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crystalspin

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  1. We had a 10-top (fixed time, but on the My Time level) on the Zaandam. That is why you want to reserve it ASAP, there may be only one or two tables that could hold you all.
  2. Wherever you list her, I'm betting she becomes the third guest if she cancels, the lower fare.
  3. Preset and get all the cabins/pax linked.
  4. It must be purchased prior to when penalties accrue. If you choose a non-refundable deposit (i.e. the "Best Price" fare), you must buy the plan immediately. Some long cruises have penalties due earlier than final payment date, and the CPP must be bought before that day. But, for a 7-day cruise with a refundable deposit, CPP (Platinum or Standard) will need to be purchased before final payment. You can add it for one person in a cabin, but if that person cancels before sailing, the person remaining will be charged "single supplement". The refund for cancellation will be refunded to the credit card and quite quickly. We were refunded on the Standard plan at just a week! I don't have an answer for your ballpark!
  5. Call the PCC number (1-800-355-3017) but don't enter an extension. Stay on the menu until it offers a live person. Ask for a Supervisor. We are not supposed to post our PCC's name, it's like a travel agent.
  6. Welcome to Cruise Critic! What cruiseline?
  7. @Sea HagI remembered I hadn't put this info in: There is a third fare, called Advantage fare, that has refundable deposit but not all the perks of the HIA. Your PCC can tell you what it is.
  8. Those showers are probably very small (corner) showers with a curtain not a glass door (at least it is in this room on the sister ship Westerdam: https://halfacts.com/vista-class/6160-westerdam/ We did sail in an "inside with a window" on the Zuidy, that had a small shower-only. We lived!
  9. Open Seating means you can go to MDR or Lido "As You Wish", or $pecialty dining, and no one will miss you! Some people, those who wish to eat at a fixed time but not THE fixed times, will make reservations for MDR which they can do a few days at a time. But you don't need to make reservations for MDR. You can see the menu vs offerings at the Lido, ahead of time on the Navigator app, if you install it on your cell phone.
  10. Midship has less motion, but the advantage is more in the minds of pax than reality. The idea ignores the fact that there are considerable decks below Main or Dolphin deck! The mass of the ship, like an iceberg, is below the water. The other advantage of a midship cabin is, when you are setting out from the stateroom -- nothing is more than half-a-ship away. However, if you are in the Crows Nest (upper forward) and want to go to the MDR (lower aft), it is still a ship away.
  11. LAX, I can say that we have cruised far front with no sea sickness, and midship with family, who suffered from some Mal de Mer (in Bay of Alaska). So staying midship is no guarantee and if you can find cabins for your group forward on Deck 6, on the mostly inside-passage route of the Eurodam, I would grab them.
  12. Oh, I missed the fact that you wanted a cabin that can sleep FOUR, plus two other cabins. I thought it was four people in three cabins! Let me look again.
  13. You should be seeing, not "sample menu", but the actual menus being served to current pax. You can't see menus in the future, not until you are on board.
  14. Specialty dining, other spa or salon treatments, bottles or "fleets" of wine, and just your overhead spending including crew appreciation.
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