Rare The-Inside-Cabin Posted August 5, 2022 Author #76 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Sydney sailaway! Sydney pulled pork and Poutine Tonights menu in the MDR 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janmcn Posted August 5, 2022 #77 Share Posted August 5, 2022 You lucky bums! Just left Iceland en route back on V of V to find the Reykjavik volcano started erupting again! Darn! Hope you get to see it! Our lecturer (Jon Sigurdsson, the best!) had given a lecture that showed its recent “oozing” which was beautiful. According to news though it’s definitely a larger eruption now. Enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvsACruise Posted August 5, 2022 #78 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Great Tuxedos-Toooo smoozy! You two are all ready for Las Vegas Night on the 2023 GWV! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappytraveler Posted August 5, 2022 #79 Share Posted August 5, 2022 On 8/2/2022 at 5:02 PM, maryandmarge said: My sister and I are doing a similar trip - 25 days - July 29th, 2023 on the Zaandam so following along to get lots of good ideas on what we should do. Safe travels and have lots of fun. Maryell I will also be on that cruise. There is a board called "Zaandam July 29, 2023" that has been started for the cruise next year. Hope to see you there. On 8/2/2022 at 5:02 PM, maryandmarge said: My sister and I are doing a similar trip - 25 days - July 29th, 2023 on the Zaandam so following along to get lots of good ideas on what we should do. Safe travels and have lots of fun. Maryell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappytraveler Posted August 6, 2022 #80 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Where did you get the pulled pork and Poutine in Sydney? Looking forward to trying Poutine and love being able to find it with pork as my husband does not beef. Thanks for the great blog with lots of pictures and information. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcummin Posted August 6, 2022 #81 Share Posted August 6, 2022 After our Voyage of the Vikings a few years ago, we bragged to our son that we had enjoyed poutine in Canada. He informed us that they get poutine at our downtown pub. Barbara in Washington State 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare The-Inside-Cabin Posted August 6, 2022 Author #82 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, scrappytraveler said: Where did you get the pulled pork and Poutine in Sydney? Looking forward to trying Poutine and love being able to find it with pork as my husband does not beef. Thanks for the great blog with lots of pictures and information. Check out the history of Poutine HERE Lot's of different variations of Poutine across Canada Governor's Pub Very close to the ship. See map. Ship moors near Big Fiddle A bank with a ATM is nearby Edited August 6, 2022 by The-Inside-Cabin 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare The-Inside-Cabin Posted August 6, 2022 Author #83 Share Posted August 6, 2022 We are sailing down an inlet toward Corner Brook. Arrive around 10 am local. We had a 30 minute time change this morning. Looks like another nice day ahead. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare The-Inside-Cabin Posted August 6, 2022 Author #84 Share Posted August 6, 2022 When I plan a port I use maps.me and drop pins for all my points of interest. Here is my Corner Brook Map. Toms Port Guides has a detailed guide for Corner Brook HERE 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbri Posted August 6, 2022 #85 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Looks like a great trip. Enjoy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare The-Inside-Cabin Posted August 6, 2022 Author #86 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) Arrived Corner Brook! They have the "red chairs" set up for photos on the pier. A few vendor stands available A few quick hits Lines are back to normal at guest services. As others have noted, they really need to have a separate desk set up for IT questions for the first 48 hours - these take a lot of time and really inconvenience people with a quick question. We seem to get towel animals and chocolates only on "Dressy Nights" Nightly turn down service is standard - no special request was required. Internet is the fastest I have EVER experienced on a HAL ship -so far so good. We have the premium package Edited August 6, 2022 by The-Inside-Cabin 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida_gal_50 Posted August 6, 2022 #87 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) They’ve been doing the chocolate and towel animals only on dressy nights since last November on the koningsdam. You know you jinxed yourself with that internet comment 😛. Thanks for posting the menus. I’d expected better considering the price of this cruise. The look pretty much the same as 7 day cruises so far. I’m enjoying your thread. Edited August 6, 2022 by Florida_gal_50 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted August 6, 2022 #88 Share Posted August 6, 2022 3 minutes ago, Florida_gal_50 said: They’ve been doing the chocolate and towel animals only on dressy nights since last November on the koningsdam. You know you jinxed yourself with that internet comment 😛. Thanks for posting the menus. I’d expected better considering the price of this cruise. The look pretty much the same as 7 day cruises so far. I’m enjoying your thread. Disagree. Just had towel animals, and other interesting towel creations probably 2/3rds of the 18 nights on our just ended Statendam cruise. And I don't recognize the menu in post #76, although I didn't check the MDR menu for the first night we ate at Pinnacle. But I checked it for every other night we didn't eat in the MDR. Yes, pillow chocolates only on dressy nights. Speaking of which, how many dressy nights on this 24 day cruise? 