Navybikermom

I have never used the luggage tags since I carry my own suitcase on and off myself. So far I’ve never needed them to show anyone.

I was able to get the menu working today - yay! Now I know what’s for dinner tonight 😉

I saw a horror movie once where a guy had a mental breakdown and stuck his hands in one…. that’s what was on my mind the first few times I used the hand washers! 😣

I was a bit creeped out the first time I used them, but then I got over it. I put my hands in too far once and could feel the swirling mechanism at the bottom, but it wasn’t like the blades of a food disposal so I was quite relieved ☺️. I love using them now - much nicer than sticky, wet, smelly hand sanitizer.

I have been on both those ships and prefer the Zaandam. I thought the NA was not laid out well at all, with the Exploration Cafe way up in the Crow’s Nest. Zaandam has the cafe/lounge in the promenade deck area, where all the other venues are. It has a great library in it, with those great views and puzzles. The Explorer’s Lounge across the passageway is where there was a classical duo most nights (Jan. last year), and the Ocean Bar had a great band that played in the evenings. I can’t speak to the Neptune suite, but the Zaandam did get the new interactive TVs when I was last on her, so it’s probably nicer than what the video shows, unless it was taken very recently. I don’t recall how good the pizza was on Zaandam, but it did have a taco bar in the Lido pool area (across from Dive In) that was quite good. HAL is experimenting with “pop-up” restaurants for the ships that don’t have them, so there’s a good chance that there might be a Tamarind pop-up. if I had my druthers, I’d sail on the Zaandam over the Nieuw Amsterdam any day.

Thank you! This will be my first time on a Pinnacle ship, so I shall post my observations at the end. ☺️ It will be a shock to my system going from temps in the humid 80’s (F) to the blustery 50’s and 60’s… 🥶. That’s why we left Michigan - too cold and dreary.

I will be there next week. What webcam are you viewing?

No ads on my iPad, using Safari, no 3rd party ad blockers although the Safari settings shows the pop-up blocker is on (Settings - Safari - Block Pop-ups). You could try deleting cookies by going to Settings - Safari - Clear History and Website Data. If you’re using a different browser, the process is similar.

That explains why they don’t work now. Someone did some backend updating and broke it 😡. Thankfully, @VMax1700 has been kind enough to post the ones on his cruise so at least I can see what’s for dinner next week!

Thank you - I will order more! 😁

I miss the Adagio… 😢

Ooooh I love the second one. Decided I need it for my next cruise 😁. Just wish it had pockets. Why do they hardly ever put decent pockets in women’s clothes? 🤔

Thank you for posting the menus. I’m seeing some interesting new items that I can’t wait to try on the Rotterdam next week. I saw baba ghanoush on there…. my favorite! 🥰

I guess it depends on what you’re doing. I logged into it just now using Edge on my tablet and was able to access my current booking and view shore excursions. I use a travel agent, so I’ve never had the experience of trying to book anything.

I’m not a big fan of stroopwafels but I can’t wait to try one of those Bosche bols on my upcoming Rotterdam cruise! They look awfully big though…