Does the Oosterdam have a Rolling Sone Lounge?

[gailellen12]

Several events on my upcoming cruise are listed for this location which is supposed to be on deck 2. I didn’t see it🤷

[gailellen12]

Correction. Rolling Stone lounge.  🥴

[VMax1700]

No it does not.  Rolling Stone Rock Room is only on Pinnacle class ships (Rotterdam, Nieuw Statendam, Koningsdam)

[gailellen12]

I wonder why they list certain events for the Oosterdam June  1 Cruise as being in the Rolling Stone lounge🥴 deck 2 

[VMax1700]

We get on the cruise after you (June 13th) and our itinerary is still only showing 'casino' events, although Speciality and MDR reservations are showing ok.

(we are not on a casino rate!)

 

[Chewbecca]

A post on FB from someone on the most recent Oosterdam cruise confirmed BB Kings is replaced by the Rolling Stone lounge.

[gailellen12]

1 hour ago, Chewbecca said:

A post on FB from someone on the most recent Oosterdam cruise confirmed BB Kings is replaced by the Rolling Stone lounge.

Thanks. Good to know

[MISTER 67]

12 minutes ago, gailellen12 said:

Thanks. Good to know

Wow, we love BB Kings, I wonder if this going to be a new policy replacing BB Kings on all the ships.

[CruiserBruce]

28 minutes ago, MISTER 67 said:

Wow, we love BB Kings, I wonder if this going to be a new policy replacing BB Kings on all the ships.

No. On the Pinnacle class ships, there are separate Rolling Stone and BB King clubs.

[MISTER 67]

10 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

No. On the Pinnacle class ships, there are separate Rolling Stone and BB King clubs.

My bad, I knew that, the question should have been are they going to replace the BB Kings on all the Vista and Signature Class ships? 

[rkacruiser]

12 hours ago, Chewbecca said:

A post on FB from someone on the most recent Oosterdam cruise confirmed BB Kings is replaced by the Rolling Stone lounge.

 

I think that is a promising development for entertainment.  For the Vista Class ships, why not have alternate evenings of BB KIng and the Rolling Stone Lounge?  

[VMax1700]

19 hours ago, Chewbecca said:

A post on FB from someone on the most recent Oosterdam cruise confirmed BB Kings is replaced by the Rolling Stone lounge.

So no BBK?  wow.  That is very disappointing.  I much prefer BBK to RSRR.  

[AFNavigator]

15 hours ago, rkacruiser said:

 

I think that is a promising development for entertainment.  For the Vista Class ships, why not have alternate evenings of BB KIng and the Rolling Stone Lounge?  

Maybe another HAL cost cutting measure?  Rock Room bands: about 5 members; BB King's bands: about 8 members.

Another possibility is HAL analyzed the revenue from each venue and found the Rock Room crowd buys more drinks.  Just speculating...

I personally like the blues club better.  Rock is great but I could hang out in the BB Kings lounge all night.

[Chewbecca]

They would need to have two bands on board to cover both the blues and rock sets.

 

I’m more disappointed about the loss of ATK in that venue.

[VMax1700]

I have just looked at the latest edition of the 'Ships at a glance' chart on the website and indeed Oosterdam and Noordam no longer have BB Kings Blues Clubs but have 'Rolling Stone Rock Lounge' (not 'Rolling Stone Rock Room' as on Pinnacle class ships).

Apologies to @gailellen12for the earlier posted incorrect information.

 

 

 

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[Horizon chaser 1957]

40 minutes ago, VMax1700 said:

I have just looked at the latest edition of the 'Ships at a glance' chart on the website and indeed Oosterdam and Noordam no longer have BB Kings Blues Clubs but have 'Rolling Stone Rock Lounge' (not 'Rolling Stone Rock Room' as on Pinnacle class ships).

Apologies to @gailellen12for the earlier posted incorrect information.

 

 

 

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It also shows Zuiderdam with the Rolling Stone Rock Lounge and no BB King’s. When we were on her a month ago, BB King’s was the big event. I guess that’s just changed over.

[rkacruiser]

8 hours ago, AFNavigator said:

I personally like the blues club better.  Rock is great but I could hang out in the BB Kings lounge all night.

 

In my experience the BB King's group often played a variety of music.  Blues dominated, of course, but, there was some rock thrown played as well.  And, then, there was some music played that I am unsure in which genre it fits.  (Example:  Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive.  When that was played by this group on Rotterdam VI, the dance floor was packed.  And, I was there as well)  

[Tucson Traveler]

Copied over from a board that was talking about this for Zuiderdam... same principle. That board is

 

We were on the Niew Amsterdam last October (2021) and the ship had BB King's.  It was great the first time we went, bopped around in our seats and sang along to a lot of songs.  Yes, there was a great deal of Motown, but who doesn't love a good Motown song for getting you going.

Here was the problem - the room is not that big and the band had their amps up SO HIGH it was distracting from the music itself.  Loud can be fun until it's painful.  If they had turned the amps down a notch or two, we would have been back a lot more often.  Yes, it got a crowd and it's the ONLY place on the ship that people can dance. 

Hopefully when we're on the Oosterdam in December for the SA/Antarctica 22-day cruise Rolling Stone's Lounge will be running smoothly.  Agree, no Top 40 - just good classic choices that most people know the words to.

PS - Neither venue is showing on the ship information pages for the Oosterdam.  Made me come looking here to see if they're doing away with both.

[Tucson Traveler]

All in all we are looking forward to our 22-days on the Oosterdam and seeing the Antarctic before it melts.  We'll try any and all music venues with open minds.