Christmas & new year's menues

[RDMOREU]

We will be on a cruise on the Marina in Dec. 2013. On Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve - we'll be cruising the Chilean Fjords; on Dec. 25 - Christmas Day - we'll be in Puerto Chacabucco, Chile 8am to 4pm; on Dec. 26, we'll be in Puerto Montt, Chile 9am to 6pm

 

Would the main dining room be the one with the most 'Christmasy' menu; if so, which day?

 

What about the other restaurants?

 

(The cruise ends before New Years - Dec. 28 - in Valpariso, Chile; but, we'll stay on for a couple of days in one of Oceania's chosen hotels; any advice on restaurants?)

 

Thanks for any help; we've sailed the old R ships when Renaissance existed, but this will be our first time with Oceania. We're really looking forward to this cruise!!!!!

 

Dolores & Rafael

[JimandStan]

We will be on a cruise on the Marina in Dec. 2013. On Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve - we'll be cruising the Chilean Fjords; on Dec. 25 - Christmas Day - we'll be in Puerto Chacabucco, Chile 8am to 4pm; on Dec. 26, we'll be in Puerto Montt, Chile 9am to 6pm

 

Would the main dining room be the one with the most 'Christmasy' menu; if so, which day?

 

What about the other restaurants?

 

(The cruise ends before New Years - Dec. 28 - in Valpariso, Chile; but, we'll stay on for a couple of days in one of Oceania's chosen hotels; any advice on restaurants?)

 

Thanks for any help; we've sailed the old R ships when Renaissance existed, but this will be our first time with Oceania. We're really looking forward to this cruise!!!!!

 

Dolores & Rafael

 

Being an American based Cruise Line, Oceania would consider December the 25th to be the appropriate day for any type of Christmas festivities which may be offered, however, aside from the gorgeous holiday decorations throughout the ship(s), Oceania really doesn't go in for "themed celebrations".

 

Typically, there will be ham or turkey entree's offered in the Grand Dining Room (even Goose if the right quality birds can be obtained), but that is about it for the Holly and the Ivy.

 

The menus in the Specialty Restaurants are static, so unless a holiday item is offered as an -EXTREMELY RARE- "nightly special", holiday items are usually restricted to the Dining Room and the Buffet restaurant.

[Mura]

We loved Santiago when we were there but that was in 2001 so any restaurant recommendations probably would not be very helpful!

 

But do NOT miss the Cousino Palace (there's a tilde over the "n"), Neruda's house or the Precolumbian Art Musuem. Santiago is a wonderful city.

 

Mura

[Tansy Mews]

Good suggestion about the pre-Colombian museum but unfortunately for me, it is closed until 2013. Should work for the OP though

http://www.precolombino.cl/

[RDMOREU]

Thank you, JimandStan, Mura and Tansy Mews! We really appreciate your responses.

 

Dolores & Rafael

[Jancruz]

Being an American based Cruise Line, Oceania would consider December the 25th to be the appropriate day for any type of Christmas festivities which may be offered, however, aside from the gorgeous holiday decorations throughout the ship(s), Oceania really doesn't go in for "themed celebrations".

 

Typically, there will be ham or turkey entree's offered in the Grand Dining Room (even Goose if the right quality birds can be obtained), but that is about it for the Holly and the Ivy.

 

The menus in the Specialty Restaurants are static, so unless a holiday item is offered as an -EXTREMELY RARE- "nightly special", holiday items are usually restricted to the Dining Room and the Buffet restaurant.

 

Even on Thanksgiving..food is more like European..Turkey was wonderful but stuffing, and cranberries tho delicious were not like at the family table..

Jancruz1

[RDMOREU]

Even on Thanksgiving..food is more like European..Turkey was wonderful but stuffing, and cranberries tho delicious were not like at the family table..

Jancruz1

 

Thank you for your response!

[travelglobetrotter]

We were on Regatta for Thanksgiving this year, and Toscana offered a traditional Thanksgiving dinner option. Probably Polo also did, and maybe the MDR as well. Marlene

[Mura]

Off topic perhaps, but I had Danish friends at my Thanksgiving table this year and they could not get enough of my homemade cranberry sauce ... I usually have a fair amount left over (generally we are 6-7 people, but this year we were 8).

 

I had virtually nothing left over ...

 

This comment was triggered by Jan's reference to "more European food".

 

Mura