A few questions about Maasdam

[justluv2cruisewithhubby]

We booked a cruise for next year and I had a few questions I hope you can answer.

Is the Maasdam being remodeled in 2014?

Do they have a small movie theatre for movies?

Do they still provide the NY Times daily

Do they have the after dinner mints when you exit the dining room?

How many formal nights on a 6 night cruise?

Do they still have breakfast menus that change daily with an international theme?

Thanks in advance

[CruiserBruce]

We booked a cruise for next year and I had a few questions I hope you can answer.

Is the Maasdam being remodeled in 2014?

Do they have a small movie theatre for movies? Yes. If you look on the deck plan for the ship, it is called the Wajang Theatre.

Do they still provide the NY Times daily The fleetwide answer is yes.

Do they have the after dinner mints when you exit the dining room? Yes

How many formal nights on a 6 night cruise? Either one or two. You will know the official answer when your boarding passes are available 50 days out.

Do they still have breakfast menus that change daily with an international theme? Don't recall any such variation for breakfast...but we eat in the Lido all the time.

Thanks in advance

 

See answers in red.

[sail7seas]

I agree with Bruce's responses and add the breakfast menu is the same every morning in MDR and it is extensive. In six days, you couldn't begin to try everything and there are 'international' offerings on that menu.

[Mtn2Sea]

If you have a computer, you can read the NY Times online without using those precious internet minutes that cost so much.

Edited December 31, 2013 by Mtn2Sea

[Thebes]

If you have a computer, you can read the NY Times online without using those precious internet minutes that cost so much.

 

How can you access NYT ONLINE without Internet Acess ? Am I missing something here ?

[Krazy Kruizers]

How can you access NYT ONLINE without Internet Acess ? Am I missing something here ?

 

 

I don't take a laptop anymore.

If I want to read some more news other than the condensed NYTimes, I use the ship's computer.

I forget where you click onto the computer and you have a couple of choices of free reading -- HAL's site and the New York Times. It is free.

[Krazy Kruizers]

We booked a cruise for next year and I had a few questions I hope you can answer.

Is the Maasdam being remodeled in 2014?

Do they have a small movie theatre for movies?

Do they still provide the NY Times daily

Do they have the after dinner mints when you exit the dining room?

How many formal nights on a 6 night cruise?

Do they still have breakfast menus that change daily with an international theme?

Thanks in advance

 

 

Wajang Theater is also the Culinary Arts Center located on Deck 7 - Promenade. The times and names of the movies are listed in the daily On Location program. Free popcorn when the movies are shown.

The condensed NY Times is no longer delivered to the cabins. You can get one in the library or the Lido or the front desk.

According to this schedule, the Maasdam is due for a dry dock Jan 3 - 16, 2014:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1940858&highlight=charters+and+dry+docks

[Krazy Kruizers]

Dining Room Breakfast Menu (Also in the Pinnacle for PS and Neptune Suite Passengers)

Something Simple:

Cold Cereals: Cornflakes - Cheerios - Special K - Raisin Bran - Shredded Wheat - Rice Krispies - Frosted Flakes - Fruit loops - Granola - All Bran - Bran Flakes -- served with your choice of milk -- add sliced banana on request.

Breakfast Parfait - layers of creamy Greek yogurt, fresh berries and granola

Hot Cereals: Old-Fashioned Oatmeal - Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal - Cream of Wheat - Creamy Grits -- served with sliced banana, raisins, brown sugar, maple syrup, milk, or half & half on request

Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich - scrambles egg and Cheddar cheese served on a toasted English muffin. Add sausage patty, hickory smoked bacon or ham slice on request.

Bagel and Lox - a freshly toasted bagel served with slices of cold smoked salmon, cream cheese, sliced onion and capers.

Greenhouse Spa Selections:

Cottage Cheese and Fresh Fruit - a small bowl of creamy cottage cheese lightly dusted with cinnamon, served with your choice of sliced banana, strawberries, blueberries or diced melon.

Swiss-Style Muesli - a mixture of low fat yogurt, fresh fruit, milk, toasted hazel-nuts, oatmeal and honey.

Frittata Italiana - healthy without sacrificing flavor, egg whites combined with low-fat cream cheese, sun-dried tomatoes and fresh basil, then lightly baked and served with whole grain toast.

 

International Classics:

All American Breakfast - two jumbo eggs, cooked to order, served with hash browns, hickory smoked bacon or sausage and toast.

Eggs Benedict - toasted English muffins, layered with Canadian bacon, two poached eggs and hollandaise sauce.

Eggs Royal - toasted English muffins, smoked salmon and two poached eggs with creamy hollandaise sauce.

Eggs Florentine - toasted English muffins, topped with sauteed spinach and two poached eggs draped with hollandaise sauce.

Corned Beef Hash and Eggs - home-made corned beef hash topped with two eggs cooked to order and served with a side of toast.

Kippered Herring - served with two scrambled eggs and smothered onions.

Dutch Breakfast - the Uitmijter, a classic open-faced sandwich with thick white bread, sliced ham, Gouda, and two eggs sunny side up.

