LAFFNVEGAS LIVE to Alaska on the HAL Westerdam August 25, 2024

[bellebaby]

Gin and Tonic

Shrimp Cocktail

NY Strip/bearnaise

Double Mushrooms

Creme Brulee

Cappuccino

Grand Marnier

[LAFFNVEGAS]

We are all stuffed. Tom had the Shrimp Cocktail, and Candy Bacon, then the Pork Chop and ended with Chocolate Soufflé, Marcia had the Caesar Salad and Shrimp Cocktail and the Lamb with Baked Potato and dessert of Strawberry Sorbet.
I had to he Caesar Salad and Shrimp Cocktail, I asked about the Scallops and they always tell me they are small not Jumbo so ordered the NY Steak with my 1/2 of a Baked potato but it does cost me with two large onion rings. Then I ordered Creme Brulee. Then our server brought us out an order of the Scallops with the Cauliflower Risotto. The Risotto was very good and the Scallops were better than I expected and may definitely order them next time.

[LAFFNVEGAS]

Ok the next is kind of funny, the first night we had the rather stale Macarons instead of the tray of chocolates . Tonight we had them but they were fancier like they were spray painted with sparkle. I took a good look at them and on the bottom of the macarons had Effy Jewelry logos, the previous cruise was the Effy Charter. These were actually fresher and better tasting. So we had the Effy left overs.😂

[LAFFNVEGAS]

What a beautiful evening in Victoria British Columbia Canada, it’s probably the nicest I have seen it. Usually it’s been rainy cold and windy.

[Nattyg1723]

Veuve Clicquot

Jumbo shrimp cocktail

Iceberg wedge salad

Surf n turf filet mignon w/ sautéed mushrooms

Cappuccino

 

[puppycanducruise]

Shrimp cocktail

Beef tenderloin with lobster dumplings

beets and baked potato

chocolate souffle

[LAFFNVEGAS]

One last breakfast and one last Mimosa before we bid farewell to the Westerdam. We have a late afternoon flight but have lounge access for Alaska Air so will hang out at SeaTac.

[travelnap]

Lisa, have a safe flight home and thanks again for taking us all along with you and Tom.  

[SUESEABE]

Safe travels home. Thanks for sharing your journey

[lcand1923]

Safe Travels!

[Huskerchick]

Safe travels home. Thanks for sharing 

[atexsix]

3 hours ago, LAFFNVEGAS said:

One last breakfast and one last Mimosa before we bid farewell to the Westerdam. We have a late afternoon flight but have lounge access for Alaska Air so will hang out at SeaTac.

You both have that look, I recognize it, I have that same look on disembarkation day. 

[oakridger]

Thank you, Lisa!

 

~Nancy

[erewhon]

 Lisa, thank you for sharing your cruise with us.

Hope you had a trouble free journey home.

[ski ww]

Safe travels home.

[LAFFNVEGAS]

Thanks to everyone for following along and dining with us last week 😁 It was a fun week and the scale by weighing in this morning said we enjoyed it food wise as well 😂 Interestingly enough I gained about what I did last year on the Westerdam and in December on the Nieuw Statendam but it was not nearly as much as Tom and I gained on the NCL Joy in April. We now have 10 weeks to take it off plus some extra before we cruise on the NCL Bliss in November.

We landed in LAS at 7:54 last night we did have Alaska Air Lounge access so that made for the long wait at SeaTac to go by quickly.

[vms]

Thank you for sharing your travels with us! It's less than 2 weeks to my Alaska cruise with HAL and this really whetted my appetite for the adventure.

 

 

[cccole]

@LAFFNVEGAS  I always enjoy your live froms.  Will you be doing a live report from NCL Bliss in November?  I would love to see the ship and all that you enjoy about NCL.  Thank you for always letting us join you on a HAL cruise.  Cherie

[LAFFNVEGAS]

I will probably not do one on Cruise Critic, only because I am not active on the NCL board like I am on the HAL board. Plus it is just different over there. The HAL board is home, been hanging around here for 20+ years 😄 I will however be reporting into my FB everyday and doing the What's for Dinner. Then in January, actually January 29th we fly to Heathrow and are doing a 3 night land tour of the UK through NCL then doing a 13 day Trans Atlantic on the NCL Bliss.

[hummingbird_206]

Wrong thread

Edited September 13 by hummingbird_206

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

Thanks for sharing.

[lcand1923]

14 hours ago, LAFFNVEGAS said:

I will probably not do one on Cruise Critic, only because I am not active on the NCL board like I am on the HAL board. Plus it is just different over there. The HAL board is home, been hanging around here for 20+ years 😄 I will however be reporting into my FB everyday and doing the What's for Dinner. Then in January, actually January 29th we fly to Heathrow and are doing a 3 night land tour of the UK through NCL then doing a 13 day Trans Atlantic on the NCL Bliss.

 

I know there are all sorts of restrictions about mentioning FB here on CC, but would really like to read your opinions about NCL.  (I find your opinions clear and unbiased.)  That cruise line has just started cruising near to my home and it would be great to not have to fly to get on a cruise ship.

 

Can you give us some hints about finding you on FB?

[LAFFNVEGAS]

5 hours ago, lcand1923 said:

 

I know there are all sorts of restrictions about mentioning FB here on CC, but would really like to read your opinions about NCL.  (I find your opinions clear and unbiased.)  That cruise line has just started cruising near to my home and it would be great to not have to fly to get on a cruise ship.

 

Can you give us some hints about finding you on FB?

You can do a search of my user name LAFFNVEGAS and a bunch of my previous travel posts come up.

[lcand1923]

I couldn’t get a hit on your user name, but finally found you and sent a FRIEND REQUEST.  

[Cruise Junky]

On 8/31/2024 at 8:48 PM, LAFFNVEGAS said:

We are all stuffed. Tom had the Shrimp Cocktail, and Candy Bacon, then the Pork Chop and ended with Chocolate Soufflé, Marcia had the Caesar Salad and Shrimp Cocktail and the Lamb with Baked Potato and dessert of Strawberry Sorbet.
I had to he Caesar Salad and Shrimp Cocktail, I asked about the Scallops and they always tell me they are small not Jumbo so ordered the NY Steak with my 1/2 of a Baked potato but it does cost me with two large onion rings. Then I ordered Creme Brulee. Then our server brought us out an order of the Scallops with the Cauliflower Risotto. The Risotto was very good and the Scallops were better than I expected and may definitely order them next time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m amazed at the different presentation between ships. This was Koningsdam last week. You got ripped off on Bacon or had you already eaten a piece?😂😂

 

Edited September 13 by Cruise Junky