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  1. Thank you for all your posts. Really enjoying reading all about the cruise. Someday we may try a world cruise...or at least part of one!
  2. Got it. When I reread your question I realized I hadn't answered correctly. I hope you got the answer you wanted.
  3. Our TA is on our file when we do onboard bookings. We are always asked if we want the booking to go to our TA. It is done per our request automatically. We only had to fill that form out the first time we used our TA.
  4. Our OBC was used first also. We used the ACH process to pay for tours and received the 3.3% discount right away. This was recommended to us on our roll call and it worked very well. We were able to book the tours we wanted immediately.
  5. We also go a day early even if we fly from Portland to San Diego. When we go internationally, we try to go at least 3 days early. Gives us time to reschedule flights if we miss a connection and get over jet lag. Plus do a bit of exploring in the port city. Worth the extra cost of a hotel. Better than missing the cruise altogether. We have had enough close calls and airport issues to make going early a priority now.
  6. We are on the same cruise. The roll call is very active and there is a meet and greet planned. It looks like this will be a wonderful cruise. I think we are the first cruise after Oosterdam comes out of drydock in October.
  7. Thank you . We were on the Oosterdam from Santiago back to Fort Lauderdale in March also. Really enjoyed the ship also. We will be back on in October after the drydock from Athens to FFL. It will be our first trans-Atlantic and are looking forward to that. Thank you for your post.
  8. Thank you so much. I knew that AARP had a 10% savings. Wondered if HAL did the same thing. Appreciate you taking the time to answer. Mary
  9. As a novice as to possibly purchasing gift cards, what is the advantage of using them? Either the AARP or HAL cards. Thanks so much for answering a question I probably should already understand.
  10. Good morning or afternoon to all wherever you live! Love the pictures . We enjoyed that same view when we were there. All Iceland's waterfalls and landscape are awesome. Enjoy your visit. We are packing the trailer for our road trip to Yellowstone Park. We leave Thursday. I have been multiple times but still enjoy visiting. Although the traffic and huge amounts of people can be a nuisance, we will enjoy every minute. We have a RV campsite reserved at Fishing Bridge. Will be our base for traveling around the park. Taking our almost 13 year old grandson with us. He is very excited. Have books ready to listen to as we make the drive. Thanks for all the information. It is a lot of work and I appreciate it. Read it almost daily. Enjoy catching up with everything when I can. Prayer to all. A lot going on in everyone's lives. Cheers to those celebrating. I am celebrating my pink eye infection is almost cleared up. Not sure where I got that. Escaped pink eye during all the years I taught school. Stay well and safe. Mary
  11. And we enjoyed sitting with you both!
  12. Happy 4th to everyone celebrating. The fireworks over our bay last night were great. Plus several people at bonfires on the beach had good shows. Our sleepy town will be back to normal today as folks head north or south to nearby towns. But good for our economy yesterday. Went to one BBQ yesterday and another this afternoon. Not bad celebrating the 4th on two days. LOL Condolences and prayers to all on the prayer list. Appreciate all the news and pictures from everyone. It is a lot of work keeping all the lists and news. I am still checking in sporadically! Grandkids and family are camping this week so I feel like I am on vacation here. However, one of my projects today is to get our trailer ready for when we take the grands camping in a couple of weeks. Our weather is beautiful still this morning. But the Willamette valley cities may have record heat today. Hight 90"s so I know we will get the marine layer coming in today sometime. That heat is too much for us so we are happy to be here on the coast. Enjoy all your celebrations. Stay well and safe.
