Vandelay Inc Posted April 29, 2023 #1 Share Posted April 29, 2023 Hello fellow Alaska cruisers. I would like to find out which nights are the dressy gala dinners, the culinary council dinner, and the Orange party. If you are on a cruise this year, please post your experiences. Please don't write "SEA DAYS" as that doesn't tell the whole story. Do me a favor and post something like "7 day northbound from Vancouver, gala was the 2nd and 5th nights, council dinner the 6th, orange party the 7th. Or "round-trip from Seattle" ... and so on. For those of us sailing later this season, this info will be helpful to plan excursions, specialty dinner reservations, or thinking about evening events. Enjoy your cruise and thanks for posting. (PS If you have photos of menus, that would be great too!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsternight Posted April 29, 2023 #2 Share Posted April 29, 2023 My App for tomorrow's NA departure is currently showing a Dressy Night on day 2, Orange Party day 4, Dressy Night day 5. That is round trip out of Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 0106 Posted April 29, 2023 #3 Share Posted April 29, 2023 Here are the Alaska menus 2022. Thanks to @Crew News They will probably be similar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted April 29, 2023 #4 Share Posted April 29, 2023 @Vandelay Inc, tomorrow is the first HAL Alaska cruise of this season, I am pretty sure. So it will be a little bit before you see this year's info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandelay Inc Posted May 24, 2023 Author #5 Share Posted May 24, 2023 It's been almost a month since my initial posting. I am hopeful that people who have already been cruising to Alaska this year can help. Based on your ship and itinerary, how were the dining nights? Which were the regular menus, the gala/dressy nights? Do they have the a Culinary Council dinner special menu? I am aware of this site which is very interesting and shows the menus. But it seems to imply that the gala dinners are nights 2 and 5 (except when it isn't 5 and then it might be a different night). The seven night cruises itineraries are: R/T Vancouver : 1 sea day, 2 ports, 1 sea, 1 port, 1 sea For R/T Seattle: 1 sea, 1 port, 1 sea, 3 port North from Vancouver to Whitter is 1 sea, 3 port, 2 sea And South from Whittier to Vancouver is 2 sea, 3 port, 1 sea The different itineraries might have different dining schedules (despite similar menus) than Mr. Jett's posting. What has your experience been? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Haljo1935 Posted May 24, 2023 #6 Share Posted May 24, 2023 On 4/29/2023 at 12:52 PM, Vandelay Inc said: Hello fellow Alaska cruisers...Do me a favor and post something like "7 day northbound from Vancouver, gala was the 2nd and 5th nights, council dinner the 6th, orange party the 7th. Or "round-trip from Seattle" ... and so on. For those of us sailing later this season, this info will be helpful to plan excursions, specialty dinner reservations, or thinking about evening events. ...(PS If you have photos of menus, that would be great too!) No menus - this was 7 day Seattle round-trip April 29 - May 6. I broke them out in my live review; don't have that handy, but you can get the attire by looking at these programs. Enjoy your trip!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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