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Live From Alaska Aboard Ms Nieuw Amsterdam - May 5-19, 2024
canadianbear replied to Crew News's topic in Holland America Line
It happened on our 35 day South Pacific cruise-I donât know why they canât go to their cabin or somewhere private. -
Live From Alaska Aboard Ms Nieuw Amsterdam - May 5-19, 2024
canadianbear replied to Crew News's topic in Holland America Line
Exactly!!! Weâve never really needed them before but I figured with such a long cruise weâd need them & I loved having them. Worked like a charm. -
Live From Alaska Aboard Ms Nieuw Amsterdam - May 5-19, 2024
canadianbear replied to Crew News's topic in Holland America Line
We purchased magnetic hooks for our 35 day South Pacific cruise-they worked great. -
Anyone bought and brought their own mask and snorkel?
canadianbear replied to CDNPolar's topic in Scuba and Snorkeling
We bought ours at Costco several years ago. Then I went to a dive shop & they put a prescription in my mask. We always take our own equipment. You could get away with using vendors fins depending on your foot size or where you are going to. Our recent South Pacific cruise most vendors requested you bring your own gear. We bring our fins too as my husband has large feet & no one carries over a size 12 that weâve ever found. Just to add weâve used our Costco equipment many, many times & no issue. Since youâre not sure if you will snorkel again I would not buy expensive mask/snorkel. -
I have no idea but I purchased 2 on our South Pacific cruise when I ordered flowers for our cabin as we were on for 35 days. I also ordered 2 for friends on the ship. I found it difficult to decide which vase as they were all so pretty!
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Live From Alaska Aboard Ms Nieuw Amsterdam - May 5-19, 2024
canadianbear replied to Crew News's topic in Holland America Line
Always look forward to all the information you provide. Have a great timeâŚenjoy researching the cookies! -
@kazu That is a sad towel animal. I take eyes for mine now as I find eyes make them. I know they donât use them any longer so I make sure I pack some & bring the eyes home again for our next cruise. This towel animal photo from our last cruise was pretty sad before the eyes were added.
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We used Albert Transport in March. Cash day of. Bring own snorkel gear.
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Iâd be choked too! Love my fix.
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I think I used my HIA for their lattes more than boozy drinks đ
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We were used to the âsmallerâ ships on HAL and our first time on the Koningsdam was years back when she was fairly new. I was nervous about getting on such a âlargeâ ship but loved her. (We had originally been booked on the NA for 21 days but it was charted out so we were switched at no extra cost to the Koningsdam). We also were on her for 35 days in February and it was excellent. Totally agree the staff are happy, the food was great including the pay restaurants. So happy to hear youâre back cruising & enjoying the ship. My favourite spot is the Dutch Cafe.
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The last couple of times weâve seen them in Curacao. I canât remember the name of the area but basically the fishermen are cleaning their fish at the pier & the turtles are all around there,
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We loved the cruise-I want to do it again in 2025 (shhâŚMr Bear still doesnât know I have a deposit already down on it!!) The water is spectacular and we both loved our snorkel excursions. Iâm still in awe of the sharks-I had one coming straight at me & wasnât quite sure what to do-move or stay-since I had my camera in front of me figured it would hit that first but he veered off!
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@kazu I am glad you could get reservations again. I was actually concerned on our 35 day cruise thinking we wouldnât be able to get several specialty reservations because of people with HIA. We were pleasantly surprised we could get lots if we wanted. Guess we are in the minority with you & the bacon. One and done too. So happy to hear you have a new table & servers who are great-exactly how they should be.
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ShhhâŚdonât say the lunch at Pinnacle is the best bargain or HAL will raise the price again! Totally agree though-we hadnât had lunch there in a very long time but treated our friends in November when we were on the Eurodam. The food & service were top notch. We also had lunch when on the Koningsdam in the Pinnacle on our South Pacific cruise in February and prefer lunch to the supper.
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