  13. Good morning. Happy day before the 4th. Our little town here on the Oregon coasts has their fireworks tonight. Can share the fun as the two towns north and south of us have their shows on the 4th. Traffic is already busy up and down the highway. But the fog has lifted and we can see the bay. Extreme low tides this evening will give plenty of beach goers room to set up and enjoy the show. We can see the fireworks from our deck just fine! It will should be a good show with the huge moon showing tonight. Thanks for all the news and pictures. Appreciate the hard work everyone puts into this. Prayers to all on the list. Cheers to everyone celebrating over the holiday. Stay safe out there. Mary
  14. We purchased CO on our Koningsdam Hawaii cruise in January. There were 4 of us and and we got the state room upgrade. For us it was an aft verandah. Loved it. We had to ask our TA to add it to our booking thus the room upgrade in the verandah category was added. A good savings with the veranda upgrade. The CO dedicated dining room on the Kdam is wonderful. We had great service. We dine early about 5:30 and we had the same table for the four of us at breakfast and dinner. The line to get into the main dining room was often past where we entered the CO. My sister has some standing and walking issues so CO was a blessing for us all. Service was outstanding. As far as boarding at San Diego, since we are 5 star, our family went with us without any problem and we boarded after the Pinnacle and Neptune people. When we boarded in San Antonio in March for our Inca and Panama canal cruise, we were in a Neptune but I noticed the check in sign said Pinnacle, Neptune, 4/5 star and CO. We all went to check in at the same time. In fact we were behind a CO couple. Didn't matter to us. We were on board quickly. I think like someone posted earlier that it depends upon the port how they group people. But we certainly can recommend CO enjoy and will book it again in the future.
  15. Thank you. That gives a ball park figure to work with. Our credit card covers quite a bit of our cruise but need to check if it is a cancel for any reason.
  16. Where do you find the cost of HAL's travel protection plan for your cruise? Does a TA have to ask for the cost or can I personally ask. In the past I could to see the cost on my booking, however I can't find that link now. I have not made final payment. Thanks
  17. Good morning here from the wet Oregon coast. Our nesting eagles were up early. They have a very distinctive sound when communicating with each other. I read the daily report often and enjoy catching up on al the news. Thank you to all who post. Cheers to those celebrating. Prayers to all on the list. Including the 5 people on the missing submarine. A good day to remember the refugees. Stay well and safe everyone.
  18. On the Oosterdam in March, I went to the front desk and asked for a comment card. I was directed to the table with the comment box and there were a stack of papers there. I wrote my comments to the hotel manager..praising several crew members. I got a note from the hotel manager that he would pass the comments on to the appropriate people. That happened as I was thanked by a few. I am old fashioned and like to write thank you notes! But I can see where the navigator app would probably be much easier to "let them know". Thanks for all the posts on this thread. I learned a few things. Mary
  19. We were on the Koningsdam in January. Dined in both the Pinnacle and Rudi's. Excellent meals and service at both. The dover sole was outstanding. I agree with others that you should look at the menu of both and make your decision from there. Lunch at the Pinnacle is a favorite for us. Almost skip dinner when we have lunch there! Almost!!
  20. You will love Norway. One of our favorite places. Have a great time and enjoy the NS. We have a cruise booked for next June to the British Isles on that ship. Can't wait.
  21. We were also on the Oosterdam this March from Santiago to FFL. Cruise was exceptional. Crew was wonderful, great service everywhere. Loved the Billboard on board. It was packed every night as was Rolling stones. Commentary going thru the canal was very informative. Yes, no horseradish one night and a few of our wines/scotch had run out but we were offered a higher quality of each which was more than adequate. Only had one plumbing issue. It was the entire hall. Quickly resolved and the letter from the captain reinforced to only put toilet paper down the toilets. LOL! At the meet and greet for our cruise critic group the captain, assistant hotel manager and a few other officers attended. We were pleasantly amazed at that. We are looking forward to the Oosterdam again in October from Athens back to FLL. We are so blessed to just be still able to cruise and go into a cruise just being happy to not have to make our bed, cook our meals, experience different ports and have time to read, relax, and do as much or as little as possible. But I appreciate everyone's concerns and can certainly understand how the issues stated can be a problem. But that's what I like about cc. We can discuss, share opinions, learn from each other and agree to disagree.
  22. We did also. Let's have lunch there on one of our many sea days on the Oosterdam this Oct/Nov!
  23. Hi you all, We are definitely missing Captain Kevin and all his announcements, talks and humor. I remember the horseradish issue one night when prime rib was on the menu. The wine we drank was always available and when they ran our of the scotch Brad likes, they substitutes with a better one!! We usually got our drinks at the Ocean Bar. But we were told by our waiter that they were running low on some items but it didn't affect us. Happy cruising.
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