Will_Dieterich Posted August 17 #1 Share Posted August 17 In another topic there started a discussion and figured this would get some visibility to see if anyone has seen this lately. The question was about the availability of hot appetizers being available in various lounges before supper. According to various people it use to be around, then switched to you have to ask for them at the bars, then in more recent times people not remembering them around. Then syesmar found on the know before you go. https://www.hollandamerica.com/en/plan-a-cruise/get-ready-for-your-cruise/faq/know-before-you-go under "Shipboard Meals" that they list "In addition to breakfast, lunch and a multi-course dinner, you can enjoy afternoon tea, hearty salads, comfort classics, global cuisine, an ice cream bar, hot hors d’oeuvres during the cocktail hours..." So has anyone had them available in any lounge, or bar in the past year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted August 17 #2 Share Posted August 17 I could not find that at the link in the post. Which subsection is it under? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted August 17 #3 Share Posted August 17 In March/April there weren't any hot apps on Zaandam in the Happy Hour bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lido deck main Posted August 17 #4 Share Posted August 17 1 hour ago, Will_Dieterich said: In another topic there started a discussion and figured this would get some visibility to see if anyone has seen this lately. The question was about the availability of hot appetizers being available in various lounges before supper. According to various people it use to be around, then switched to you have to ask for them at the bars, then in more recent times people not remembering them around. Then syesmar found on the know before you go. https://www.hollandamerica.com/en/plan-a-cruise/get-ready-for-your-cruise/faq/know-before-you-go under "Shipboard Meals" that they list "In addition to breakfast, lunch and a multi-course dinner, you can enjoy afternoon tea, hearty salads, comfort classics, global cuisine, an ice cream bar, hot hors d’oeuvres during the cocktail hours..." So has anyone had them available in any lounge, or bar in the past year? They used to have this years ago, way before Covid. We cruise two or three times every year I can’t remember this even from 2018 forward. They used to have a 5:00pm glass of wine and a hot appetizer of the day in the Ocean Bar each day for I think it was $5.00 they don’t even do that anymore even at a higher price. We came off of a grand voyage this year in April and also did 14 days Alaska, neither had hot hors d’oeuvres during cocktail hours. On our last sail away port on the grand they brought out cold appetizers at the sea view pool area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare foodsvcmgr Posted August 17 #5 Share Posted August 17 Seems even Cunard have now dropped this tradition from Commodore Club sadly. On HAL it’s exactly as you describe, once common, then request only at Crows Nest bar at happy hour designated time, then quietly dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_Dieterich Posted August 17 Author #6 Share Posted August 17 43 minutes ago, POA1 said: I could not find that at the link in the post. Which subsection is it under? Shipboard Life then Shipboard Meals 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mary229 Posted August 17 #7 Share Posted August 17 I haven’t seen any in many years on many sailings. They serve mainly those awful sweet peanuts and occasionally salted peanuts and very rarely mixed nuts. I now order a cocktail glass of bar vegetables such as olives and celery. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted August 17 #8 Share Posted August 17 49 minutes ago, POA1 said: I could not find that at the link in the post. Which subsection is it under? FAQ > Onboard Cruise Experince > Dining > What meals do you have on ship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea42 Posted August 17 #9 Share Posted August 17 22 minutes ago, Mary229 said: I haven’t seen any in many years on many sailings. They serve mainly those awful sweet peanuts and occasionally salted peanuts and very rarely mixed nuts. I now order a cocktail glass of bar vegetables such as olives and celery. Great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted August 17 #10 Share Posted August 17 Thank you to the people who pointed me to the right place for the verbiage. We did not have the hot hors d'oeuvres on either the Rotterdam in spring nor the Nieuw Statendam in December. Being a curious and investigative people, we made it a point to show up during the cocktail hour every single evening. The only food we saw was the lime slice in DW's Ketel One & Soda. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatKY Posted August 17 #11 Share Posted August 17 2 hours ago, Mary229 said: I haven’t seen any in many years on many sailings. They serve mainly those awful sweet peanuts and occasionally salted peanuts and very rarely mixed nuts. I now order a cocktail glass of bar vegetables such as olives and celery. We've just started bringing our own. I like a salty snack with a cocktail, so either bring our own mixed nuts or pub mix/chex mix. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leerathje Posted August 17 #12 Share Posted August 17 I haven't seen hot hors d’oeuvres, but I can confirm I have seen cold appies on the Koningsdam in 2019, during the afternoon happy hour. They were in Billboard Onboard, at the rear. I was on the Kdam in July and saw the food serving cases, but I didn't check during happy hour to see if they were actually used. Also, I can't confirm they're on any other ship, but I have photos from 2019 so you can see what I'm talking about. L. