18 hours ago, The-Inside-Cabin said:

I just logged on  - everything is fine 

It worked fine, but took quite a long time to load the pages.  I'm glad they have fixed it!

4 minutes ago, Nickelpenny said:

You have to manually put in your booking number.

 

 

Thank you. So for check-in, which I have already done, that works.  For any other option, like short excursions of checking my flights, it simply goes to a white screen and dies.  🙂

I hope they get it fixed soon. 

3 minutes ago, Nickelpenny said:

You can't "click it"; you have to hover.

Hovered, clicked check-in, - no bookings found. 

Manage my flights - no bookings found.  😞

1 minute ago, Nickelpenny said:

I picked Manage My cruise and then submitted my booking number and it showed the booking I was looking for.  I also needed to finish checking in.

I just closed the window, typed in the website, clicked Manage My Cruise and still get 'no bookings found'.

13 minutes ago, mame42 said:

Same here.  I am trying to check in!

Try the Navigator app, since mine still seems to be working.

I hope the HAL website gets fixed soon.

We found your account, but didn't see any related booking numbers. It can take up to 24 hours for a booked cruise to appear in your account.

On 12/1/2023 at 9:39 PM, kitkat343 said:

I think they are allowed to choose if they get off or stay.  If you remember that awful incident a few years ago where the passenger swore when room service woke her up and the guy came back and attacked her, the first passenger who responded to her screams chose to leave the cruise with her because he didn't want her to be completely alone when she went to the hospital on land.

No, don't recall that one. What?

10 hours ago, sallycruiser06 said:

Is HAL supplying KN95 masks.? For those that want them?

 

 

 

 

 

Our last cruise they provided basic masks, not KN95.  Check the pockets of your jackets, they're still in there from last year.  🙂

52 minutes ago, Ashland said:

Hmmm...We've always had access to our same B2B cabin and our check in has usually been done the day before at the consecutive cruisers meeting.   

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your reply.

The ones I have been on, we all were led off to the terminal. Got checked in, which included a skip the line pass if we decided to go back to town, and could get back on the ship. We switched rooms, but we sat talking to people who were staying in the same cabin who also hung out in the lounge with us.

After you go to the terminal to get checked in for you new cruise, you can choose to go back on board but you have to stay in public areas, and there will be no services available until they start letting passengers on, ~10:30 or 11.  Bring a book, find a comfy chair in a lounge. 

4 hours ago, shof515 said:

my cruise on the independence for next November went up by 300 dollars..no sale for me 😞

Mine on Vision went up over $1500.

2 hours ago, mustgo said:

I think we will just pack a couple of empty water bottles from home

We're going to buy a couple in the tourist shops when we arrive in BA. 

On 11/17/2023 at 9:16 PM, 0106 said:

@cccole I highly recommend The Ship Beneath the Sea.  I also really enjoyed The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander. 
 

Another excellent read is The Wager: a tale of shipwreck , mutiny and murder by David Grann set in the 1740s South America.

 

We bought The Wager, will be reading it on our voyage.  🙂

2 minutes ago, OlsSalt said:

 

You will find you do not need to over-pack cold weather gear.

 

It actually was not that cold (see other post), nor will you be out in raw elements with no ability to retreat for that long either - just normal cold weather stuff.  The glass domed Lido pool area acts like a sun room,  and allows for a lot of scenic viewing too.

 

The forward deck four, when it is open,  is the coldest and windiest spot so you do need to pack one outfit for those experiences. 

We live in Florida. It was 62 this morning and we're in long pants, long sleeved shirts and jackets.  🙂  But I do have two dresses, so people will see a lot of them.  🙂

On 7/6/2023 at 11:59 AM, OlsSalt said:

Very special cruise -we continued to dress up for dinner, including black tie and formal wear on dressy nights,  as usual. Why not?

Because my suitcase will be full of cold-weather gear.  🙂 

Is that the main dining room or Pinnacles? I'm wondering whether we should book specialty dining on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or New Year's Eve, or just a regular sea day.

Thank you. I'm interested in how the Panama Canal goes, as I've been reading about the wait times, the backlogs, and the limiting of ship allowed in because the water levels are so low.

2 hours ago, ace1zoe2 said:

A friend who is onboard said they heard (couldn't confirm) that one of the ice skaters had a pretty severe broken leg.

Oh, that's awful.

2 hours ago, ARandomTraveler said:

but it only had an option for a whole set of towels.

I find that in hotels as well. I guess that's the way they organize them, in the set, and it's easier to just deliver the entire package than to sort one out.

My biggest request is always extra towels. I see that's not an option.😉

1 hour ago, GetToLivin said:

Ugh, this is so sad. We took DS (15/yo at the time) on his first cruise last December and after the "ooohing and ahhing" I very soberly told him not to mess with trying to sit on a railing, push "upward" on a railing to hoist himself high, lean over too far, etc, all the dumb things teen boys might do. I explained what "going over" means in many gruesome scenarios and details. Didn't want to freak him out but I'd rather he had a terrifying visual to remind him to respect gravity and the sea. So sad for this family, a parent's worst nightmare. 

We did the same with our teens.

On 8/25/2023 at 11:26 AM, yogimax said:

Are you sure?  Just off Eurodam and I'm pretty sure bottles of water counted toward the 15.  Can't say for sure because we never approached the 15 limit. 

We're doing Eurodam for the 22 day South American & Antarctica in December.  I'm really looking forward to it, as we did HAL for Alaska.  What I like about them is the naturalist on board, with daily lectures and outdoor nature watches. 

I still am more comfortable with Royal, mostly because I have sailed more times with them on a variety of ships.

1 hour ago, Ineke said:

For us, it’s drinks at Kimo’s, followed by a visit to the artists under the banyan tree. We’ve been there countless times. I am so sad for her citizens, and future visitors, that it sounds like much of the fascinating historical buildings are gone. Thinking of all of you!

My neighbor used to be one of those artists. He just found out that his family is safe, but it's been a long day of worry.   😞

6 minutes ago, Anita Latte said:

 

Apparently, it is a phenomenon that happens ever year, typically once or twice. They call it jokulhlaup, which is Icelandic, because this is also something that is observed in Icelandic glaciers. A very good description of how the seasonal glacier release and consequent flood waters is here for anyone interested:

 

https://alaskapublic.org/2020/07/28/a-glacial-dam-near-juneau-could-burst-any-time/

Thank you, but this seems a bit more extreme than typical.  😞