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Here is another video we filmed when we were on the Aleutian Ballad.

We loved the tour, and my wife initially thought it would be dull, but it was so good, I have another video coming with fishing pieces of the trip.

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We just got off the ship yesterday, and I will answer a few questions. First we found both Tamarind and the Pinnacle grill to be excellent. We love our food and the service. The azipod issues seems to be stable, but the ship will have to operate at a slightly reduced speed which will affect the itineraries. I am working on putting together all off the documents, menus, and food pictures together to create an in depth series on the sailing. If you have any questions, please post them here and I will try to answer them.

I will have to say that I am very impressed with the dining in Tamarind. We had dinner there and it was far and away the best meal we have eaten on the ship. We go to Pinnacle grill tomorrow night and so we will see how they stack up. My wife and I attended different wine tastings, and I will say that I learned a lot and was glad we went. I will have videos from both I will post.

Yes they are listed and they are happening daily, I think.

Today is the first of our two sea days on the way home. The ship is still moving a lot, the seas have been high for almost all of this cruise. Yesterday we were in Curacao, and the ship docks in the channel past the swinging bridge. I would agree with service in the dining room has been slow and sometimes we have felt like they forgot about us. I would say that there seems to be a real staffing issue. My wife said that at breakfast this morning, the waiters forgot to bring her toast, and another gentleman was waiting for a second cup of coffee, and finally one of the managers came and brought coffee and her toast. We have been treated very well by the staff, and I will have a lot of videos coming about the ship. The internet is so slow that it is impacting my ability to get things completed. From the ship to get to the shopping areas, you can go out the gate and it is about 2 blocks up a little hill and then down a couple more to reach the shopping areas. We went and toured Sandals yesterday morning, and the wandered around town for a little while. The day had a little rain early and then it was a beautiful afternoon. The show last night was a comedian, who had performed a couple of nights earlier. There were a couple of recycled jokes, but most of the show was original He is pretty funny, but a little racy. The individuals that we talked to who were on the second week of a 14 day cruise said that the shows were exactly the same for both sailing. I am working on scanning all of the dailies, and the coverting the menus to pdfs and will have all of that available pretty quickly. As soon as I do, I will post a link here.

Sitting still at the dock in Aruba, the speed check said 1.7 Mbps down and 1.4 Mbps up. So ok for email and text, but not good for streaming or live content.

We are in Aruba, we arrived about 4:30 and it was shortly after 5 when they started letting passengers off. We docked a long way from the terminal, the captain said about 500 meters. The wind was howling, so we elected to stay onboard. It is giving me a chance on catching up.

If the ship was moving less, that would make things a little better, but the best I have had so far was 1Mb up and down.

You are correct, I misread your comment. Because you can order either the filet or the lobster as an upcharge as well.

On the dressy night this week, the filet was not an upcharge.

One of the best values we have seen onboard, is the Mixology Class in the Ocean Bar. You learn to make different drinks and then you get to enjoy them. It is $15.00 and you get 4 drinks in the class. That is $4.25 per drink. We didn't buy the drink package, and my wife usually sits and shares my drinks.

We are onboard and today we are on our way to Aruba, arriving at 5:00 PM and staying till 10:30. The ship has one azipod with a damaged bearing which is limiting it speed. We were not able to tender at Half Moon Cay, the water was too rough. They tried twice an hour apart to see if they could make it work, but if you had been abled to get on the tender it would have been a miserable trip to shore. We are having a good cruise, though I will say the food in the main dining room has been average for the most part. This is our 19th cruise since the pandemic and we have sailed on Princess, NCL, Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Virgin Voyages, and Celebrity. So far nothing we have eaten has stood out as being better than any of the others. There is no longer a night where they serve lobster, and several of the other lines still do. We ate at Canalettos, and the food was good, but I don't know that I would rank it above any of the specialty Italian restaurants on other ships. We have Tamarind and the Pinnacle grill later this week. I will post pictures and links to menu's later today. The ship is moving quite a bit and the internet is not great even with the best package.

We are on the Nieuw Amsterdam and last night was our formal night, and as was mentioned, it seemed that long pants and a collared shirt was all that was required. They had filet on the menu, but no surf and turf or lobster.

One thing I would look at as well, is does the cruise you booked go to Glacier Bay, not all northbound cruises do. That is something we will look at for our next Alaska cruise (#4)

Here is a playlist of videos about cruising in Alaska, it has interviews with the local visitor's bureaus, Alaska experts, and so much more.

They will have a rail transfer to Anchorage that will take you to the airport and then you can from there if you want to spend some time in Alaska.

Here is another video segment on the Bering Sea Crab Fishermen's tour.

Here is a playlist of 60+ videos about cruising in Alaska, I am sure you will find it helpful,

Here is a playlist that has 60+ videos about what to do in Alaska on a cruise.

We had really poor weather on our trip, but this video will give you an idea of the Gold Dome service.

We did it last year in May and had a great time and saw a lot of whales. I have some videos coming about it.

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Here is a 360 degree /VR tour of our accessible Sea Terrace Cabin 12154Z. You can pause the video, zoom in and zoom out, you can move the view left or right and up or down.