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  1. JeffElizabeth
    Exactly. We bring back oil oil souvenir assortment packs for our friends who are foodies.
  2. JeffElizabeth
    Good for them! People are booking their 2025 cruises already. Think they will sell out most good cruises? Or were people just taking advantage of the new marketing promotions?
  3. JeffElizabeth
    Agree. Used to love the Crow's Nest on the older ships. Just not the same on the monster ships. We hardly spent any time there now.
  4. JeffElizabeth
    Ironically nearby Ireland is very geologically stable. Almost no earthquakes. Whose fault is that? (Pun intended)
  5. JeffElizabeth
    Will be visiting Iceland this month and signed up for a helicopter 🚁 trip on the Zuiderdam. Very cool to watch the lava flow from a safe place. Got to see it on Hawaii's big island a few years ago.
  6. JeffElizabeth
    Fascinating. I knew you paid a premium for Viking, but I didn't think it was that high.
  7. JeffElizabeth
    Interesting. We like Oceania more than Holland, but we are giving them one more chance with our upcoming Voyage of the Vikings trip. My fingers are crossed they will win us back.
  8. JeffElizabeth
    A nice shirt and pants are usually good enough. No ball caps please.
  9. JeffElizabeth
    Great point earlier about big tables slowing down the dining experience. We don't mind long dinners and find them as entertaining as the stage shows.
  10. JeffElizabeth
    For a while on HAL, we would have a ship's officer join our big table for an evening meal. We really enjoyed that and they even supplied the wine. Do they still do this since the pandemic? One cruise we got to talk to the purser, it was interesting hearing about the challenges of his job.
  11. JeffElizabeth
    That is a real shame. Sharing a table with others is one of our favorite parts of cruising.
  12. JeffElizabeth
    Schnitzel is one of our favorite meals when cruising, but spatzle is almost never offered as a side dish. Might be hard to make for hundreds at a time.
  13. JeffElizabeth
    Our waiter told us we can make special requests. We order weinerschnitzel more often than it appears on menus.
  14. JeffElizabeth
    I miss the Neptune Lounge on the old Prinsendam, a deck off it so people from the other side of the ship could use it to see the sites while snacking.
  15. JeffElizabeth
    You just never know about weather, but the Bermuda and Azores voyages tend to be milder than the trips to Iceland and Greenland. We are doing Voyage of the Vikings trip in July and August, so we will be well stocked on sea sickness patches.
  16. JeffElizabeth
    Isn't that strange? You would think it would be the other way, but the old Amsterdam and Prinsendam Neptune Suites were so much better than the Koningsdam. There are some advantages to the newer, bigger ships, mainly restaurant choices and entertainment venues but overall I prefer the older ships and cabins.
  17. JeffElizabeth
    A full tux does take up room, but pretty easy to travel with a sport coat, often I wear it on the plane. The flight crew seem to take better care of you with it on. Back to the room service question, anyone else find it not as good? Seems like they always forget something or the food isn't as warm? And I hate eating hunched over the two of us on a tiny coffee table?
  18. JeffElizabeth
    On the Prinsendam, we got to dock in town. It was awesome just to walk around downtown. We ate at a second story restaurant right across from the ship.
  19. JeffElizabeth
    In March 2022, we were on a Oceania cruise that was scheduled to stop at Bermuda, but their Covid-19 restrictions were too draconian so the ship went to their private island in the Bahamas instead.
  20. JeffElizabeth
    Agree. One of the reasons we cruise is to talk with a new crowd of people. After the pandemic, I want to get back to the tables for eight.
  21. JeffElizabeth
    My wife loves the Club Orange restaurant, I am fine with the main dining room. I do admit the service is very good in the Club Orange.
  22. JeffElizabeth
    Holland is doing a great job discouraging people from paying the extra money for a Neptune suite. The suites are much smaller on the new bigger ships, and "suite life" isn't as good as it once was.
  23. JeffElizabeth
    Thanks for this thread. We like Oceania but have never tried Regent. Our travel agent says Regent is her favorite cruise line, but always good to hear different opinions. Regent is offering a cruise through the Kiel that you just don't see anymore so I wanted to feel them out. Sounds like Seven Seas is getting less formal than I remembered.
  24. JeffElizabeth
    I love that they posted a cruise through the Kiel Canal. We got to do this on Holland America's Prinsendam one year and really enjoyed it. All along the banks, families and towns came out to see us or have BBQ's. So few cruise liners can fit there anymore
  25. JeffElizabeth
    Very quick turnaround. Sometimes it is slower on the day before Gala nights as people get their evening wear pressed.
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