SilvertoGold

Thank you :) Strange, isn't it, how some threads just don't work? A lot of info except......ordering from MDR menues for room service.

There is a lot of info about this on the Canadian cruisers page on this board. Try that and you will get good advice.

I think someone said HAL charged him $900

For lunch is it possible to order room service from the MDR lunch menu (when it is open)?

And when the MDR is open can you order room service from that menu?

Thinking of doing more room service on upcoming cruises and have a couple of questions: 1. Has anyone ordered from the MDR menu for lunch? Only on port days, of course when it is open:) 2. If we get up in the morning and don't feel human enough to go to the MDR or Lido but haven't put out our Room Service menu card the night before, can we phone in a breakfast order? Thanks for any experiences or ideas.

Re: stacking of food on plates. It is OK, just remember that as an adult you are allowed to play with your food and dump off whatever is offending you onto the plate from its high perch :) I do this all the time and it never bites back!

Way to go! I'm with you on this, except I do have to take some of the "little things", but not as many as I used to cart around. Excellent planning - thanks for the ideas :)

Shoes are the one big problem, so I try to get away with fewer than I would like!

Thanks for tip. I am researching this today, without knowing much about cubes so your info is helpful!

Hi, Miss G Superior info, merci! Never tried cubes but this is convincing. Not sure where I will find these in Canada but I'm on to it. Any special way you pack shoes?

So, rolling clothes seems to be popular. I've never tried this, but just may. Any other suggestions for packing? I take shoes (flats) and one extra pair of runners, as does my DH, and have a lot of "little things" like a small flashlight, hair brush, toothpaste and toothbrushes, razors, that I put in plastic bags which don't fit too well into the nooks and crannies left over once I have most of the clothes packed.

Hilarious! Please continue and have a great cruise!

This sounds good. And the photo of Margarie Glacier is a treat. Thanks for your help.

In your balcony stateroom, was the bathroom updated? Last time on this ship there was still a bathtub with shower curtain and the old peach theme was...old! Flat screen TV now, but sofa, soft furnishings - updated, or that old peach theme? Thanks for any info.

This sounds positive! Thanks for your info.

Yep, we are making progress here in Canada. Next to go might be the pre-embarkation testing, but don't hold your breath for that.

April and May: no testing for Intransits.

Are the staterooms upgraded at all, especially those peach bathrooms with the shower curtains?!

Ooops

Right, Miss G. HAL was giving out the paper Canadian Customs forms for disembarkation at Canada Place in Vancouver. However, in April and May at least, these were not given out to Intransit pax on a regular basis. I think we got one or two out of five and we handed them in to the Front Desk on the ship. Things change, so I am careful to assume much :)

I think post 9 by Miss G explains it. Not sure about your angle but in my description in post 10 of what we actually did, it is (1) OR (2), not both. Hope this makes sense.

We did this 5 times at Canada Place this spring. We walked off the ship, when we wanted to, went into Canada Place terminal, were directed as INTRANSIT PAX to the right area, which was US Immigration. (1) Used kiosk to enter passport and photo, get receipt from the machine, walk to end where Immigration person takes the receipt OR (2) short line to desk to hand over passport to US Immigration person. Back to ship. Notes: Your HAL Intransit card is GOLD. Use it to pass through without lining up for anything else. Wave it around, along with your room card, make sure the people directing traffic ALL through the terminal see these cards. Otherwise, you might be directed first to the long X-ray line or to sit and wait with the new boarding pax instead of going straight back to the ship! This should take 10 minutes. Walk fast like you own the place :) We went at 11 am the first time, big mistake. Let them get thing set up. Suggest noon to 1 pm when new pax will have been boarding since 11:30 am, the place will have calmed down and a few Intransits will have gone through. Never want to be the first ones. If you want to leave the terminal, on return it will be some of the regular lines as when boarding, Nevertheless, wave the Intransit cards and your room cards around so they don`t send you to check-in, etc. Thing change, nothing is engraved in stone. I think they should have this completely figured out by now. Make sure you get the Arrivecan app filled out. Easy, for EACH ARRIVAL in Canada, and for when you board the ship Any other questions, please ask. We check-in at 10 am, after a month cruising Alaska - can`t wait!!

We did US immigration, indeed. Not Canadian unless the US guys were doing both. They certainly were Americans.