gullgeorge Posted November 28, 2004 #1 Share Posted November 28, 2004 This is the first of a daily review of the 11/27 sailing of the Zaanadam, eastern Caribbean cruise. The daily review will be short covering the major events. This is our first HAL cruise but have been on a number of other cruise lines. Day 1 – Embarkation, Port Canaveral Embarkation Drove in from home and arrived around 10:40am. Bag drop is where the busses unload and if you are early, there is a parking lot straight ahead ($70 and they take MC and Visa). Otherwise parking is across the street. Security is just inside the terminal, then upstairs for filling out forms (don’t know why all forms are not sent with documentation) and check-in. Check-in was very quick at that time in the morning and we waited 20 minutes for boarding at 11:30am. We did notice at around 1:00pm that the line outside the terminal was backed-up to the bus drop-off area. Meals Buffet lunch along with all other noontime food stations are from 11:30am – 4:15. It is nice that all food stations (taco bar, grill, sandwich station, ice cream, etc.) are all open. No waits for anything. Dinner provides a good selection but I will report more on that after a few meals. We did notice that the wait staff was much busier than on pervious cruises and that the assistant maitre de is doing much waiter duties. Other Stuff Rooms are available at 1:30pm. If you have an odd number outside room you will want to close the drape to block the sun to keep the room cool. There was a 45 minute delay in leaving due to an engine malfunction. More tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esme Posted November 28, 2004 #2 Share Posted November 28, 2004 "then upstairs for filling out forms (don’t know why all forms are not sent with documentation) " :confused: - what forms are you taking about? We received the Immigration forms with our docs, but didn't use them as we had filled them out and submitted them on line. If this is what you are talking about and if you didn't register on line, then you should have filled them out before arriving at the pier. The other form we received this time, which we have never received before, is the one for our credit card information. The Bahamas form has never been in with the docs. This has always been received on the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted November 28, 2004 #3 Share Posted November 28, 2004 Sounds like you are talking about the Bahamian Immigration forms? Sometimes they have come in documents, sometimes we got them at the pier as we were checking and other times we got them in our cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherInFlorida Posted November 28, 2004 #4 Share Posted November 28, 2004 Even when the forms are given to you at the pier they don't need to be turned in until 8 pm so you wouldn't need to fill them out. Interested to see what Gullgeorge could be talking about. We had nothing to fill out at the pier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gullgeorge Posted November 29, 2004 Author #5 Share Posted November 29, 2004 The form was for the British Virgin Islands. Don't know where they were not in the packet but everybody was filling them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmorejj Posted November 29, 2004 #6 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Great! another form to fill out! We are visiting Tortola twice on our BtoBs, hope we can fill them out in the cabin.....jean :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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