New Mystery Meal Specialty Dining?

[avian777]

3 hours ago, POA1 said:

... Have you really not seen EDST used before? ... 

 

Yes, but only when traveling in Australia, where that is the "official" (International) designation for "Eastern Daylight Saving Time".  On the other hand, the "official" (International) designation of the daylight saving time zone for the eastern region of the US is "EDT", which prevents confusion between Australian and US/Canada time zone references.  So that is why I follow the "When-in-Rome" approach to time zone references.  But, to each her/his own!

 

 

 

Edited November 8, 2018 by avian777

[VMax1700]

I love TLA's.

I suppose that then is ILT 

[Stratheden]

4 hours ago, avian777 said:

 

Just out of curiosity, why did you use Australian Daylight Savings Time ("EDST") instead of US/North Anerican Eastern Standard Time ("EST")?

In Australia we use AEDT not EDST

[Bill B]

All times should be given in GMT (UTC). 

[POA1]

53 minutes ago, VMax1700 said:

I love TLA's.

I suppose that then is ILT 

 

TLA is "three letter acronym." It's definitely not in common usage.

[VMax1700]

4 minutes ago, POA1 said:

 

TLA is "three letter acronym." It's definitely not in common usage.

 

It is well known over here!

that is why I mentioned ILT as in I Love TLA's

[POA1]

35 minutes ago, Bill B said:

All times should be given in GMT (UTC). 

 

Well... in that case, this dinner of Italian origin and unknown menu us being held at 22:15 on December 24th and 01:00 Christmas Day -- unless the ship's clocks have changed by an hour at that point in our trip. While I can appreciate the desire for computer-like precision, that would mess up the concept of Christmas Even Dinner, IMHO. 🙃

[POA1]

Just now, VMax1700 said:

 

It is well known over here!

that is why I mentioned ILT as in I Love TLA's

 

Good to know!

[frankc98376]

3 hours ago, POA1 said:

 

Well... in that case, this dinner of Italian origin and unknown menu us being held at 22:15 on December 24th and 01:00 Christmas Day -- unless the ship's clocks have changed by an hour at that point in our trip. While I can appreciate the desire for computer-like precision, that would mess up the concept of Christmas Even Dinner, IMHO. 🙃

 Will be buffet!!!

[*Miss G*]

🤮

[Stratheden]

1 hour ago, frankc98376 said:

 Will be buffet!!!

Please tell me what is pink and brown in the centre of the photo. I want to avoid it at all cost. 🤣

[Dogstar]

5 hours ago, Stratheden said:

Please tell me what is pink and brown in the centre of the photo. I want to avoid it at all cost. 🤣

 

I recognise the pink things, sadly ...

 

 

[regnig]

I believe the other products are:

Little Debbie Swiss Cake Rolls

Little Debbie Chocolate Cupcakes  

Little Debbie Chocolate Chip Cakes

Hostess Twinkies

Love, just love the Redneck Calamari!

 

 

[RocketMan275]

1 hour ago, regnig said:

I believe the other products are:

Little Debbie Swiss Cake Rolls

Little Debbie Chocolate Cupcakes  

Little Debbie Chocolate Chip Cakes

Hostess Twinkies

Love, just love the Redneck Calamari!

 

 

Where's the Redneck Caviar? (black-eyed peas, shoe peg corn, black beans, tomatoes, etc.  Best served with Tostitos for dipping.)

[frankc98376]

5 minutes ago, RocketMan275 said:

Where's the Redneck Caviar? (black-eyed peas, shoe peg corn, black beans, tomatoes, etc.  Best served with Tostitos for dipping.)

That's only for real fancy parties where the wine isn't in a jug or box

[RocketMan275]

1 minute ago, frankc98376 said:

That's only for real fancy parties where the wine isn't in a jug or box

Perhaps, but I note multiple inquiries about taking boxed wine on board.

[avian777]

15 hours ago, Stratheden said:

In Australia we use AEDT not EDST

 

According to what I have personally observed used when traveling in Australia (unless my lying old eyes deceived me), BOTH the "ESDT" and "AEDT" designations are used.  Not to put too fine a point on it, but Wikipedia also indicates that BOTH designations are used in the eastern sections of Australia, to-wit:

       

      The main DST zones are the following:

•    (Australian) Central Daylight Saving Time (CDST or ACDT) – UTC+10:30, in South Australia
•    (Australian) Eastern Daylight Saving Time (EDST or AEDT) – UTC+11, in New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, and Tasmania

 

[POA1]

Like a dog with a bone (Scooby snack?) your intrepid reporter has kept after this mystery Christmas Eve meal. There have been high points, when people like @RuthC suggested that it might be the Feast of the Seven Fishes - and low points, where the HAL site not only forgot my account existed, but went as far as to deny that our upcoming Christmas reservation was real.

 

I decided to check again today as it's been a little more than two weeks since they tried to sell us this special family dinner in Canaletto. Imagine my thrill when I logged in and saw that the page had been updated and now had a graphic.

 

Could it be that there's a menu? Is it a mid-November's miracle???

 

 

Lookee there! It's a graphic where once there was only a blank space and placeholder image. (It might just be me, but it looks like they're serving calamari ribbons, pine boughs, and Christmas balls. Very confusing.

 

But, when I clicked through on the page, there was - alas - no menu to be seen.

 

 

Cue sad trombone.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 15, 2018 by POA1

[grsnovi]

For $20 you get 2 glass tree ornaments, some ribbon and a special aromatic green salad (pine bough). Enjoy!

[*Miss G*]

We have progress!!  

[TiogaCruiser]

On 11/8/2018 at 8:02 PM, Stratheden said:

Please tell me what is pink and brown in the centre of the photo. I want to avoid it at all cost. 🤣

As Dogstar said, Snowballs. They were brown (“chocolate”) cake, filled with “whipped cream”, and covered with a 1/4” marshmallow coating, then dipped in coconut. Kids love them. Or at least we did. We’d eat the cake out, then play with the marshmallow coating before eating it.