3 on our 18 day cruise. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharonN Posted August 6, 2022 #89 Share Posted August 6, 2022 1 hour ago, The-Inside-Cabin said: Internet is the fastest I have EVER experienced on a HAL ship -so far so good. We have the premium package The internet has been very good except for an hour or so very early yesterday morning when I couldn't connect. It was also good on the Nieuw Amsterdam in June. I'm hoping this means they've switched to a new provider and it will be as good on the World Cruise in Jan. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare The-Inside-Cabin Posted August 6, 2022 Author #90 Share Posted August 6, 2022 40 minutes ago, Florida_gal_50 said: They’ve been doing the chocolate and towel animals only on dressy nights since last November on the koningsdam. You know you jinxed yourself with that internet comment 😛. Thanks for posting the menus. I’d expected better considering the price of this cruise. The look pretty much the same as 7 day cruises so far. I’m enjoying your thread. I know - I fear the jinx - so far so good! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare The-Inside-Cabin Posted August 6, 2022 Author #91 Share Posted August 6, 2022 34 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said: Disagree. Just had towel animals, and other interesting towel creations probably 2/3rds of the 18 nights on our just ended Statendam cruise. And I don't recognize the menu in post #76, although I didn't check the MDR menu for the first night we ate at Pinnacle. But I checked it for every other night we didn't eat in the MDR. Yes, pillow chocolates only on dressy nights. Speaking of which, how many dressy nights on this 24 day cruise? 3 on our 18 day cruise. 4 Dressy nights scheduled Here is tonight's menu - just posted on the Navigator 6 Aug.pdf 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida_gal_50 Posted August 6, 2022 #92 Share Posted August 6, 2022 1 hour ago, CruiserBruce said: Disagree. Just had towel animals, and other interesting towel creations probably 2/3rds of the 18 nights on our just ended Statendam cruise. And I don't recognize the menu in post #76, although I didn't check the MDR menu for the first night we ate at Pinnacle. But I checked it for every other night we didn't eat in the MDR. Yes, pillow chocolates only on dressy nights. Speaking of which, how many dressy nights on this 24 day cruise? 3 on our 18 day cruise. I said nothing about the nieuw statendam. I was speaking about the koningsdam. You read my post, right? Anyway several other posters have said the same. Maybe things are different in the Neptune suites. It doesn’t matter whether you recognize the menu. It’s nothing that I haven’t seen. You really don’t have to discount every post on this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted August 6, 2022 #93 Share Posted August 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, Florida_gal_50 said: I said nothing about the nieuw statendam. I was speaking about the koningsdam. You read my post, right? Anyway several other posters have said the same. Maybe things are different in the Neptune suites. It doesn’t matter whether you recognize the menu. It’s nothing that I haven’t seen. You really don’t have to discount every post on this board. And I was on KDam in Feb/Mar, and there were only towel animals on dressy nights. This entire thread is NOT about Koningsdam, right? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VennDiagram Posted August 6, 2022 #94 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Thanks for taking the time to report. It's appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbinMich Posted August 6, 2022 #95 Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/5/2022 at 6:52 AM, The-Inside-Cabin said: Welcome to Sydney, Nova Scotia! I just loved that huge fiddle when we were there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare The-Inside-Cabin Posted August 6, 2022 Author #96 Share Posted August 6, 2022 @Btimmerand @The-Inside-Cabinmeet in Corner Brook! Beautiful day! Perfect weather Judy, Pete, Tim and Angela 19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare The-Inside-Cabin Posted August 6, 2022 Author #97 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Getting ready to leave Corner Brook. We hired a taxi for an hour to drive us around. $87 CDN on the meter. saw Captain Cook, old man mountain, train museum. here was our routing 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cccole Posted August 6, 2022 #98 Share Posted August 6, 2022 5 hours ago, The-Inside-Cabin said: @Btimmerand @The-Inside-Cabinmeet