Liberty-Just Back-New Menu and info.

[JustCruiseMe]

OK just back from LIberty and new menu. We really enjoyed the new menu. I have to get everything together as I took lots of food pics and have copies of the menus.

 

Spoke with the maitre d <sp> and he said these menus are test menus, nothing is set in stone and if you want something from the old menu just ask for it, most likely they can get it for you.

 

I asked about the cheese plate and he said "of course" and promptly had one brought out.

 

We had tablecloths but I did find out the tables aren't in great condition nor are they pretty under there.

 

So hopefully tonite I'll be able to post a full report with pics of every dinner dining and a few brunch and buffet pics.

 

Let me just say the chicken pot pie is delicious and huge chunks of white meat chicken in there and the pastry crust was perfect.

[okgirl]

Someone posted a review from the Glory and said that the waiter told her some entree's came with there own sides and ordering additional wasn't necessary.

 

But looking at the menu's it looks like some entree's come with rice or vegetable puree and it seems to me that those are just presentation items and are not really considered a side. Like I saw a steak and the only other thing on the plate was a head of roasted garlic.

 

I got the impression from this poster that the waiter was almost discouraging the ordering of additional sides which were certain needed in almost all cases.

 

Did you find that to be the case.

[pirate4me2]

Can't wait for the full report and pics, thanks for doing this!

[Jeafl]

Can't wait to see your review and pictures! Were you on the eastern or western itinerary?

Edited March 6, 2014 by Jeafl

[WillWorkForCruz]

Looking forward to your review. It will be 84 long days until we have the experience first hand.......

[kona_wahine]

We were on the liberty in January and we chose a "side" every night. We were never discouraged from ordering.

 

I didn't care for the chicken pot pie. I felt it was too much chicken! I know that sounds crazy, but I would have liked more veggies in it.

[Mary49]

OK just back from LIberty and new menu. We really enjoyed the new menu. I have to get everything together as I took lots of food pics and have copies of the menus.

 

Spoke with the maitre d <sp> and he said these menus are test menus, nothing is set in stone and if you want something from the old menu just ask for it, most likely they can get it for you.

 

I asked about the cheese plate and he said "of course" and promptly had one brought out.

 

We had tablecloths but I did find out the tables aren't in great condition nor are they pretty under there.

 

So hopefully tonite I'll be able to post a full report with pics of every dinner dining and a few brunch and buffet pics.

 

Let me just say the chicken pot pie is delicious and huge chunks of white meat chicken in there and the pastry crust was perfect.

 

I heard that they don't have the Ticket to Ride Show in the Lounge anymore and that they are no Live Orchestras. What are shows in the Main Lounge like than? Also did you see Music Boardwalk Band. They usually play outside the casino.... Will be going on May 9th cruise. Can't wait.

[JustCruiseMe]

We were never discouraged from ordering sides and I agree the "sides" listed were more for presentation. The menus I have are a little different than the ones I have seen here so far.

 

I don't know about that specific band but I can tell you this there was a band in the main theater and there was live entertainment everywhere you turned, the pool, the casino, the main theatre, the bars, the atrim, everywhere.

 

We went western this time (eastern last) and booked southern while on the ship..wooohoo.

 

Hopefully will be posting tonite. I left the menus at friend's because I don't have my scanner set up and as soon as they email them to me, I'll start on it.

 

Sorry you didn't like the potpie, just proves everyone is different! Hope you found something you did like..I really loved the flatbread..yum yum and dh had the calamari every nite (but one time ate all but one slice of the flat bread too)..lol..There is 4 slices if you are a table of 2 and 8 if you are a table of 4 or more. Heck we ordered 2 when we dined with friends.

Edited March 6, 2014 by JustCruiseMe

[wantocruisemore]

Can't wait to hear more. How were the menus on Liberty different.

 

We loved Liberty last sept. And are looking forward to being back on. Did you have my time dining or traditional, which dining room?

 

Also looking forward to the photos.

