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    Holland America
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    Eastern and Western Med

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  1. On the Volendam now, we have bar soap and dispensers. I do bring my own bath soap too.
  2. I’ve turned mine off because I was getting mystery notifications all day. I figured out they were just to let me know about my set dining time. But I don’t need to be reminded about that every day beginning in the early morning 🙄 I do check for messages though.
  3. Greetings from the Volendam! Last night’s theme night was Hollywood night and a take-off on Oscars night. But it was the crew who got awards. Great idea! Housekeeping getting an award.
  4. We didn’t care for the show last night either. We rarely leave early from a show (maybe only twice ever) and this was one of those times.
  5. Not Rich, but here’s a video DH took. IMG_4329.mov
  6. We have now had to get broken glass cleaned up twice in our cabin. A friend, her chair and dishes all went flying in the Lido earlier. Thankfully she’s ok.
  7. Ok, I didn’t hear his announcement yesterday, just this morning 15-24-foot. What a ride!
  8. Rich are you sure you meant to say 5-foot swells? 😀 The broken glass in our cabin says otherwise. 😀😉
  9. Rich we loved Chris Powley’s show last night, excellent! As you well know I’m very critical of any Neil Diamond impersonations, but his was the best I’ve ever heard anywhere. His other “legend” impersonations were excellent too. We also thought he was much funnier than our comedian this week. 😉
  10. Service on the Volendam is great. I wonder if the Oosterdam had a recent turn-over of crew and staff.
  11. You are correct. We are on the 94-day Grand Australia and New Zealand with Rich @richwmn now. Our Cruise Director recently told us that the “Legendary Voyages” will have *some* of the same perks etc.
  12. Good morning from the Volendam! We are at sea today, destination Melbourne tomorrow. Yesterday we had a wonderful day in Adelaide, a group of us from CC went to Cleland Wildlife Park. A couple weeks ago we received emails saying they had to cancel our reservations to hold a koala because of some renovations to that area 😪. Many of us were able instead to pet one and have photos taken at no charge so that was a good substitute. It has been hard to keep up with the Daily, but know I’m sending prayers and cheers for all. So much fun! Hungry Mama Emu Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby Adelaide seen from Mt. Lofty
  13. Yes we were at Komodo Island recently. We ended up taking the ship tour. It’s a tender port and extremely hot and humid. Our 1.5 hour tour turned into 2.5 because several in our group had problems doing the walk in those conditions. One poor woman had to be carried back on a stretcher. That said, we’re so glad we did it! Bring lots of water (they will supply more too). The battery-operated fans we had were life savers for us. The ship will get your visas for $60 p/p or you can get your own. We did it the easy way and let the ship do it after hearing about problems folks had on our roll call. Tendering isn’t the easiest in this port. Some people on our tender decided not to try.
  14. Greetings from the lovely Volendam! We have been in Fremantle (Perth) for 2 days and having a great time. Yesterday along with Lorraine @cruising sisterand Caron @Cruisercl we went on a tour with others from Cruise Critic to the Pinnacles Desert. It was one of the best tours we’ve ever been on. We had dinner and wine while stargazing. They supplied the telescope and binoculars. A good time was had by all! We didn’t return to the ship until midnight so it was a bit hard to get up early for our wine tasting tour today (but worth it on all counts). I’m having trouble uploading photos but here are a few.
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