1st time on HAL sailing Westerdam...

[Ellura]

Hello HAL fans! My father just booked a trip on the Westerdam for a family vacation. I have sailed Princess and Carnival. My father LOVES HAL and it looks like I will spoiled after this trip.

 

 

Tell me your favorite thing about the Westerdam. Are there any special things I may have not seen in my researching?

[PathfinderEss]

Love the Crows Nest and the taco bar. Hope you have a great cruise.

[jaguarstyper]

One of my favorite places is the Seaview bar and pool area. Roberto is my favorite bartender. I hope he is there in December.

[Alberta Quilter]

I haven't been on the Westerdam (yet) but there is something called Chocolate Seduction where they sell chocolates and may have chocolate drinks. It's on Deck 3 forward of the Digital Workshop, near the Hudson & Half Moon rooms. It doesn't seem to show on the deck plans, but someone on a recent cruise told me where it was.

 

Go to the bottom of this thread: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2069412&highlight=seduction

Edited August 1, 2014 by Alberta Quilter

[Krazy Kruizers]

We have sailed quite a few times on the Westerdam.

The Chocolate Seduction -- expensive -- very few drinks offered. I asked the bar tender if he could make me a Chocolate Martini -- nope -- only the 3 or 4 listed on the menu.

We went by there quite a few times and hardly anyone was ever there.

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[jaguarstyper]

The only time I've ever seen Chocolate Seduction on Westerdam even remotely busy was when the espresso machine in the Explorations Cafe was broken and they were making specialty coffees there. Painfully slowly, I might add. And the espresso machine in the Explorations Cafe seems to be broken more often than not. Did they ever get that worked out?

[MarElz]

Hello HAL fans! My father just booked a trip on the Westerdam for a family vacation. I have sailed Princess and Carnival. My father LOVES HAL and it looks like I will spoiled after this trip.

 

 

Tell me your favorite thing about the Westerdam. Are there any special things I may have not seen in my researching?

 

When are you going?

[Ellura]

I love chocolate! Thanks for posting. Does anyone have other menus?

 

 

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[Ellura]

Mar,

 

We are going in Jan. 2015.

 

 

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Edited August 3, 2014 by Ellura

[Crew News]

I love chocolate! Thanks for posting. Does anyone have other menus?

 

 

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As requested, here are all of the regular and Specialty Restaurant menus in PDF format that you can save to a pc/tablet:

 

http://www.rogerjett-photography.com/?page_id=908

 

Here is a brief tour of the Westerdam - I will be updating in the next week or so:

 

http://www.rogerjett-photography.com/?page_id=1561

 

Here are the menus for last years 7-day Caribbean cruises on HAL:

 

http://www.rogerjett-photography.com/?page_id=309

 

Hope this will give you an idea of life aboard the Westerdam.

[kazu]

I love chocolate! Thanks for posting. Does anyone have other menus?

 

 

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There are menus of all kinds, sample on locations for different itineraries and other good info as well as cabin and public area pics on HALfacts,com

 

Just click the link in my signature.

 

The general info tab has all the info. The Vista ship tab has the pics.

 

The site is composed of donations by CC members who have been on the ships.