Vista Suite - Free fresh fruit daily! Nice touch with the lap blanket (1).  We had six water glasses, four wine glasses, and ice twice daily.  Free tote bag, pen and personalized stationary in room!  Loved the turndown chocolates!  Lots of nice touches, for example, love how the coffee table changed height so it made it much easier to eat breakfast in the room.  Magnet on bathroom door kept the door open, and prevented banging during rough seas.  Large shallow drawers that were large enough to hold a 18" Eagle Creek Packing Folder.  Four closets, and an additional closet w/ shelves.  One of the hanging closets can convert into shelves.  If you used the US outlet, you’ll need to replug the DVD player in to get it to work.  Outlets (not enough), one European, one US, and one US up very high in the bathroom.

Weird fire route.  We would need to go aft to a back crew stairwell,  downstairs to deck three and out.

Boston

Bar Harbor

Fiddle Concert - Excellent - Great Oatmeal Cookies and No Bus Ride   Nice port shopping area!  Everything happens in the port terminal, so no bus ride!  Ken’s favorite!  Second time on this tour, and Ken wants to make it three!

Not a ship issue, but an additional charge on top of the $5 per week for International to download our Wall Street Journal here.  (We waited until Norway to get our Wall Street Journal).  Luna Landscapes - Wonderful scenery!  Nice port shop, but need more chairs outside for those waiting.  People are more likely to spend more for Wifi when they have a place to sit.  20 minutes free wifi per day.

Alesund - Romsdal & Troll Path - Long bus ride!  Avoid seats next to handicapped space, they’re low, and I couldn’t see out window.  Great lunch, but guide didn’t notify venue of number of handicapped people for first floor.  Restaurant said they had wifi, but we didn’t wait around long enough for password.	 Waterfall path had railing.  Will not take this tour again.  The guide was a little off his game that day.  He kept complaining about his age, and he disappeared so fast after the tour, we couldn’t tip him.

Eidsfjord - Waterfalls and Waffles - Beautiful scenery - Guide cautioned us at waterfall stop to be very careful, so I stuck to the gift shop instead.  No way to see the waterfall without taking a slippery path where one of our group fell.  Reported this to the shore excursions desk, but the agent said she’d been on the tour and it was fine.  Have gotten partial refunds from Royal Caribbean on similar complaints, but none on Holland American.   Back on the road, I got a glimpse of the waterfall from the moving bus.  Guide was so cheerful, and she got her tip as well as the tip for the guide the previous day.   Stone cold waffles and no refills on coffee.  Not handicapped accessible.  Stairs leading to the bathrooms at the waterfall didn’t have handrails.  Will not take this tour again.

Eidfjord

Both of us got sick, so we stayed w/ the ship.

Rotterdam

Dublin

Port Douglas, Australia

Belfast

Akurieri - Taste of Akurieri - Best dessert of the trip!  Fascinating seeing the airport runway built right in the middle of the Fjord!  Guide seemed nervous they wouldn’t let us into the church.  Tour company needs to include clause about possibility of church closure in the description.   She kept phoning management for instructions.  Wouldn’t mind taking this tour again.  Love the grass topped building at Laufás, ceilings were too low for husband.

Stayed on t he ship.  Very hilly, not for mobility challenged.

St. John's (Newfoundland)

Uncomfortable bus cost this a star.

Luninburg is a quaint town.  Our guide explained that most buses only went to the waterfront, but he had our driver go into the historic part of the city.  I doubt a huge bus could have fit around those narrow streets and square curbs.  They need to find a minibus with more leg room.

Halifax - Oh Canada - Small Group - Excellent guide. Fresh haddock, veggies and potato, and trifle w/ coffee for dessert.	WiFi in Restaurant.   Halifax tour guides are the best dressed in kilts.  Our guide was so knowledgable with Kilt Patterns, flags, history and more.  We stopped at Peggy’s Cove to see that beautiful lighthouse.  Syfy’s Haven show were filmed at Peggy’s Cove lighthouse (once) and Luninburg.  Rushed through Acadian Maple even though the description called it the “highlight of the tour.”   The tour guide’s Maple Pumpkin Pie suggestion really helped at Thanksgiving.  But they shop owners were very helpful locating items.  Luninburg is a quaint town.  Our guide explained that most buses only went to the waterfront, but he had our driver go into the historic part of the city.  I doubt a huge bus could have fit around those narrow streets and square curbs.  They need to find a minibus with more leg room.   We’d gladly pay more for a better minibus w/ more legroom.   We had more leg room on the flight home in coach.    Done Peggy’s Cove three times, and Halifax City twice now, and hear new information every time.  No repeats for this particular tour.  May try the extended Peggy’s Cove since we never seem to have enough time there.   We brought up the short stop at Acadian Maple to the Shore Excursions desk, and they said they have to keep to a schedule on tours with a lot of stops.  Will book shorter tours with fewer stops from now on.

Uncomfortable bus cost this a rating star.

Taste of New Fundland

Great service and music!

Sydney - Fiddle Concert - Excellent - Great Oatmeal Cookies and No Bus Ride   Nice port shopping area!Outlets (not enough), one European, one US, and one US up very high in the bathroom.

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Fantastic Trip! Rough Seas near Iceland

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