kangforpres

Man, and this was supposed to be the summer when the Alaska travel industry got back on it's feet. Is the cruise portion still on?

Sounds like they are asking you be "voluntarily bumped" . There are no specific rules for compensation in the cruise industry like the airline industry. I would ask for a full cash refund and a 100% FCC. If they really need the space they will make a deal with you Since the rules have changed for airlines and all the bad PR they had suffered, getting bumped from a flight can be a lucrative experience if your travel schedule permits it. Good Luck, Paul

https://www.wesh.com/article/carnival-cruise-fire/40115680 I would think the rest of the cruise is cancelled and the Freedom will have to undergo emergency repairs at a nearby shipyard. Maybe Nassau? That's why they drill, fire out, ship saved, no injuries. -Paul

So far the Casino Cabins I've booked are guaranteed HH (Fully Obstructed by a life boat) and a VH ( partial obstructed verandah) I've always gotten the guaranteed cabin category or better when assigned. -Paul

Sorry it's the Zaandam on that cruise

I want to do the 9 day Canada and East Coast, Montreal to FLL on the Volendam on 10/1/2022. I haven't gotten permission from wife to book yet. Maybe Fla-gal can help explain the numbers to her. Attached is the PDF list of cruises. -Paul HEP2226CO_SAILINGS_USD.pdf

Well that didn't work. Just log in and go to the first screen of available cruises don't selected any destination. the 2nd cruise on my first line shows a 7 day Eastern Caribbean on 10-22 for $200. That is the casino offer fare. Click it to see what and upgrade is. Remember the $200 fare becomes a $200 OBC so you are only paying taxes and fees to cruise if you choose a $200 cabin. -Paul

Helen- I will try to post a screen shot.

I found it my spam, all is good. -Paul

I can find them, I just have to scroll through all the $200 OV fares on the HAL website when I log in. Still it would be easier with a list of the eligible cruises. Maybe it's coming. The last offer ends May 27 so maybe they are a little early with the email. -Paul

hmm.. I just got 3 card monty'd by HAL. I was on my phone checking email and saw a new Playcus offer for an OV+$500 free play + drinks in the casino. So I went to my PC to check it out and it's not in my inbox, and it's disappeared from my phone. This happened at about 10:10 am Pacific time. Could HAL have recalled the email? -Paul

I agree good, cases on the rise again and most likely will continue to rise through the summer. If you are over 50 get your 2nd booster.

Yes, I really miss the condensed newspapers every morning.

Well we came at 12:15 after an hour bus ride from the airport with a bus driver who didn't know where to drop us at Canada Place, first he stopped at the Convention Center. It was probably about 2.25 hour but everyone we talked to on our shore Ex and said it was the longest they ever had to wait.

Yes Orange night, staff walking around with chocolate goodies on those nights

The Yum Yum Man use to hand out mints and other after dinner treats as you are existing the MDR after dinner.

Well except it took an average of 3 hours to board the K-dam cruise in Vancouver on May 7. Hopefully that will improve as the season grows and they hire more people for embarkation. Only 5 people checking health docs and 5 people doing check-in for a cruise with 1800 pax. and then after security another long line to go through US Customs since the first stop is Alaska.

Just got off a 7 day Alaska cruise RT Vancouver and I sailed 3 times in the Fall of 2021 and here are some things that made HAL unique that I'm convinced will never return to a Covid-19 cruise world. Covid-19 is not over so I won't call it post-covid-19 world. 1. Turn down evening service. In fact our cabin stewards did not work in tandem on my most recent cruise but instead split up so they could clean more cabins faster. 2. Hors d'oeurves during happy hours or even a jar of peanuts. And Happy hour was not every day on my last cruise but did happen every day on my Fall cruises 3.The Yum-Yum man after dinner in the MDR 4.Lobster tails at least once every 7 days in the MDR using during a Gala night menu. (This might be a supply chain issue) I know these are PPP (Priviledged Persson Problems) in our current world, but they were nice touches that made HAL seem special to me over it's competition. Happy Tuesday, Paul

K-dam customer service said the Pan Pacific hotel had testing but we were not staying there and not sure what they were charging.

Is Ihealth were you have to have someone watch you online do the test? For that you need a strong wifi connection, not always available outside of your service area.

we went to the urgent care clinic/pharmacy on Hornby, Seymour is the name of the company and paid $90 each Canadian for rapid Antigen test. Great service and friendly staff, however the space is very small. If the US is gonna require this why didn't they send us at home kits that they would accept the results? -Paul

With today's exchange rates $630 USD = $811.31 CD

US entry guidelines may change but when? Remember it was a Federal Judge's order to get rid of the mask mandate on public transit, not the CDC or TSA. Now cases are back up 67k and day, there were down to under 30k a day when the transportation mask mandate was still in effect. -Paul

I sail out of Vancouver in 2 days, and have not received this email from HAL.

From the guidelines post yesterday: Vaccinated guests needing a disembarkation COVID-19 test in Canada for their return travel to their home country will be responsible to arrange and cover the expense of that test. Does that mean for a fee they will test you onboard? We have 1 day in Vancouver before flying back to USA. With the current situation in the US right now I wouldn't mind having to stay "extra time" in Canada since I'm retired. -Paul