Krazy Kruizers
March 23rd, 2005, 03:27 PM
Color - gold patterned carpet. Sofa and 2 chairs were orange with a blue swirl. There wasn't any swath to cover the white duvet. Instead one of the old twin size bedspreads was placed over the bottom of the bed.
Dressing room lights - I am used to 2 switches to turn on the lights in this area. On this ship there was only 1 for everything. Can't remember how they were on the Zaandam.
Living room lights. The lamp light on the stand beside the sofa closest to the verandah is also on the same switch as the enclosed light in the case at the end of the sofa.
Kleenex box in the dressing room is covered with a plastic marble toned cover. Had the same thing on the Statendam. Better than looking at a paper box.
Shampoo/Conditioner were downsized the first 10 days. We had 2 oz bottles. Even the lotion was a 2 oz bottle. At least we started off with 2 of everything. After using a 3rd 2 oz bottle of shampoo we got the 4 oz bottles.
We had plenty of towels - 4 -6 bath towels everyday.
Besides the old hair dryer in the bathroom, there was a new one in the dressing room drawer. Both were powerful. This was the first time in a long time that the bathroom dryer was actually powerful.
The verandah furniture has seen better days. Both lounge chairs and 3 of the chairs at the table had white paint splattered on them. All of the furniture is badly chipped. One lounge chair was broken.
On the first 10 days of our cruise, nearly every day the Lido windows were washed at 6 AM and the water came down onto the verandahs and lay in pools most of the day. There wasn't an extra carpet mat in the room by the door to absorb the water as you came in from the verandah. Therefore the main carpet by the door remained soaked the first 10 days. The second 10 days the verandah was only cleaned twice.
Neptune Lounge - there wasn't any cheese or plain yogurt available for breakfast. The muesli was the worst - very milky and hardly any fruit (it was the same in the Lido). At lunch time there weren't any chicken wraps like we have gotten on other ships.
The ocean side of the plexi-glass railing on our verandah was never cleaned in our 20 days aboard the ship.
The suite cocktail party for both segments was held from 7:15 - 8:15 in the Neptune Lounge. All the hot appetizers were brought out at 8 after the majority of the people had left. This happened both times.
The suite buffet was held the last sea day at 12:30 in the Explorer's Lounge. Appetizers were served with our cocktails before we went through the buffet line. They had raw shrimp, deviled eggs, more appetizers, rolls, butter, luncheon meats, little sandswiches like we get in the Neptune lounge, fried shrimp, chicken sate', sumatra beef, chateaubriand, various sauces, caviar, cheeses, various desserts including marzapan, and crepes suzettes. The menu was the same both times. This was one of the best buffets that we have had.
At the end of the second segment, we discovered that the Neptune Lounge had mixed nuts. They were hidden in a cupboard and you had to ask for them.
Dressing room lights - I am used to 2 switches to turn on the lights in this area. On this ship there was only 1 for everything. Can't remember how they were on the Zaandam.
Living room lights. The lamp light on the stand beside the sofa closest to the verandah is also on the same switch as the enclosed light in the case at the end of the sofa.
Kleenex box in the dressing room is covered with a plastic marble toned cover. Had the same thing on the Statendam. Better than looking at a paper box.
Shampoo/Conditioner were downsized the first 10 days. We had 2 oz bottles. Even the lotion was a 2 oz bottle. At least we started off with 2 of everything. After using a 3rd 2 oz bottle of shampoo we got the 4 oz bottles.
We had plenty of towels - 4 -6 bath towels everyday.
Besides the old hair dryer in the bathroom, there was a new one in the dressing room drawer. Both were powerful. This was the first time in a long time that the bathroom dryer was actually powerful.
The verandah furniture has seen better days. Both lounge chairs and 3 of the chairs at the table had white paint splattered on them. All of the furniture is badly chipped. One lounge chair was broken.
On the first 10 days of our cruise, nearly every day the Lido windows were washed at 6 AM and the water came down onto the verandahs and lay in pools most of the day. There wasn't an extra carpet mat in the room by the door to absorb the water as you came in from the verandah. Therefore the main carpet by the door remained soaked the first 10 days. The second 10 days the verandah was only cleaned twice.
Neptune Lounge - there wasn't any cheese or plain yogurt available for breakfast. The muesli was the worst - very milky and hardly any fruit (it was the same in the Lido). At lunch time there weren't any chicken wraps like we have gotten on other ships.
The ocean side of the plexi-glass railing on our verandah was never cleaned in our 20 days aboard the ship.
The suite cocktail party for both segments was held from 7:15 - 8:15 in the Neptune Lounge. All the hot appetizers were brought out at 8 after the majority of the people had left. This happened both times.
The suite buffet was held the last sea day at 12:30 in the Explorer's Lounge. Appetizers were served with our cocktails before we went through the buffet line. They had raw shrimp, deviled eggs, more appetizers, rolls, butter, luncheon meats, little sandswiches like we get in the Neptune lounge, fried shrimp, chicken sate', sumatra beef, chateaubriand, various sauces, caviar, cheeses, various desserts including marzapan, and crepes suzettes. The menu was the same both times. This was one of the best buffets that we have had.
At the end of the second segment, we discovered that the Neptune Lounge had mixed nuts. They were hidden in a cupboard and you had to ask for them.