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Thanks, everyone! So much to consider!

Thank you! Your insight is so helpful.

I'm not sure if this is the correct board to post but we've booked a very last minute cruise that ends in Southampton. Most post cruise tours that can easily get us from the cruise port to London are full. I was looking for any suggestions/advice that would would help first time UK travelers. Is it reasonably easy to catch a bus from Southampton to London? Am I correct that it would get us to the Waterloo Station? My first instinct is to try to then go to Paddington Station and book a hotel close by. Our flight leaves the following morning around 9:00 so we thought we could spend some time in London in the Paddington area in the evening and then catch the Heathrow Express early the next day. Does that seem reasonable or even doable? Thanks! Deb

Thanks so much for the suggestions & clarification!

Thank you! That information is very helpful!

We have booked a July cruise to Alaska and are planning excursions. We are considering splurging on Dog Sledding and Mendenhall Glacier by Helicopeter or the Helicopter Glacier Walkabout. Both excursions are very pricey. My question is if we book the excursions through HAL, and it is canceled due to weather, what could we use the refunded onboard credit for? Are we limited to using them for another excursion? Do the funds need to be used on this cruise or coud we use them on a future cruise? Is it possible to use the funds to book another cruise while on board? Thanks for any advice! Deb

Thank you for sharing your experience. It is heartening to hear that it all worked out for you!

Looking for advice/reassurance. I'm booked on the Zuiderdam for an Alaskan cruise on 7/13. I tested positive for COVID last week and I know chances are, although I'm sympton free and no longer contagious, I may still test positive when I take the required preboarding COVID test. I did find this info on HAL's website: "Guests who have recovered from COVID-19 within three months of their embarkation, do not need to get a viral test before embarkation if they are at least 10 days past their COVID-19 infection, have no symptoms and produce documentation of recovery from COVID-19 infection. Documentation of Recovery consists of the following: Paper or electronic copies of the positive viral test result from a certified laboratory (dated no more than 90 days ago), or A valid digital COVID-19 certificate (DCC) or a document issued by an official health or government authority showing confirmed previous infection. Guests who present these documents will need to go through a secondary screening at the terminal and boarding will be approved at the medical staff’s discretion. If guests are not able to obtain documentation of recovery that fulfills the above requirements, they will need to take the required COVID-19 viral test and show a negative result." Could anyone share their experience of needing to provide Documentation of Recovery rather than a negative COVID test?