Koningsdam Lido Buffet Hours

[pamps2801]

The open hours in the Lido Buffet are Absolutely Ridiculous. Breakfast closes at 10am…lunch till 2:00pm…Dinner till 8:00pm. Compared to Princess which are as follows..Breakfast till 11:30am…Lunch till 3:30pm….Dinner till 10:00pm. We’re on vacation, and eating later is what we look forward to. It’s enough of a reason to cruise with Princess instead. Holland America, get it together, or else people will start cruising with other lines. 

[CruiserBruce]

HAL is doing just fine. If their Lido hours don't suit you, that is fine, it is personnel preference, not some sort of requirement.

[kazu]

Dining room and all specialty (except Dive In) restaurants are open until 9.

 

New York Deli and Pizza are open until 11:30 pm and Lido re-opens at 10:30 pm for an hour.  And New Deli has an express breakfast until 11 am.

 

And Lido has select stations open from 2 - 4 pm.  Not quite as limited as the OP makes it sound.

 

I’m on the ship and haven’t gone hungry yet 😉 

 

 

[pamps2801]

Holland America is attempting to attract the younger age demographic with Music venues( B.B King … etc). The majority of the Younger age demographics, do not eat early. Other cruise lines have recognized this, and have made changes. The buffet hours being one of those changes. It isn’t a requirement, it’s simply good management decisions, which is lacking.

[pamps2801]

3 minutes ago, kazu said:

Dining room and all specialty (except Dive In) restaurants are open until 9.

 

New York Deli and Pizza are open until 11:30 pm and Lido re-opens at 10:30 pm for an hour.  And New Deli has an express breakfast until 11 am.

 

And Lido has select stations open from 2 - 4 pm.  Not quite as limited as the OP makes it sound.

 

I’m on the ship and haven’t gone hungry yet 😉 

 

 

Not everyone wants a burger or pizza or cheese and crackers when the buffet is closed. After coming back from shore excursions, all that is open is just that. People want a meal. We were on Koningsdam for 2 weeks at the beginning of December. Others have complained about the buffet hours in separate cruise blogs. These buffet hours are an issue that Holland America needs to address, as other cruise lines have done. Accommodate the passengers or they won’t come back. It’s as simple as that.

[carmen3500]

I totally agree with you. It's completely insane coming back from a Shore Excursion and finding just the Burgers open. Remember, not all the HAL fleet has a New York Deli Pizza available, so it's just a burger! And mostly all the shore excursions finish after 2PM.