Japanese Breakfast - hot miso soup, steamed white rice, tamagoyaki and boiled salmon served with a cup of hot green tea.

The Full English Breakfast - two jumbo eggs scrambled, English banger sausage, English back bacon, baked beans, hash browns and a grilled half tomato.

Scandinavian Breakfast - smoked salmon and pickled herring, served with hard-boiled egg and slices of dark rye bread.

Three Egg Omelets:

All omelets are served with hash browns and toast. Egg whites or egg substitute available on request.

Denver Omelet - green bell pepper, onion, ham and a mixture of Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Swiss cheese.

Garden Vegetable Omelet - tender asparagus, sauteed spinach, diced tomato and sliced button mushrooms with creamy goat cheese.

Southwest Omelet - diced sweet roasted bell peppers, tomato, green onion, and Monterey Jack cheese, topped with avocado, sour cream and fresh salsa.

My Choice Omelet - build your own omelet with any of the following: ham, bacon, sausage, smoked salmon, mushrooms, bell pepper, onion, asparagus, Cheddar, Jack, Swiss, goat or Gruyere cheese.

Hot Off the Griddle:

Belgium Waffle - thick, crisp Belgium waffle topped with your choice of warm strawberries, apple-cinnamon or plum compote.

 

Cinnamon-Sugar French Toast - thick slices of egg bread French toast, dusted with cinnamon-sugar. Served with whipped butter and hot maple syrup.

Stack of Pancakes - three fluffy pancakes stacked high. your choice of buttermilk, banana or blueberry. Served with whipped butter and hot maple syrup.

From the Bakery: toast - English Muffin - Bagel - Roll

Baked Fresh Daily: Butter Croissant - Chocolate Croissant - Raisin Bun - Cheese Danish - Fruit Danish - Danish of the Day - Blueberry Muffin - Muffin of the Day - Coffee Cake. Served with butter, margarine, jam, jelly honey, Nutella or cream cheese on request.

 

Fresh baked sugar-free pastries upon request.

On the Side:

Hickory Smoked Bacon - English Bangers - Pork Sausage Links or Patty - Carved Honey Glazed Ham - Corned Beef Hash - Turkey Bacon - Turkey Sausage links - Morningstar Farms Vegi Links - Hash Browns.

Fruits and Yogurts: Fresh Fruit Plate - Half Grapefruit - Sliced Banana - Stewed Prunes, Apricots or Kadota Figs - Assorted Yogurts

 

Beverages: Coffee - Tea - Decaffeinated Coffee and Tea - Whole, Low Fat and Skim Milk - Chocolate Milk - Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice - Apple Juice - Cranberry Juice - Grapefruit juice - Grape Juice - Pineapple Juice - Prune Juice - Tomato Juice - V-8

[justluv2cruisewithhubby]

Thank you all for the information. We have missed the small touches that HAL offers compared to other cruise lines. I feel like we have returned back home.

[innlady1]

Yonnie mentions the dry dock that is upcoming in January...before our cruise at the end of January. I will report back if I find significant changes, but usually a dry dock just refreshes the ship, so to speak. And they attempt to make repairs where needed. Not usually a "remodel".

[sail7seas]

How can you access NYT ONLINE without Internet Acess ? Am I missing something here ?

 

 

You can visit NY Times and HAL from ship's computers in Exploration Cafe or your own without having an internet package. There is no charge to read those sites while aboard.

 

On the 'log in page' when you try to access internet, there is a box on the right side where you can click to go to NYT or HAL.

 

[justluv2cruisewithhubby]

Yonnie mentions the dry dock that is upcoming in January...before our cruise at the end of January. I will report back if I find significant changes, but usually a dry dock just refreshes the ship, so to speak. And they attempt to make repairs where needed. Not usually a "remodel".

 

That would be much appreciated thank you

[iflyrc5]

I don't take a laptop anymore.

If I want to read some more news other than the condensed NYTimes, I use the ship's computer.

I forget where you click onto the computer and you have a couple of choices of free reading -- HAL's site and the New York Times. It is free.

 

We were on the Maasdam for 42 days in Oct/Nov/Dec and the condensed NYTimes was delivered the cabins about 8am each morning. We were in an ocean view and noticed that it looked like all cabins got the delivery.

[KirkNC]

You can visit NY Times and HAL from ship's computers in Exploration Cafe or your own without having an internet package. There is no charge to read those sites while aboard.

 

On the 'log in page' when you try to access internet, there is a box on the right side where you can click to go to NYT or HAL.

 

 

Yes, it is one of a handful of free site you can visit.

[boards]

You get the Canadian news at the front office almost every day. To get the hockey scores.

[sail7seas]

Yes, it is one of a handful of free site you can visit.

 

 

Are there more sites we can visit free on the ships other than New York Times and HAL? Those are the only two I know of.

 

[Mtn2Sea]

Are there more sites we can visit free on the ships other than New York Times and HAL? Those are the only two I know of.

 

 

In the south, a handful can mean two.:) Last month on the Ryndam, I only remember seeing NY Times, which I accessed several times, and the HAL site, which I didn't access.