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Today;s check-in eliminated the US Immigration folks and substituted another facial recognition scan that took mere seconds. When I get more feedback, I will post here. For the second week in a row, I observed no boarding passes being checked to verify deck numbers..

My:Pinnacle Grill tonight did not mention fresh fish.

Now I am intrigued to find such onion flatbread in New Mexico. I do enjoy Indian fry bread made with green chilies' As a former resident of Germany, brotchen with melted butter, sliced ham and cheese, or a monster bratwurst with kraut, was a major portion of my diet. Perhaps without the center split, they have been hiding in plain sight I will pose the question to a culinary person.

The cookies on board have not reached the soft and chewy levels but are a substantial improvement from the Koningsdam mahogany-like cookies. I owe any HAL knowledge I have accumulated to the CC community members who keep all of us updated with their experiences and the continuing challenge to find answers.

Feel free to post questions here and I will do my best to get answers.

ESPN and ESPN2 are featured channels on the ship TV.

I have confirmed but not yet observed that the onion flatbread is being served for lunch in the Lido Market. Stay tuned for my personal verification. What is a good topping for the bread?

I can report that the Lido chocolate chip cookies are nicely filled with many chocolate chips and chewy. All is again rightt with the world.

I will ask for you.

I will find out and report back.

Surprisingly, the cookies from both the Grand Dutch Cafe and Lido Market were from the same recipe with the higher chocolate chip rate being those from the Lido. Both cookies were difficult to break without excessive force. Using the Rockwell standard for measuring hardness, the penetration of an indenter pf the cookies would be similar to that of mahogany wood. Without using a softening medium, such as milk, both chocolate cookies should have come with a warning label for crown and denture wearers.

This begins a live thread from Alaska May 5-19, 2024. This thread provides the opportunity for those booked, or thinking of booking Alaska, to pose questions to help in their planning. I have just completed seven days in Alaska on the Koningsdam and will be posting information that I have gathered from that experience. The impressions and observations expressed on this thread are my own. Those with differing comments/impressions are encouraged to contribute to better inform those following. I do not usually comment on food as it is very subjective but the hardness of the cookies will be a matter of interest. Since all of my photographs are made in RAW format and require processing, I may not be posting them. I will be posting links to PDF files that are easily uploaded to my website. To those traveling on this cruise, I invite you to post photos, impressions, and observations to help build a more complete snapshot of this Alaska cruise experience. So it begins.

Other links in my signature (lower right) has other menus that are also available to accommodate any dining issues. In addition, any menu item can be adjusted by informing your MDR waiter the night before you will be seated.

As promised: Koningsdam 7-Day Daily Programs Alaska 7-Day MDR Menus Late snack menus will be posted tomorrow as will other Specialty Restaurant menus.

Here is a link to the Indian 7-Day menus: Indian 7-Day Menus