hallux Posted September 8, 2022 #26 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Interesting to see that NCL has taken some of the criticism of Q as a specialty venue and moved it to be included in the food hall (even if the selection is pared down some). While the food was good at Q on the Bliss, I just can't justify using a dining credit to eat there as it was reasonably-priced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karaboudjan Posted September 8, 2022 #27 Share Posted September 8, 2022 3 hours ago, ColdCruise said: I don't think there were any DIY options in the Indulge Food Hall (deck 8 ), that is set up as a food truck or small take away concept. You will probably only find a salad bar in the Surfside Cafe (deck 17) and that was pretty basic the day I looked. The Indulge paper menus look very disposable. Do the offerings change at all from day to day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare laudergayle Posted September 8, 2022 #28 Share Posted September 8, 2022 On 9/6/2022 at 5:06 PM, ColdCruise said: Wine Menu at Hudson’s (MDR) - dinner menu is basically the same at both MDRs for duration of cruise, will post later. Wine Steward said they were out of the #236 Sauvignon Blanc & #456 Malbec Hmmm, I only see 1 choice for Premium Plus by the bottle. That is very disappointing. @BirdTravelsrecently posted wine lists from the Breakaway and there were several choices which included bubbly, white and red. Hopefully this a just a temporary supply chain issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PistolPete13 Posted September 8, 2022 #29 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Thank you for posting this live review! Looking forward to following along. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted September 8, 2022 Author #30 Share Posted September 8, 2022 4 hours ago, ConnieTact said: I hope Surfside cafe will be okay for us. Thanks for info. How are you getting along with same menus in dining room and I guess it’s the same menus in Indulge too….is it monotonous? Ww haven’t duplicated a meal yet, even without using the specialty restaurants i think theres enough variety for a 7-10 day cruise easily. - MDR menu although the sane every day its different for lunch and dinner - Indulge different menu for lunch & dinner (although again its the same dinners all the time and the lunch us the same) - The Local (similar to O’Sheehans) - SURFSIDE - i think I’m missing another included restaurant With FAS, you'd get at least 1 specialty to add variety. Even for someone who wants to watch their budget, there are reasonably priced options at Los Lobos. And the pizza at Onda was under $20, so thats a low cost option. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted September 8, 2022 Author #31 Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, hallux said: Interesting to see that NCL has taken some of the criticism of Q as a specialty venue and moved it to be included in the food hall (even if the selection is pared down some). While the food was good at Q on the Bliss, I just can't justify using a dining credit to eat there as it was reasonably-priced. I’d agree with that - I’m also finding it hard to justify a dining credit on Los Lobos given the offerings & prices now that we’ve dined there. Edited September 8, 2022 by ColdCruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ConnieTact Posted September 8, 2022 #32 Share Posted September 8, 2022 1 minute ago, ColdCruise said: Ww haven’t duplicated a meal yet, even without using the specialty restaurants i think theres enough variety for a 7-10 day cruise easily. Even for someone who wants to watch their budget, there are reasonably priced options at Los Lobos. And the pizza at Onda was under $20, so thats a low cost option. All good info to know. Good that lunch and evening meals are different. I also looked at a couple of videos of Surfside and that offers plenty of choice too. So I’m happier about the sound of the total food offering now. We have 6 specialities and 6 normal days so should be fine but may opt to pay for one of the others if we fancy it once onboard. Thanks again for sharing your inside knowledge! what has been your favourite meal so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted September 8, 2022 Author #33 Share Posted September 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Karaboudjan said: The Indulge paper menus look very disposable. Do the offerings change at all from day to day? Same dinner menu and same lunch menu. The paper menus are only outside, in the inside tables theres an iPad tyoe tablet you order from. Outside you tell the server snd they put it into a tablet they have. One guy said it’s do they devices don’t go overboard. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted September 8, 2022 Author #34 Share Posted September 8, 2022 25 minutes ago, ConnieTact said: All good info to know. Good that lunch and evening meals are different. I also looked at a couple of videos of Surfside and that offers plenty of choice too. So I’m happier about the sound of the total food offering now. We have 6 specialities and 6 normal days so should be fine but may opt to pay for one of the others if we fancy it once onboard. Thanks again for sharing your inside knowledge! what has been your favourite meal so far? Onda - superb! That is our specialty repeat.. just for the pizza (altho the whole menu is enticing) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ConnieTact Posted September 8, 2022 #35 Share Posted September 8, 2022 15 minutes ago, ColdCruise said: Onda - superb! That is our specialty repeat.. just for the pizza (altho the whole menu is enticing) I think that will be our fave too. We loved it on the Encore and it sounds like it’s rolled out well onto the Prima too! 👍🍕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 8, 2022 #36 Share Posted September 8, 2022 On 9/6/2022 at 4:42 PM, ColdCruise said: Lunch at Indulge Food Hall - great outdoor seating, food hit or miss (per our selections). Lunch Menu Wow, I think that I could make a really nice meal every day just at this one area!... I can't wait to check it out for myself in February. