pkpon

I was wondering if anybody has heard if the Club Orange restaurants on these two ships are going to be refitted to be the same as the one on the Rotterdam.

Having been in CO on both Nieuw Statendam and Rotterdam the difference in decor and ambience is huge. The Rotterdam CO restaurant is lovely while the one on Nieuw Statendam really does feel like you are sitting in someones kitchen. I know the CO restaurants on Koninsdam and Nieuw Statendam  were originally built to be the test kitchens.

I would keep the Hawaiian cruise and add Club Orange for $15pp per night. I have recently just returned from 21 nights on the Rotterdam in Club Orange. The Club Orange restaurant was terrific. You can dine at dinner anytime between 5 and 9pm. The restaurant is also open for breakfast. My only problem is that in future it will steer me towards the Pinnacle Class ships as they are the only ones that have the separate Club Orange restaurant.

 I have sailed on Sky Princess, Discovery Princess’s sister ship. The ship is beautiful but everything is centred around the atrium. There are no nice spaces like the Crow’s Nest where you can relax and just watch the ocean.

Also I found the food better on HAL.
 

I am currently on Rotterdam in Club Orange.

The restaurant has been superb so far in both service and food.

The big problem for me is that it does tend to sway me now for future HAL cruises towards the Pinnacle Class ships with the separate restaurant.

The complimentary hot canapés in the Sky Lounge before dinner.

What baffles me is that the three HAL Pinnacle Class ships all have specifically designed outside single cabins. Admittedly they are not in the best position as they are right at the bow under the theatre. But they are in the original design of the ships so why would Cunard change it?

2 hours ago, VMax1700 said:

What time is it being shown?

I think I can get Channel 5 through 'manual tuning' on my Sky box.

It’s on Friday at 9.00pm.

There is a show in the UK on Channel 5 called ‘Cruising With Susan Calman’.

A new series starts on Friday when she is on Regal Princess. It might be for that show.

Make sure you have the box ticked in your Princess personal account to receive the Princess merchandising emails.

If it is not ticked you will not receive the after cruise survey.

On the Silhouette last October they were showing the Premiere League games live on the Sports24 channel in the cabin. 

They were also showing the NFL American football games on another channel live.

11 minutes ago, Alberta Quilter said:

The NS episode was filmed in the Caribbean in Apr/19, according to a passenger who was on the ship at the time and appears in the episode (and posted in another thread).  The Koningsdam episode was the one filmed in the Norwegian fjords.

Sorry. I got them round the wrong way. Both are good shows and show quite a bit of the ships.

34 minutes ago, Heartgrove said:

If someone did view this show, where was the Nieuw Statendam sailing? We spent 20 days aboard her in Fall 2019. The Koningsdam is the next Pinnacle-class for us in 79 days, and then Rotterdam twice next year including the 150th Anniversary Transatlantic.

If I remember it was the Norwegian Fjords. They also did one on the Koningsdam. All seasons of the show are available in the UK on Discovery Plus.

There is also a UK Channel 5 show called ‘Cruising With Jane McDonald’. Jane did two shows onboard the Noordam on her Australia/New Zealand.cruise. It was very interesting and would be helpful to anyone doing that itinerary.

I was on Silhouette last week.

The Skylounge was lovely and I spent a lot of time up there. As  already stated most of the quizzes were held there. There was also events in the evening the most popular being the ABBA Singalong Party.

The bar did not open officially open till 7.30 in the evening which surprised me. But there was a barman there from about 11.00am to service the outside decks. There was no problem walking up to the bar and getting a drink. During the quizzes they did  have a bar steward walking around the room taking orders.

I was just surprised it was not utilised more especially for pre-dinner drinks.

2 hours ago, t&atravel said:

Do you have “camera” and “photos” enabled in the app settings? 

Yes. Both are enabled.

1 hour ago, sammybonny said:

 

Thanks for the reply.

It won’t even let me take a new security photo. Just get the ‘No data available’ message. Not sure where I am going wrong.

Is the Blue Lane the only option for UK cruises?

When trying to upload the security photo just get the message ‘Data not available. Please try after sometime’. Won’t let me go any further.

How does it compare to Britannia Club on Cunard and Club Orange on HAL?

I think the steak was a sirloin.

It always used to be a big production if you ordered the sirloin with the waiter having to get it signed off by the assistant maitre ‘d. But I noticed last time on the QM2 on November 2019 it was never a problem to order the sirloin.

Slightly off topic but does anybody know why chateaubriand is available from the a la carte menu in Princess Grill on the QM2 but not on QE or QV?

There is a good video tour on YouTube of Rotterdam VI now Fred Olsen’s Borealis.

It looks like she has had quite a big refurbishment with a lot of the original artwork gone.

Hopefully that artwork is now on Rotterdam VII.

In the UK you have to go into your personal account and tick the box saying you would like to receive marketing emails from Princess. 

Not sure if it is the same in the US and Canada.

Cunard has QM2 restarting her cruises  on November 14th from Southampton then back in Southampton on December 10th and 15th.

ABP Southampton has QM2 scheduled  in Southampton on November 12th and 26th. Then December 10th, 15th and 28th.

Is it a mistake by ABP Southampton?

1 hour ago, pkpon said:

Originally I was told $35 a day by my TA after they talked to HAL.

After talking to HAL myself  they confirmed  it should be $15.00 a day for cruises over seven days, $25.00 for under seven days. I believe it is less for the non Pinnacle class ships.

Not sure if it is a limited time promotion or the new pricing. There does seem to be some confusion.

 

Sorry It should be $25 a day for under 14 days ,

$15 a day for over 14 days.

45 minutes ago, KAKcruiser said:

Okay, $15, but still the same question.  Is it a promo only for your cruise or any cruise?  Does it have a promo name or number?  Thanks.

Originally I was told $35 a day by my TA after they talked to HAL.

After talking to HAL myself  they confirmed  it should be $15.00 a day for cruises over seven days, $25.00 for under seven days. I believe it is less for the non Pinnacle class ships.

Not sure if it is a limited time promotion or the new pricing. There does seem to be some confusion.

Thanks for the info. It sounds really nice

Sorry,  It’s $15 a night. Getting confused with another promotion.

I am a bit confused. On the Princess website it says that if you book the same time for dinner every night  you will have the same table and waiters. Is that not more like traditional dining.