Years ago on the Veendam, the Captain would sometimes make an announcement
that we would skip the next day's port due to weather or if the icebergs were too big.
At dinner that night the waiters served glasses of champagne. I said we didn't order
it and were told that "it's from the Captain." The port taxes for missed ports were
deleted from our account. The cruise director made an announcement that more
activities were being added on to schedule because we would be at sea the next day.
I miss the Veendam.