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swin26 Posted August 17 #13 Share Posted August 17 We were recently on the Rotterdam and asked for nuts with our cocktail. The brought peanuts. We had the same server everyday and after the second day, they were brought everyday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandryl Posted August 17 #14 Share Posted August 17 (edited) 5 hours ago, Will_Dieterich said: Deleted. Edited August 17 by shandryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mary229 Posted August 17 #15 Share Posted August 17 31 minutes ago, leerathje said: I haven't seen hot hors d’oeuvres, but I can confirm I have seen cold appies on the Koningsdam in 2019, during the afternoon happy hour. They were in Billboard Onboard, at the rear. I was on the Kdam in July and saw the food serving cases, but I didn't check during happy hour to see if they were actually used. Also, I can't confirm they're on any other ship, but I have photos from 2019 so you can see what I'm talking about. L. Those stations are no longer on the ships. Removed and discarded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leerathje Posted August 17 #16 Share Posted August 17 2 minutes ago, Mary229 said: Those stations are no longer on the ships. Removed and discarded As I said, I saw stations on the KDam in July, but it was not during happy hours, so they were empty. I wonder what they use them for now. L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atexsix Posted August 17 #17 Share Posted August 17 Only hot appetizers I ever saw were in the Ocean Bar during happy hour, but this was pre-covid. I wouldn't be surprised if these were replaced with the sweet nuts others mentioned, it's probably an easy elimination HAL figures nobody will notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mary229 Posted August 17 #18 Share Posted August 17 1 minute ago, leerathje said: As I said, I saw stations on the KDam in July, but it was not during happy hours, so they were empty. I wonder what they use them for now. L. It is unfortunate as we often skip daytime meals and looked forward to these mini meals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atexsix Posted August 17 #19 Share Posted August 17 1 minute ago, Mary229 said: It is unfortunate as we often skip daytime meals and looked forward to these mini meals. It's too bad because the Ocean Bar happy hour was once the best deal at sea with 2 for 1 prices on everything. Although these were sea days on transpacific crossings, not sure they did this in all markets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_Dieterich Posted August 18 Author #20 Share Posted August 18 The 2 for 1 prices for happy hour still happen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladybentley Posted August 18 #21 Share Posted August 18 The nice hors d'oeuvres (both hot and cold) in the Ocean Bar were something we really enjoyed on our last cruise before Covid. Yet another thing that now, like nearly everything that we used love on HAL, has been removed. After reading about all the cuts, we do wonder just what HAL does actually offer these days. So many of the items cut didn't cost much but added a lot to the enjoyment and experience of cruising on what was our favourite line. We have two cruises coming up (our first for years) but fear they may be our last on HAL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted August 18 #22 Share Posted August 18 19 hours ago, swin26 said: We were recently on the Rotterdam and asked for nuts with our cocktail. The brought peanuts. We had the same server everyday and after the second day, they were brought everyday New HAL advertising theme? "We cruise for peanuts!" But seriously, we cruise on many different lines, and just about all the mass market lines have eliminated hot hors d'Oeuvres at cocktail bars. On our last Princess cruise, it was difficult to even get peanuts. Even some of the ultra-luxury lines tend to favor cold hors d"oeuvres. Since DW and I tend to dine late (after 7:30) and look forward to spending a couple of pre-dinner hours in a lounge, the hors d'oeuvres thing is near and dear. MSC has a decent hors d'oeuvres buffet in their Yacht Club lounge. Seabourn also puts out a small (but very nice) buffet (at 6pm) in their Observation Bar (similar to HAL's Crow's Nest). Explora Journeys had nothing! Oceania did have some limited hot items (served by the bar staff) in one of their bars. But hot stuff is hard to find anywhere. Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Haljo1935 Posted August 18 #23 Share Posted August 18 20 hours ago, leerathje said: As I said, I saw stations on the KDam in July, but it was not during happy hours, so they were empty. I wonder what they use them for now. L. These are from K'dam Dec '23 - Jan '24; you can see the date in one of the pictures. I spent a lot of time in BoB over that 16 day cruise and I never saw them in use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mary229 Posted August 18 #24 Share Posted August 18 (edited) The only thing I liked about Oceana was the late afternoon tea in the crows nest where they served petit but hearty sandwiches. A little early for cocktail hour but close enough to serve the purpose Edited August 18 by Mary229 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atexsix Posted August 18 #25 Share Posted August 18 13 hours ago, Will_Dieterich said: The 2 for 1 prices for happy hour still happen. Wonderful! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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