harryw Posted December 12, 2018 #676 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Thank You so much for the day to day maiden voyage chronicles. We will be on this ship next month, and it will be our first HAL cruise. The gala night MDR menu did seem small. Do the MDR menus offer additional “all the time” options like some cruise lines have? Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcat04 Posted December 12, 2018 #677 Share Posted December 12, 2018 I should never come to this thread hungry.... (off to find a snack)🍐🥓🥩🧀 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliaschief Posted December 12, 2018 #678 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Thanks for the continuing post and excellent reporting. It confirms that our recent 24 days on the Koningsdam that the Nieuw Statendam follows with fantastic new venues and choices. We were very pleased with what the new Pinnacle Class ship offer. The experience was like being on a new very good cruise line. We felt Hal is going in the right direction in our future cruising experiences. Not sure about Orange but will wait and see. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise _Addict Posted December 12, 2018 #679 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Loving all the pictures and information. I’ll be aboard just after the new year for two weeks and getting more and more excited daily. Thanks so much for your time and effort, it’s very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted December 12, 2018 Author #680 Share Posted December 12, 2018 4 hours ago, harryw said: Thank You so much for the day to day maiden voyage chronicles. We will be on this ship next month, and it will be our first HAL cruise. The gala night MDR menu did seem small. Do the MDR menus offer additional “all the time” options like some cruise lines have? Harry Yes, there are 4 things you can order every day, a steak , chicken, salmon and something else, I think . I just went to the Navigator app on my phone to photograph today’s menu , but it isn’t up yet. When it appears, I’ll post it. You can ask for those daily items on a gala night if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted December 12, 2018 Author #681 Share Posted December 12, 2018 2 hours ago, aliaschief said: Thanks for the continuing post and excellent reporting. It confirms that our recent 24 days on the Koningsdam that the Nieuw Statendam follows with fantastic new venues and choices. We were very pleased with what the new Pinnacle Class ship offer. The experience was like being on a new very good cruise line. We felt Hal is going in the right direction in our future cruising experiences. Not sure about Orange but will wait and see. Chief, in some ways I agree with you. NS seems more upscale. But in other ways I miss the older ships. It’s hard to find a quiet corner to read or watch the sea, there seems to be Muzak everywhere. its starting to warm up now, the roof over the pool was open yesterday. I will do some exploring there today - NY Deli and Dive In, among others. Are you you going to join Club Orange? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted December 12, 2018 Author #682 Share Posted December 12, 2018 10 hours ago, Copper10-8 said: If you haven't had one yet for breakfast, you've gotta do so! I promise it'll be worth it Forgot to mention that I think food is not available in th the Dutch Cafe until 11:30. I will check and see if there are breakfast times as well. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted December 12, 2018 Author #683 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Sunrise - is it a bad sign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted December 12, 2018 Author #684 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Sailingdutchy enjoying his uitsmijter yesterday. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted December 12, 2018 Author #685 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Frank98373 - I saw a beautiful blonde in uniform across the Lido this morning, so I called out Arlin? She said yes, so I told her Frank and Loren said hello. She told us how much she loves you both and sends her best wishes. We had a long conversation as we are going to S de M again tonight, and she told me which dishes are the best for food porn! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted December 12, 2018 Author #686 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Sailingdutchies’ food porn from Nami Sushi last night. They said it was fabulous. amuse bouche Miso soup 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted December 12, 2018 #687 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Thanks everyone for the reports and great pictures. Hope that food tasted as good as it looks. We have also seen men and women wearing robes around the ship with little underneath. And bare feet as well. Wish HAL would say something to these people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted December 12, 2018 #688 Share Posted December 12, 2018 No accounting for the lack of manners from some people. There is a recent post about really bad manners on a HAL cruise and they were all from people in the 50-70 age group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted December 12, 2018 #689 Share Posted December 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Vict0riann said: Sailingdutchies’ food porn from Nami Sushi last night. They said it was fabulous. It looks fabulous too. 