in Corner Brook! Beautiful day! Perfect weather Judy, Pete, Tim and Angela This is an awesome photo since I am following both of your "live froms." This itinerary is just amazing, thank you for letting us cruise with you. Cherie 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare The-Inside-Cabin Posted August 7, 2022 Author #99 Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) The World’s largest fiddle is in Sydney, Nova Scotia After a relaxing day at sea, we arrived at our first port, Sydney, Nova Scotia. This port is best known for the Big Fiddle – which is right on the dock — you can’t miss it. It is advertised as the largest fiddle in the world. The terminal in Sydney has some shops and vendors We booked the 5-hour “Baddeck & St Anns Loop taxi tour from Sydney & Cape Breton Taxi Tours – price $330 CDN – 10% deposit – balance after the tour. We were in a Toyota RAV 4 with one person in front and 3 people in the back seat. Here are our tour stops: At 8:18 am we were cleared to go ashore. There weren’t any immigration formalities. I assume that since we all had ARRIVE CAN – we were “cleared” electronically last evening. Our driver, Nap, was waiting for us with a sign and we were on our way at 8:35 am. Nap told us that on cruise ship days, almost all the taxis get booked for all-day tours leaving the locals a little miffed as they have to wait much longer than normal to get a taxi for their daily business. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed the scenery as we headed toward the ferry at Englishtown. We had a brief photo stop at an overlook where we could see the Seal Island Bridge. Seal Island Bridge Continuing on, we arrived at the Englishtown ferry. The ferry ride was only about 10 minutes and we were quickly back on the road and continued to our first stop – the Clucking Hen Café. This is a popular stop and there was a large tour bus leaving as we arrived. They sell coffee and pastries and have clean restrooms. Judy bought a bag of cookies which we all enjoyed. The Clucking Hen Cafe The Clucking Hen has clean restrooms and sells a variety of tasty baked goods Our next stop was The Gaelic College. There wasn’t much to see here and you could easily pass this on your trip. There was a gift shop but not much else. Outside we met 4 cyclists who were riding the 300 KM Cabot Trail – More HERE. Linda, Ray, Aaron and Neal Ray and Linda were taking a more leisurely 7 days to complete the loop, while Aaron and Neal were going to finish in 3 days. They met at The Gaelic Collegeand spent a few minutes catching up helping with a tube repair before they headed off in different directions. Tourist map showing the Cabot Trail The Alexander Bell Museum was our next stop. We didn’t realize that Alexander Belt spent so much time in Nova Scotia. We only had 30 minutes to explore the museum. You could easily spend a few hours here. If you are pressed for time – walk quickly to the far end of the museum and check out the large exhibits, then walk back toward the entrance and stop at those exhibits that catch your eye. Alexander Graham Bell museum in Baddeck Outside the museum, you will find a pair of the “Red Chairs” that are in various parks throughout Canada. More HERE Judy and Pete (back) with Brad and Cindy on the Red Chairs in Baddeck We drove thru Baddeck but didn’t stop due to our schedule. We did have a few minutes to stop at a sculpture of Alexander Graham Bell and his wife, Mabel, and take a few pictures. You can find this park bench on Water Street in Baddeck Back in Sydney Nap dropped us off at the Governor’s Pub very near the ship. We got some Fish and Chips, Pulled Pork, and Poutine, which were all very good. Pulled Pork and Poutine The Governor’s Pub has a nice outdoor seating area Pete with our driver, Nap On the way back to the ship we stopped by the Merchant Marine Memorialand finally the Big Fiddle for some photos. Sydney was the starting point for many convoys across the Atlantic during WW II. This is the Merchant Marine Memorial to commemorate the sacrifice of many Visitor Center on Dock Vendors selling Crafts inside the terminal A small snack area inside the terminal Pete with new friend This Big Red Chair is right on the dock in Sydney Chris Pendleton was the featured entertainer tonight. She does a stand-up comedy routine and plays some humorous arrangements of popular songs. She played a medley of songs that you could play on a violin, but probably shouldn’t. Very entertaining. Chris Pendleton Chris Pendleton playing the violin Edited August 7, 2022 by The-Inside-Cabin 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare The-Inside-Cabin Posted August 7, 2022 Author #100 Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) Red Bay Arrived around 8 am Tendering started around 8:30 A little rough - check out these pictures 7 Aug Menu attached Daily Program Tender Priority Rules Blog Itinerary and Menu page updated HERE Went to open tendering at 11 AM Quick Hit Second Show moved to 9:30 pm - Yeah! View of tender landing from ship Lots of motion on returning tenders A bumpy ride 7 AUg MDR.pdf 7 Aug Program006.pdf Edited August 7, 2022 by The-Inside-Cabin 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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