canadianbear

I have no idea but I purchased 2 on our South Pacific cruise when I ordered flowers for our cabin as we were on for 35 days.  I also ordered 2 for friends on the ship.  I found it difficult to decide which vase as they were all so pretty! 

Bon Voyage & have a great birthday!

Always look forward to all the information you provide.

Have a great time…enjoy researching the cookies! 

Great cruises-have fun & Bon Voyage to all! 

Just now, kazu said:

It is really weird.  Never had bad ones before no matter the length of the cruise.

 

I think she was doing them in oil originally.

 

 

 

I hope she changes the way they’re made now.  We love escargot.  

That’s so strange about the escargot @kazu 

 Ours  have been great on our November & February cruises. Wonder what they are doing wrong on your ship.  I sure hope the chef figures it out.  

@kazu

That is a sad towel animal.  I take eyes for mine now as I find eyes make them.  I know they don’t use them any longer so I make sure I pack some & bring the eyes home again for our next cruise. This towel animal photo from our last cruise was pretty sad before the eyes were added. 

50 minutes ago, BetsyS. said:

The "suits" in Seattle should realize that this is a very serious problem. They need to do something about it.

Absolutely…no way I’d go to the spa now until we hear how it is resolved for this person. 

14 minutes ago, debway said:

Disappointed that it looks like Moorea Ocean Adventures now only does private boat snorkeling tours and is out of my price range for 2 people!

We used Albert Transport in March.  Cash day of.  Bring own snorkel gear.  

26 minutes ago, Haljo1935 said:

It would be beyond disappointing to be on a ship w/o GDC and have the Crow's Nest closed off each afternoon/evening so I could not get my favorite lattes as being reported on another thread.

That seriously would bite.

I’d be choked too!  Love my fix.  

13 minutes ago, Haljo1935 said:

Mine too! Grand Dutch Cafe is an excellent alternative for lunch and convenient for special coffee.

I think I used my HIA for their lattes more than boozy drinks 😁

8 hours ago, shipmeoff! said:

Most of my HAL time has been on Zaandam so I was a little scared size wise for sure but this has been a great reintroduction…

We were used to the “smaller” ships on HAL and our first time on the Koningsdam was years back when she was fairly new.  I was nervous about getting on such a “large” ship but loved her.  (We had originally been booked on the NA for 21 days but it was charted out so we were switched at no extra cost to the Koningsdam). 
 

We also were on her for 35 days in February and it was excellent.  Totally agree the staff are happy, the food was great including the pay restaurants.  
 

So happy to hear you’re back cruising & enjoying the ship.  My favourite spot is the Dutch Cafe.  

2 minutes ago, ljgordon54 said:

I hate to say it, but black tip shark is a great dinner too!

Just glad none of us was their dinner!

The last couple of times we’ve seen them in Curacao.  I can’t remember the name of the area but basically the fishermen are cleaning their fish at the pier & the turtles are all around there, 

Just now, oakridger said:

Your pictures are getting me so excited to go there but I have to wait until May 2025!!!  I'm happy to look at anything you have videos and pictures of!!  Thank you!

 

~Nancy

 

We loved the cruise-I want to do it again in 2025 (shh…Mr Bear still doesn’t know I have a deposit already down on it!!)   The water is spectacular and we both loved our snorkel excursions.  I’m still in awe of the sharks-I had one coming straight at me & wasn’t quite sure what to do-move or stay-since I had my camera in front of me figured it would hit that first but he veered off! 

@kazu

I am glad you could get reservations again.  I was actually concerned on our 35 day cruise thinking we wouldn’t be able to get several specialty reservations because of people with HIA.  We were pleasantly surprised we could get lots if we wanted. 
 

Guess we are in the minority with you & the bacon.  One and done too. 
 

So happy to hear you have a new table & servers who are great-exactly how they should be.  

I think my husband & I are two of the few that do not like the candied bacon.  We ordered it on our November cruise for the first time.  The waiter brought 2 orders (we only ordered 1) and our friends loved it but we didn’t.

Shhh…don’t say the lunch at Pinnacle is the best bargain or HAL will raise the price again!

Totally agree though-we hadn’t had lunch there in a very long time but treated our friends in November when we were on the Eurodam.  The food & service were top notch.  We also had lunch when on the Koningsdam in the Pinnacle on our South Pacific cruise in February and prefer lunch to the supper.  
 

@kazu

What a shame about your dinner being sub par.  Our escargot on our recent cruise was delicious & we had it several times.  
 

We had late dining & our waiters were fantastic.  I hope you will report to maître de or do a report on the App.  Do you think the waiter maybe was sea sick?  If not he has no excuse. 
 

Raiatea I think was my favourite snorkel excursion.  Hope my video works.  

@BermudaBound2014
Videos so far are great!  Wish we could have done them from the ship-you had premium & it still didn’t work right? 

@kazu

 I am so glad you enjoyed staying at the Riverside hotel-it has been our go to when we cruise from Ft Lauderdale.  The front desk staff are wonderful-when our flight got cancelled in November & we had booked 3 nights but didn’t get there so stayed only 2, they didn’t charge us for the night we missed.  Not sure if it’s because we’ve stayed there several times in the past or if it’s just their great customer service.  

13 minutes ago, ellbelle said:

@kazu I made note of Riverside Hotel you happened to mention in a thread a while ago and after reading reviews we ditched our pay with points hotel and rebooked Riverside for 2 nights before our cruise last year. We were extremely happy with the location and nearby restaurants, easy Uber to Publix for last minute supplies, we plan to stay again next year. Thank you!

 

P.S. Hope your foot is on the mend!

We always stay at the Riverside when cruising out of Fort Lauderdale.  Love the location.  Close to restaurants, water taxi stop, Starbucks, a pastry store right across the street and more.  We try to go a few days early as I enjoy their pool as well with bar service right there.  We were there one year just before Christmas and they had Las Olas Blvd closed for vehicle traffic for several blocks with Christmas market & entertainment right near the hotel. Was so nice walking there with no traffic. 

Bon Voyage!  Your friend and you will treasure your time together.  Probably lots of laughs & quite a few drinks! 

We also listed all our ports even if we didn’t get off the ship.