[lmgouglas]

Looking forward to your review!!! We will be on the Liberty April 19th doing the western itinerary - past cruisers, just never cruised with Carnival. Getting super excited!!!

[JustCruiseMe]

OK can someone tell me how to upload a pic from my computer not from a link?

[klaner64]

Is Liberty the only ship with the new menu or there other ones? It looks more like an ala carte menu.

[Buffalofirsttimer4]

 

Just wanted to say thank you for coming back and deciding to share your experiences with us. We leave in three weeks and are beyond excited, which I am sure will be heighted just a little more as each day passes.

 

I look forward to your recap of your experience.

[wantocruisemore]

OK can someone tell me how to upload a pic from my computer not from a link?

 

I normally just copy and paste from a photo site like shutterfly. Photos come out nice size.

[Buffalofirsttimer4]

OK can someone tell me how to upload a pic from my computer not from a link?

 

I did some practice on the "test forum" (http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=225) since I will be including pics for the first time in my next review. But I can tell you how I did it. I took all the pics from my computer and uploaded them to my Google account (Picasa 3 which is free to use), then I hit the Insert Image icon (looks like an picture of a mountain with a small box in the right hand corner, on the second row of commands-between the insert email & wrap quote icons). When you upload the pictures to your Google account you will be able to view online (then right click to get the properties-copy the URL and insert this into the spot within the insert image icon.) I had to resize a little prior to this step since my pics seems to be rather large.

 

Hope this helps.

[JustCruiseMe]

I did some practice on the "test forum" (http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=225) since I will be including pics for the first time in my next review. But I can tell you how I did it. I took all the pics from my computer and uploaded them to my Google account (Picasa 3 which is free to use), then I hit the Insert Image icon (looks like an picture of a mountain with a small box in the right hand corner, on the second row of commands-between the insert email & wrap quote icons). When you upload the pictures to your Google account you will be able to view online (then right click to get the properties-copy the URL and insert this into the spot within the insert image icon.) I had to resize a little prior to this step since my pics seems to be rather large.

 

Hope this helps.

Thank you. I see that I am going to have to resize all of them.

[Sparky2]

OK just back from LIberty and new menu. We really enjoyed the new menu. I have to get everything together as I took lots of food pics and have copies of the menus.

 

Spoke with the maitre d <sp> and he said these menus are test menus, nothing is set in stone and if you want something from the old menu just ask for it, most likely they can get it for you.

 

I asked about the cheese plate and he said "of course" and promptly had one brought out.

 

We had tablecloths but I did find out the tables aren't in great condition nor are they pretty under there.

 

So hopefully tonite I'll be able to post a full report with pics of every dinner dining and a few brunch and buffet pics.

 

Let me just say the chicken pot pie is delicious and huge chunks of white meat chicken in there and the pastry crust was perfect.

 

We did B2B on Liberty the end of January and I had chicken pot pie both weeks. Yummy!

[flutist14_99]

Thank you for this! I have really been looking forward to this.

[golfadj]

Someone posted a review from the Glory and said that the waiter told her some entree's came with there own sides and ordering additional wasn't necessary.

 

But looking at the menu's it looks like some entree's come with rice or vegetable puree and it seems to me that those are just presentation items and are not really considered a side. Like I saw a steak and the only other thing on the plate was a head of roasted garlic.

 

I got the impression from this poster that the waiter was almost discouraging the ordering of additional sides which were certain needed in almost all cases.

 

Did you find that to be the case.

 

Three weeks ago we sailed on the Glory. You pretty much have to remember to order sides.

 

Several nights I forgot to order sides (and the waiter didnt ask me) and the main course came with just the meat or chicken sitting by its lonesome.

 

After the second time I screwed up got used to always ordering the sides.

[mek]

I was on Liberty last week also and I'm not a fan of the new menus. There were a few things I enjoyed -the Chateaubriand was delicious and the BBQ ribs were very good, but overall, I thought the appetizers were just OK and unless specified, salads were considered sides and served with our main course. I didn't get the sticky bun thing for dessert either. Really liked the banana bread pudding, though -it was yummy.