Name: 荷蘭美洲郵輪公司。郵輪出行前你需要知道的事情 (Holland America Line: What You Need To Know Before Cruising)
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hi I'm Gary Bembridge of Tips for
Travellers. In this video I'm going to

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tell you the six things that I believe
you absolutely need to know about Holland

America line before you cruise with them.
First of all who is Holland America Line

best suited for? It does tend to have a
reputation for attracting a slightly

older Cruiser, and that's partly because
it has a very traditional cruising

experience. So if you're looking for a
fairly traditional cruise, and onboard

you're not looking for ice rinks, bowling
rinks and climbing walls - but you're just

looking more for bar,  lounges, some enrichment, entertainment, cooking

classes and a fairly traditional
approach to dining then Holland America is a

great line for you.
Most cruisers are likely to be in their 50s 60s

and above. Saying that there are a lot of
families who go on Holland America,

particularly in the summer vacations.
They are very used to catering for solo

travelers. They're also used to taking on
people who might be in a wheelchair, so

they have accessible cabins and they have
tours which are wheelchair friendly.

You're going to find on board most of
the people are likely to be American, and

you'll find the whole on-board experience is
US focused, but certainly if you're

looking for a traditional cruising
experience Holland America is a great

line for you. The second thing you
need to understand about Holland America

is their fare. What does it include
and importantly, of course, what does it

exclude? First of all, of course, it
includes your accommodation. So whether

you've booked an inside cabin through to
a suite. Second thing it includes is

meals. Breakfast, lunch or dinner can
either be taken in the main dining room

or it can be taken in one of the other
complimentary venues - such as the Lido

market or the pizza place or the burger
place. In the dining room in the

afternoons they have afternoon tea, which
is included within the fair. The other

thing that's included, when it comes to
drinks, are the following: regular tea,

regular coffee, hot chocolate, lemonade,
iced tea and of course water. You also

get access to basically all of the
facilities with one key exception - which

are the Cabanas which are an area you
pay to have access. If you have kids

then access to the kids club is also free.
So between the ages of 3 and 17

they have Club HAL. Entertainment is
also included in the fare, and there's a

couple of things that I really wanted to
draw your attention to on Holland

America. One of the big innovations and
things that are

rolling across the fleet is what's known
as the Music Walk. Four different and

varied venues. First of these is known as
Lincoln Center Stage. This is a

partnership with the Lincoln Center,
which is one of the world's leading

centers for Performing Arts.
Here you have classical concerts and

various recitals. A little bit further
along is BB Kings

Blues Club. You have the BB King's
all-stars band and every single night

they have a number of shows. The third
one, and probably the most popular, is

Billboard Onboard. Here you have two
pianists and singers facing each other

and each evening they do a series of
shows around different themes. Then, of

course, you have what's known as the Mainstage. This is the big theater where they

hold the production shows and have
guests entertainers and during the day they

may have some enrichment lectures here.
The other really important things

that I wanted to note that are included
within the fare is you have Digital

Workshops, which are on partnership with
Windows Microsoft. Also a partnership

with America's Test Kitchen where you
have cooking demonstrations and

displays right throughout the cruise.
They also have a partnership with O

magazine, so the Oprah Winfrey magazine,
where they have various wellness

activities like meditation and the book club.
They also have a partnership with BBC

Earth, so they'll have lots of activities
and programs or shows featured around

the wildlife and the nature. So what's not
included within your Holland America

fare? The first of these are gratuities.
Gratuities at the time of recording

are $13.50 per person if you're in a
balcony or inside cavern and if you're in

a suite that goes up to $15 per person
per day. 15% will be added to all

drinks and 15% will be
added to any treatments that you have

within the spa, and also in the casino if
you want to tip you need to tip

separately. The second cost are drinks.
Alcoholic beverages and specialty teas

and coffees are not included in your
fare. Now what's important to know is you

can bring basically one bottle of wine
on board, and there's no charge if

you drink it within your cabin. When you
come back from excursions if you do

bring on board any alcohol it's taken
from you and it's kept to one side until

the
end of the cruise. There's a whole range of drinks

packages available and they range from
very simple soft drinks packages right

through to ultimate drinks packages. The
third thing that's not included in your

fare is excursions. You can either book with
Holland America Line and go on their

tours which they do guarantee then if
there's any problems and they're running

late the ship will wait for you. There
are independent providers who will sell

similar tours but they don't have that
guarantee. You then of course you could

use things, which I often like to do, in
some ports which is hop-on hop-off buses

because they often call it the port
where the Holland America ship is

calling. Although a lot of dining is
included within the fare, there are a

number of specialty dining options and
depending on the ship they vary

slightly. The ones that you should be
aware of is Pinnacle Grill, this is

their steak and seafood restaurant it's
something that Holland America are very

proud of, and you pay at the time of
recording $35 per person to dine in

there. One of my favorites, which is on
many of the ships, is Tamarind. This is an

Asian fusion restaurant and you pay $25
per person at the time of recording to

go. There's also an
Italian option which is called Canaletto

you pay $15 to go to Canaletto.
Rudy's Sal De Mar option is held about

once every seven days on a cruise
within the Pinnacle Grill, and this is a

big seafood fest and that costs around
about $45 per person.

The third critical thing you need to
know is the dress code. Basically they

have, in the evenings anyway, a smart
casual approach - which means that

actually jeans (as long as they're not
ripped and torn) are actually fine in the

main dining room and even you can get
away with t-shirts. Shorts and tank tops are

not allowed in the dining restaurants at
all in the evening. Roughly two

nights out of every seven on a cruise
are Gala Nights, where they do ask people

to dress up a little bit more. So what I often do is just take some

smart trousers and some long sleeve  button-up shirts. Some people do

like to wear jackets. Some people like to
dress up even more. So for ladies what

ladies would wear is dress as similar to
what you might find at a sort of daytime

wedding - so quite dressy but not
massively dressy. On Gala nights you can

wear jeans in the casual dining
restaurant. So the dress code is smart

without being very formal and so you
shouldn't worry if you don't like

particularly dressing up a lot.
Holland America have relooked

extensively the way that they deal with
excursions and they've created a new

umbrella which is called Explorations
Central. They have taken over the crow's

nest and converted it to what's known as
EXC Central. You have the tour desk there,

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