Bob & Holly - THANK YOU FOR A REALLY GREAT HAL TOUR OF CALIFORNIA! FYI, (1) I make DVDs of all our trips; (2) We are 5* HAL members and will cruise the CA coast+Vancouver+Hawaii then back to San Diego in October; (3) I am a musician (and a decent videographer) and appreciate your background music AND titled videos - EDUCATIONAL AND WELL DONE!! (3) Melinda and I live in Imperial Beach and would love to get together with you guys. Please reply when you can. CHEERS! Tad & Melinda
Hi Tad! You’re very welcome! I’m really glad you liked our visual storytelling of California, which I believe ran three episodes. I’ll always go to San Francisco, but I was pleasantly surprised by the history of Catalina’s casino. Wow, five stars, we just hit two about a week ago (as of this writing, we just completed Eurodam and Rotterdam b2b, the latter a TA to its namesake). Thank you for the compliment about the videography and the music, both are important, but my concentration really is on cinematography - so we try to do visual storytelling well. I.B.! Wow how cool! If you would like to follow the link to our Facebook group, it would be great I think for chatting and getting to talk to other cruisers. we are in London at the moment so I will try to catch up throughout the day. Thanks for watching and especially for leaving a comment !
Thank you, Hugh! I finished the ship tour and the room tour, they will air the next two Fridays, then the vlog series will start, running through the last Friday in December. As ever, thank you for watching!
I loved the format of this cruise preview, a great video. I really enjoyed the HAL music walk and agree it's certainly not a dull cruiseline. We had to get there early for a seat in Duelling Pianos and Lincoln Center Stage on Oosterdam. I'd definitely be happy to give Koningsdam a try but probably when it's back to a full crew. Thanks!
Thanks, Angela :) We are trying this format after, tbh- seeing how it works for @PaulandCaroleLovetoTravel & @tipsfortravellers. The editing process for this format took a bit more preplanning than usual, but was enjoyable. Glad you liked it- we are certainly going to do them before some of the more key cruises we have coming up. We will return to HAL; just a good experience overall, especially the music.
Catching up on your videos from your Koningsdam cruise. Couldn’t agree more about the misconception of HAL being dull! Our cruise on the Nieuw Statendam last month was anything but. The music is amazing! Glad you had a good cruise, Bob and Holly!
You're very welcome, William! Wow.. 35, that's awesome! You may find the ship tour informative as well! Thank you for watching, and taking the time to comment!
Really enjoyed this it was so nice to see and hear both of you right up front. It's a shame about the staffing issues but HAL aren't the only cruise line with this problem.
Very nice video and informative! Love your travel map behind you. We have one as well. Maybe I could not see but I could not see any pins for interior Africa. You two would be great for an African Safari experience. Your refined details always enhance the world of travel.
Thank you very kindly, Gene. We don’t have any yellow/planning pins for Africa, except for one in Tangier. That’s our Oceana trip in August. We only put pins, and when something is actually booked or completed :) Thank you again for your support, I hope our contact always makes you feel the same about style and content.
Not excited about the music at all?? The specialty dining venues were between $29 & $40, shown in detail in our full ship walkthrough. Thank you for watching :)!
Hey there, I really have enjoyed your Koningsdam videos. Your walk-through is the best one that I’ve seen. Did you notice if Tamarind is ever open for lunch? I know the Nano sushi place is, but I was wondering if Tamarind was.
Bob & Holly - THANK YOU FOR A REALLY GREAT HAL TOUR OF CALIFORNIA! FYI, (1) I make DVDs of all our trips; (2) We are 5* HAL members and will cruise the CA coast+Vancouver+Hawaii then back to San Diego in October; (3) I am a musician (and a decent videographer) and appreciate your background music AND titled videos - EDUCATIONAL AND WELL DONE!! (3) Melinda and I live in Imperial Beach and would love to get together with you guys. Please reply when you can. CHEERS! Tad & Melinda
Hi Tad! You’re very welcome! I’m really glad you liked our visual storytelling of California, which I believe ran three episodes. I’ll always go to San Francisco, but I was pleasantly surprised by the history of Catalina’s casino.
Wow, five stars, we just hit two about a week ago (as of this writing, we just completed Eurodam and Rotterdam b2b, the latter a TA to its namesake).
Thank you for the compliment about the videography and the music, both are important, but my concentration really is on cinematography - so we try to do visual storytelling well.
I.B.! Wow how cool!
If you would like to follow the link to our Facebook group, it would be great I think for chatting and getting to talk to other cruisers. we are in London at the moment so I will try to catch up throughout the day.
Thanks for watching and especially for leaving a comment !
looking forward to the series !
Thank you, Hugh! I finished the ship tour and the room tour, they will air the next two Fridays, then the vlog series will start, running through the last Friday in December.
As ever, thank you for watching!
I loved the format of this cruise preview, a great video. I really enjoyed the HAL music walk and agree it's certainly not a dull cruiseline. We had to get there early for a seat in Duelling Pianos and Lincoln Center Stage on Oosterdam. I'd definitely be happy to give Koningsdam a try but probably when it's back to a full crew. Thanks!
Thanks, Angela :) We are trying this format after, tbh- seeing how it works for @PaulandCaroleLovetoTravel & @tipsfortravellers. The editing process for this format took a bit more preplanning than usual, but was enjoyable.
Glad you liked it- we are certainly going to do them before some of the more key cruises we have coming up.
We will return to HAL; just a good experience overall, especially the music.
Catching up on your videos from your Koningsdam cruise. Couldn’t agree more about the misconception of HAL being dull! Our cruise on the Nieuw Statendam last month was anything but. The music is amazing! Glad you had a good cruise, Bob and Holly!
Thank you. We loved it!
Hi Bob, Holly
Hope you have a great cruise
We did, thank you. Ship tour/Vlog series starts next week :)
Getting ready to do a 35 day South Pacific itinerary on this ship, leaving on 18 February. Thanks so much for posting this. Very informative.
You're very welcome, William! Wow.. 35, that's awesome!
You may find the ship tour informative as well!
Thank you for watching, and taking the time to comment!
Really enjoyed this it was so nice to see and hear both of you right up front. It's a shame about the staffing issues but HAL aren't the only cruise line with this problem.
Thanks, guys! Glad you liked it.
True enough re: staffing- it's a problem with lots of lines. Ty for watching :)
Very nice video and informative! Love your travel map behind you. We have one as well.
Maybe I could not see but I could not see any pins for interior Africa. You two would be great for an African Safari experience. Your refined details always enhance the world of travel.
Thank you very kindly, Gene.
We don’t have any yellow/planning pins for Africa, except for one in Tangier.
That’s our Oceana trip in August.
We only put pins, and when something is actually booked or completed :)
Thank you again for your support, I hope our contact always makes you feel the same about style and content.
So far the only thing that I’m excited about is the three specialty restaurants you mentioned. How much extra are they?
Not excited about the music at all??
The specialty dining venues were between $29 & $40, shown in detail in our full ship walkthrough.
Thank you for watching :)!
We had the same crew staffing issues on MSC Seashore earlier this month. Even in YC there wasn't enough crew to properly serve the guests.
The industry still not back to normal :(
Hey there, I really have enjoyed your Koningsdam videos. Your walk-through is the best one that I’ve seen. Did you notice if Tamarind is ever open for lunch? I know the Nano sushi place is, but I was wondering if Tamarind was.
Thank you! Tamarind was not open for lunch, but that would have been quite nice as a dining option.
Thanks for watching and commenting :)
Is the Tamarind Bar open seating where you can just show up and grab a seat?
Hi Thomas, yes it is.
Thanks for watching.