Day 05 Anchorage
The weather in Anchorage was raining and with no booked excursions for me so I opted to remain aboard and update menus, interview crew members, and take photographs of the ship.
The cookies situation has deteriorated with their hardness nearing that of the Koningsdam cookies last week. To be fair, I tried all the different cookies and had to wait for the Late Snack to find the chocolate chip cookies. It is self evident that the recipe has not changed but the baking time has. I strongly recommend a dipping beverage to make the cookies chewable.
Dinner at 5:00 PM in the MDR was completed in one hour which is my personal standard for a solo, table for two. It took ten minutes for my order to be taken in a nearly full dining room but food delivery was swift. It was a great finish. My record service remains 43 minutes on the Eurodam last February.
On the beverage menu side, there are no changes to the basic menus but new inserts for Alaska have been added to some menus. I have posted many so far with a few more to check.
There are Alaska canned beers available and I will post a list as soon as I review my photos.
The new Morimoto Restaurant is very modern and brightly lighted in contrast to the Tamarind just a few feet away. The dinner menu on the Nieuw Amsterdam is more extensive than the pop-up versions on all of the other HAL ships. Both menus have been posted to compare. The Morimoto Beverages are the same on all HAL ships.
The Tamarind Bar on the Nieuw Amsterdam does not include appetizers.
Next stop Kodiak.