LIVE from the Koningsdam Holiday Sailing - Dec. 17th - Jan 7th - exploring my first Pinnacle Class ship 🤞

[Dismomx5]

@kazuI am truly enjoying your adventures. Thank you for taking us along. I love the pinnacle ships and will be on the Rotterdam in just over a week. Take care of that foot!

 

[madera1]

Thank you for sharing this week’s cruise. Love all your photos. We plan to pack today and look forward to joining you on the next leg of your trip!

[TiogaCruiser]

Have there been Mariachis on the mall at the terminal in PV?

 

Pre-covid ( and before the new building went in) they had a large group (at least 25 members- maybe more) performing as we disembarked. They were not there in March of this year.

 

Kazu, I know this probably won’t be of interest to you personally, but someone else in your group might like it. In Loreto we bought a bottle of local wine at the mission. It was really great - I believe a Grenache, can, sirah IIRC. It was home bottled and had a little fizz.

 

Found the picture 

Edited December 26, 2022 by TiogaCruiser

[0106]

2 hours ago, kazu said:

We are “parked” in a cute little inlet.

Did you have to tender from the inlet?  How many ships were at the actual port?  Looking forward to hearing about your day in PV.

[Copper10-8]

6 minutes ago, 0106 said:

Did you have to tender from the inlet?  How many ships were at the actual port?  Looking forward to hearing about your day in PV.

 

By the looks of her pics, K-dam is at Muelle No. 3 adjacent the small Armada de Mexico naval base (HAL ship in the attached pic). She is docked/berthed so no tendering required. It's a petty decent hike from No. 3 to the new terminal at No. 1 however, in the past they have had electric shuttle carts take mobility impaired folks to No.1 where the taxis can be found. NCL's Norwegian Joy is due in PV in less tan two hours - at Noon - so wil probably get the prime spot at Muelle No. 1  

 

[kazu]

1 hour ago, TiogaCruiser said:

Have there been Mariachis on the mall at the terminal in PV?

 

No no Mariachis.  There were 2 people in costume for pics.  We do have a band coming on later on today to perform.

 

1 hour ago, TiogaCruiser said:

 

Pre-covid ( and before the new building went in) they had a large group (at least 25 members- maybe more) performing as we disembarked. They were not there in March of this year.

 

Kazu, I know this probably won’t be of interest to you personally, but someone else in your group might like it. In Loreto we bought a bottle of local wine at the mission. It was really great - I believe a Grenache, can, sirah IIRC. It was home bottled and had a little fizz.

 

Found the picture 

 

Thanks!

 

48 minutes ago, 0106 said:

Did you have to tender from the inlet?  How many ships were at the actual port?  Looking forward to hearing about your day in PV.

 

Sorry I was in error.  Was looking out aft and didn’t realize we were at Muelle #3.  No tendering.

 

30 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

By the looks of her pics, K-dam is at Muelle No. 3 adjacent the small Armada de Mexico naval base (HAL ship in the attached pic). She is docked/berthed so no tendering required. It's a petty decent hike from No. 3 to the new terminal at No. 1 however, in the past they have had electric shuttle carts take mobility impaired folks to No.1 where the taxis can be found. NCL's Norwegian Joy is due in PV in less tan two hours - at Noon - so wil probably get the prime spot at Muelle No. 1  

 

 

Correct.  My error for looking out aft 😉 

 

They did have the little carts going to pier 1 for all the passengers - no charge.

 

[kazu]

here is tonight’s MDR menu:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[kazu]

And the Lido menu for lunch:

 

 

 

 

 

And dinner:

 

 

 

[Vict0riann]

Looking at the menus so far,I think I will be ordering a lot of Caesar salad!

[BruhnSisters]

Jacqui -  Thank for taking us along with your delightful posts!  I look forward to hopefully meeting you in person soon.

 

I was on Koningsdam last week with my sister.  We had a small balcony room on the 8th desk.  We heard some stomping from line dancing on the deck above, but that just meant the guests were having a great time!  The ship was pretty packed, but we still found quiet spots to read and relax. Spent this week back at home.  

 

I'm boarding the ship again solo on Thursday!  (My hubby does not have sea legs, and my cruising sister has her son's family visiting from out of town.)  I have an inside cabin this time, but I'm happy as can be and feel very spoiled to be able to sail!  Can't wait for more Dutch Pea Soup . . . mmmmmmm!

 

[kazu]

Had dinner in the Tamarind last night.

 

 

 

 

 

[kazu]

OMG - Tamarind was superb.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAM - I blurred my wasabi beef pic - sorry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[kazu]

53 minutes ago, Vict0riann said:

Looking at the menus so far,I think I will be ordering a lot of Caesar salad!

 

The CO extra entrees have been quite decent, Ann.  see you soon 😃 

 

28 minutes ago, BruhnSisters said:

Jacqui -  Thank for taking us along with your delightful posts!  I look forward to hopefully meeting you in person soon.

 

Looking forward to meeting you too 🙂 

 

[3rdGenCunarder]

Tamarind menu looks great! So many good choices, how did you decide?!? And the food porn has my mouth watering. 

[kazu]

Some absolutely gorgeous flowers in Puerto Vallarta:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the obligatory ship picture LOL

 

 

[kazu]

9 minutes ago, 3rdGenCunarder said:

Tamarind menu looks great! So many good choices, how did you decide?!? And the food porn has my mouth watering. 

 

The other J’s know food porn is a requirement and were most co-operative.  Just mad at me for moving too fast on a couple.  

J & J are used to ships with a Tamarind so shared their past experiences.  I hadn’t been to a Tamarind since the N Amsterdam inaugural sailing (scary, but true).

[Copper10-8]

37 minutes ago, kazu said:

OMG - Tamarind was superb.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This first one - Krupuk (Javanese for shrimp crackers - Kroepoek in Dutch) has been my fav since I was a young lad growing up in Amsterdam

[dfish]

2 hours ago, Vict0riann said:

Looking at the menus so far,I think I will be ordering a lot of Caesar salad!

I was thinking the same.

[madera1]

Jaquie. Were you able to book the Tammarind dinner after you got on the ship?

[kazu]

38 minutes ago, madera1 said:

Jaquie. Were you able to book the Tammarind dinner after you got on the ship?

 

I pre-booked it but my friends were able to add themselves to my table when they got on board.

Fair warning - with HIA - book as soon as you are on board.  Pretty much everything seemed to be booked up by day 2 although we were able to get into the Canaletto.  Booked it on the 2nd day.

[kazu]

Ok, for you folks like @Vict0riann & @madera1 and a few 100 more coming on board on the 29th.  The shrimp aioli was one of the appetizers tonight.  The sauce reminded me of the sauce our shrimp cocktail had at the bottom on the Oosterdam.   It’s quite good as I’m sure @ger_77will attest to from our previous cruise.  If it’s back on the menu, I might just order a couple and salad and call it dinner 😉 😂 

 

 

And yes, I had a crisp for dessert with ice cream on the side.  I was a good girl though and didn’t eat the whole thing 😉 😆 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[HELENPSL]

10 hours ago, kazu said:

OMG - Tamarind was superb.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAM - I blurred my wasabi beef pic - sorry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best restaurant on the ship!

[kazu]

2 hours ago, HELENPSL said:

Best restaurant on the ship!

 

I so agree Helen - I’ll bypass the PG for this any time.

[ski ww]

Some of your pictures bring back good memories.

[Vict0riann]

Jacqui, we will probably try for  the MD R for lunch when we board on Thursday, just in case you are around.   I understand it will probably be raining….

 

We’re at the airport now.  On our way to join you!