🙂 Great food porn pics on this thread for sure 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWAliaschief Posted December 12, 2018 #690 Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Vict0riann said: Chief, in some ways I agree with you. NS seems more upscale. But in other ways I miss the older ships. It’s hard to find a quiet corner to read or watch the sea, there seems to be Muzak everywhere i Are you you going to join Club Orange? Not the Chief but dw here - as I read, it appears that Club Orange is automatic for NS guests. That being said our first time will be on the Maasdam in April in a NS. We've already made plans to dine with two other couples so if that is the case, we won't be trying it out. It will be interesting to see how this rolls out. Won't be on a Pinnacle class ship until 2020! I'd be interested to hear how Club O is going on the NS and K-dam or if its been rolled out to other ships yet and what the experience is like. Susan Edited December 12, 2018 by DWAliaschief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted December 12, 2018 #691 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Thanks to everyone for the pictures and comments. The food looks fabulous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted December 12, 2018 Author #692 Share Posted December 12, 2018 There were almost 30 people at Sit and Stitch this morning. Yarnsinger’s husband Bob, said I could post the panorama he took, as long as he got the credit! I did did ask if anyone was in Club Orange, no one had felt it was worth the price. I did see quite a lot of people in the venue for breakfast this morning. It looked very casual. No one in the Pinnacle. As a needlpointer, I was interested in some of the art in the elevator lobbies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted December 12, 2018 #693 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Sounds like the Pinnacle is closed to the Neptune and Pinnacle Suites since this ship has Club Orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliaschief Posted December 12, 2018 #694 Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, Vict0riann said: Chief, in some ways I agree with you. NS seems more upscale. But in other ways I miss the older ships. It’s hard to find a quiet corner to read or watch the sea, there seems to be Muzak everywhere. its starting to warm up now, the roof over the pool was open yesterday. I will do some exploring there today - NY Deli and Dive In, among others. Are you you going to join Club Orange? I think our take it was something new. After 23 all Holland America cruises you pretty much know what to expect. We enjoyed the new venues and dining options. Walk around every corner and there is something new. We did feel that it was very crowded in certain spots especially around the Lido pool area. We mentioned to each other that we felt it would be difficult to manuver through here with a scooter. First thing we noticed was the hallways on Schubert were narrower and with the cabin Stewards service carts it was pretty narrow passage. Again thought how would a person in a scooter get through here? Will we join Club Orange? We stay in Neptune’s quite often and eventually will give it a try. I do believe that this was a last moment decision and it was too late to change the Culinary setting. We really enjoyed dining there for regular meals and two Somelier dinners. Does it feel like an upscale dining venue. I think not. It was nice but designed for culinary shows and watching food preparation. When we had the Sommelier dinners it was very interesting watching the food prep and plating via tv’s. I feel that on the Pinnacle ships eventually this area will be redesigned and upscaled during future drydocks. Didn’t feel like we couldn’t find a quiet space to read or watch the world go by but background music is not interfering to us. So we enjoyed the changes and the new venues. However, we still enjoy the smaller ships. We are on the Prisendam this Saturday, the Maasdam next April followed by the Rotterdam next October. Our philosophy is to sail them before their gone but we now know we will still enjoy cruising on the new builds. We just have a passion for cruising and are so fortunate to be able to cruise even without libraries, deck chairs on promenade or eventually adjusting to not having breakfast in the Pinnacle.😡 You both have done a fantastic of introducing us to the newest ship in the Fleet. Thank you and enjoy those wonderful sea days.🛳 Edited December 12, 2018 by aliaschief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea42 Posted December 12, 2018 #695 Share Posted December 12, 2018 The hours for the NY Deli & Pizza seem odd. 7:30 AM to Noon? Or am I reading that wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouremco Posted December 12, 2018 #696 Share Posted December 12, 2018 1 minute ago, Sea42 said: The hours for the NY Deli & Pizza seem odd. 7:30 AM to Noon? Or am I reading that wrong? It's 7:30AM till midnight. Small print, but 12:00mn. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea42 Posted December 12, 2018 #697 Share Posted December 12, 2018 6 minutes ago, Fouremco said: It's 7:30AM till midnight. Small print, but 12:00mn. 🙂 Oops, I see that now! That makes much more sense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliaschief Posted December 12, 2018 #698 Share Posted December 12, 2018 NY Deli is an optional breakfast venue in the morning after 7:30. Had Bagel and Lox one morning. Pretty good and complimentery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcat04 Posted December 12, 2018 #699 Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Fouremco said: It's 7:30AM till midnight. Small print, but 12:00mn. 🙂 Pizza at 7:30 am. I think that just might defy even my teenager's iron clad stomach. Do they serve breakfasty things then? I hope. But there was that guy Dan Jannsen in Maryland that ate cheese pizza everyday, every meal for 25 years. Eek. PS: Ah I see alias' post now. Edited December 12, 2018 by fatcat04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachbunny6 Posted December 12, 2018 #700 Share Posted December 12, 2018 6 hours ago, Vict0riann said: Sunrise - is it a bad sign? It is NEVER a bad sign when the sun rises. The alternative is not good... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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