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted September 8, 2022 Author #37 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Lunch on Day 2 was a quickie at Surfside due to our stay in the Spa. The buffet only spans one side, with the grill area on the aft. Some folks may find it smaller than other NCL ships, but the space was well used. heres a sampling of our choices that day: mini pretzel pizzas excellent hot & sour soup very good desserts 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted September 8, 2022 Author #38 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Frittered away the rest of the afternoon doing nothing in particular but looking at the ship and unpacking. That prepared us for dinner at Los Lobos : average margarita, better spicy margarita Unfortunately the fat juicy shrimp was very tasty but came out undercooked twice . The chef was sweetly apologetic and offered to butterfly those big biys and they came out cooked enough to enjoy. I also ordered an Elote as a side, which came on the cob. Server offered to de-cob it (us that a word?), which saved my teeth from corn silk flossing. Unfortunately the corn was not fresh and had already turned starchy. The quac was amazingly good and definitely a shareable size. The steak fajitas were also very good. We finished with tres leches cake (very moist) and churros, which was a stack if 6 churros formed into ⭕️ - definitely shareable and a highlight 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted September 8, 2022 Author #39 Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) A glass half full Edited September 8, 2022 by ColdCruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted September 8, 2022 Author #40 Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) IMG_7212.MOV IMG_7212.MOV That crazy bear 🐻- playing tricks with my photos! We finished the day with the Donna Summer Musical in the theater. Sorry, no photos out of respect for the rules of the house. However it might show up on youtube or other video sharing site as I saw at least 1 man recording from row 2. The show was fantastic - the 3 leads ( representing 11 yo, 20-something and mature Donna) had great voices and the rest of the crew worked so hard in multiple roles to put on this great show. The 10-day cruise had 3 showings, including 1 PG-13 matinee. After the show, crew kicked us out to transform the seating area into a disco, which opened an hour later. seats folded up a la highschool gym style Some people attended in 70s era style… this might replace the white party as the must attend cruise party 😉 and some great moves happening on the floor IMG_7212.MOV Edited September 8, 2022 by ColdCruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted September 8, 2022 Author #41 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Day 3 …. And a port day (kind of) our Daily Freestyle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted September 8, 2022 Author #42 Share Posted September 8, 2022 12 minutes ago, ColdCruise said: Day 3 …. And a port day (kind of) From having a long port day, our stop in Kiel was whittled down to 4 hours … at night. Anyone who’s spent much time in Germany is aware things of touristic interest are closed by 5, maybe 6, rarely 7. So our time in Kiel really only left time to walk the dark streets or eat/drink. By a stroke of luck, there were 2 brauhaus a 10 minute walk from Ostseekai, where Prima docked. NCL cancelled all excursions when they made the port times change, then apparently added in a handful of options a couple days before porting. The revised excursions consisted of 2 brewery tours with beer (or bier) tastings (2.5 hr $99) and 2 walking tours of the downtown (1.5 or 2 hr, $79 & $99, resp.). Too much money to do in the dark w sites closed fir my pocket. We took the short stroll downtown and had dinner and some local brew at the Kieler Brauerei, finishing our meal as the first if the Brewery tour groups arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted September 8, 2022 Author #43 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Some Brauerei photos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare ColdCruise Posted September 8, 2022 Author #45 Share Posted September 8, 2022 If anyone could explain why CruiseCritic suddenly, today, started randomly uploading photos upside down, I’d appreciate it! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kierste Posted September 8, 2022 #46 Share Posted September 8, 2022 We saw Purple Sundaze on the Dawn this summer… that girl has got pipes! Hoping they will still be on the ship come February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
more2sea Posted September 8, 2022 #47 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Thank you so much for a great detailed review! Verry helpful. Wondering about Latitude reward coupon. Which restaraunts are paired as choices. Really enjoying "sailing" along with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted September 8, 2022 Author #48 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Now I’m jumping back to earlier in Day 3. Since we were not arriving in Kiel till evening and no longer picking up a rental car for a day of exploration , we decided to participate in the 2 wine tasting events ($22 per person per event) scheduled in Palomar. The late morning tasting was a wine and cheese pairing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted September 8, 2022 Author #49 Share Posted September 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, more2sea said: Thank you so much for a great detailed review! Verry helpful. Wondering about Latitude reward coupon. Which restaraunts are paired as choices. Really enjoying "sailing" along with you. @more2sea (great moniker, btw!) see my posts #20&21 on page 1 for details on how the Latitude program has played out so far this cruise. We’re Platinum, so YMMV. thanks for “sailing” with us 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted September 8, 2022 Author #50 Share Posted September 8, 2022 13 minutes ago, Kierste said: We saw Purple Sundaze on the Dawn this summer… that girl has got pipes! Hoping they will still be on the ship come February. Definitely a versatile singer! I’ll see if i can find out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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