volendam, Glen Michael, wound up having to repeat 2 presentations about the Panama Canal. He was so good that his talk about HMC had to be repeated.

We had Mariners’ brunch and received tile on Volendam last week.

Enjoyed reading about your trip and appreciate all the info you shared. Especially appreciate the heads up on the cabbie practices. We'll be on high alert in a few weeks.

I’ve enjoyed your postings and learned a lot. Thank you.

I so enjoyed your postings and learned so much. Thank you.

Thanks, all, for your input.

Thank you, VennDiagram.  I, too, give a "little something" extra, but was trying to figure out if it should be a' bigger something". You've helped by letting me know that there is a gratuity component to the corkage fee. This is the first time I'm bringing wine to the dining room.