Next HAL ship

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

On 7/11/2023 at 7:06 PM, montythecat said:

An easy question for me to answer. Another Pinnacle Class ship

please. They are perfect for us with a wonderful choice of music

with the rock band, the two pianos, and the blues/soul band

(do keep the classical quartet), a forward facing lounge and

The Dutch Cafe.

I agree with you.

[Haljo1935]

2 hours ago, coachmouchet said:

I would love for HAL to add a Teppanyaki/Hibachi restaurant to each ship!!

I bet I've said this very thing seriously no less than 10 times this past week!! I am 1000% Team Hibachi!

[YourWorldWithBill]

3 hours ago, Florida_gal_50 said:

Because they are lovely ships.  I haven’t read a lot of this thread but did anyone say they like crowed ships?  I haven’t missed any of the old ships and I won’t miss the volendam and zaandam either.

Right! For me, no comparison. The Pinnacle class ships just have so many more options. The Dutch Cafe, a complete NY Pizza and Deli, separate (nice) dining room for Club Orange... 

 

Although I also like slightly smaller numbers of passengers, I would never trade that for the additional benefits of the newer ships.

[Susanmaz]

I found that additional options took up extra space and led to more crowding with the extra passengers. There never seemed to be room for all of those extra people - every place was crowded and it seemed that all of the passageways were narrower and always packed. I hated it. When researching future cruises, I eliminate the Pinnacle size ships from our options,regardless of itinerary.

[LMaxwell]

Nice wide Promenade deck with lounge chairs; a "waterfront" type concept as employed on Virgin, Carnival, MSC, Norwegian along the promenade deck with an adults only pool near the aft, perhaps 

[MAVIP]

On 7/13/2023 at 6:28 PM, JeffElizabeth said:

Agree.  Used to love the Crow's Nest on the older ships. Just not the same on the monster ships. We hardly spent any time there now. 

We absolutely agree. 

[mcrcruiser]

Let it be a good ship full of new winders 

[bookitdanno]

Let it have a non-smoking casino!

 

[3rdGenCunarder]

On 7/16/2023 at 1:59 PM, Susanmaz said:

I found that additional options took up extra space and led to more crowding with the extra passengers. There never seemed to be room for all of those extra people - every place was crowded and it seemed that all of the passageways were narrower and always packed. I hated it. When researching future cruises, I eliminate the Pinnacle size ships from our options,regardless of itinerary.

 

My impression was that some hallways to cabinis on K'dam were narrower than on other ships. I saw a man on a scooter having a hard time making one of the turns. It wasn't an excessively large scooter, but it barely got around the corner without hitting a wall. 

[Despegue]

2 hours ago, bookitdanno said:

Let it have a non-smoking casino!

 

Make that : NO Casino. Complete Waste of space 😉 

 

One of the best designed vessels of the Carnival group are the AidaPrima and AidaPerla. Both measure 127.000gwt and were designed and constructed by Mitsubishi in Nagasaki. They are absolutely gorgeous, stunning with a nice Lanai deck, very manoeuvrable  and they ride the waves well. It would be a perfect size for HAL, and although needing quite some design adaptations, the basic hull design would suit HAL very very well.