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Hopefully in Rudi's ! We thought that they might have some outstanding seafood being in , and coming from Alaska . 🦀🦞🦐

This thread is about the future of Rudi's and the Pinnacle Gala on the Nieuw Amsterdam ( And other ships ) that have a pop up restaurants . It does not deal with which is better a pop up vs stand alone but rather if the option of these choices will remain available across the fleet and not only on the Pinnacle Class .

We received this E-mail from HAL today . Tue, Sep 6 at 3:12 PM Hi Pat, I believe the ship should be reaching out upon embarkation, but from what we were told anyone booked with Rudi’s Sel de Mer will have the same reservations but in the Pinnacle Grill. This only applies for ship that have Rudi’s as a pop-up night, so the Nieuw Statendam, Rotterdam, and Koningsdam are unaffected by this because its an actual restaurant. Kind regards, Ship Services Coordinator 800.541.1576 ———————— 450 Third Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119 Hollandamerica.com We also received another E-mail that said : Pinnacle Gala and Rudi’s Sel de Mer have both been paused indefinitely.

We booked both the Rudi's and the Pinnacle Gala when we were on our cruise to San Diego via the Panama Canal in April on the Nieuw Amsterdam . The menu for Rudi's was a full menu on day #7 when we were suppose to be in Corinto , Nicaragua . See post # 76 on our review for photos . Our Pinnacle Gala Dinner was also a full menu on day # 18 in Cabo . See post # 178 .

Thanks for the heads up . We just booked both of those days for the Pinnacle Grill at 7 PM . It showed lots of times available . When we booked the Gala last time it only showed 1 time available as the dinner last about 3 hours .

It doesn't make sense to us . We did the Pinnacle Gala on our Spring cruise through the Canal on the Nieuw Amsterdam in April this year . The Inside Cabin did a nice review on it recently on their cruise . https://www.theinsidecabin.com/pinnacle-gala-post-21/

Agreed , we have never heard of Rudi's being on the first night of the cruise . You must know someone ☺️.

We have booked a B2B2B on the Nieuw Amsterdam to Alaska from Vancouver followed by a Vancouver to Ft. Lauderdale and a Ft. Lauderdale to Eastern Caribbean cruise later this month . We booked Rudi's for Alaska and wanted to book them for the other cruises and the Pinnacle Gala for the Panama leg . They are not shown as available at the HAL cruise activities . When we spoke to HAL they didn't know nor did their supervisors if it will become available any time soon . Has anyone else heard anything ?

We had these before the Gala dinner on the Nieuw Amsterdam And the orange Creamsicle

Thank you for sharing your cruise with us . We loved the ports in Scotland , Iceland and Norway . Lerwick - Puffins and ponies Invergordon - Dunrobin Castle Glenmorangie still The Pipe as we leave Scotland Norway

Great grub at the Gala ! Better than the chow at the Mess Hall in the NTC San Diego . 😉

Great for you guys staying ahead of the crowds . We tried but our guide showed up 1/2 an hour late . He did leap frog over Goðafoss and all of the buses but we missed good lighting on the falls in the morning . We went to Namafjall first and thought that we we on the moon . We also went to Dettifoss which is suppose to be the second most powerful waterfall in Europe Further down the river

We didn't think so . The food wasn't that good . It was loud , noisy and looked like a diner with people peering through big spoons on the windows . http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p629/scubax2/HAL/DSC05872_zpskucg3gwn.jpg http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p629/scubax2/HAL/DSC05795%203_zpss5fscvsr.jpg The service was worse . If you have a Neptune Suite you eat eat breakfast here instead of the Pinnacle Grill . We like a variety of specialty restaurants and that's we and our money go .

Super ! We hope that the puffins are there also . Hopefully the babies may be out of the burrows . Most people go to the right hand viewing area for a close view but off to the left is an overlook where you can see them and other birds fishing in the lagoon . Loved Dynjandi . If you have a head net and or midge repellant take it as the midges at the waterfall can be bad . You can see some midges at the end of the video clip and the first guy has a head net on . If you don't have one you may want to get one at the stores near the ports . Myvatn nature baths was much less crowded then the blue lagoon . Have a great trip and were looking forward to seeing and hearing more . ☺️

We enjoyed a nice lunch at the Gullfoss Panorama Restaurant on the Golden Circle near Reyjavik . The lamb soup was good but we liked the Tomato soup better . And the Black Forest Cake was really good . We don't know what you're doing in Seydisfjorour but we had a nice tour and it was the best area to see Puffins up close and we walked to a really nice waterfall very near to the port after lunch . We loved it - enjoy Iceland .

Quick , I've got to go !

Quick , I've got to go !

Yay , and welcome aboard to the cold leg of our Fire and Ice cruise on the NA in Fall of 2022 and thank you for linking the two of them together . Only 2 months to go . 🦥 🐧

Thanks , Oh No - there's never a camera around when you need it . 🐧

Our favorite place to see penguins was in Antarctica where we saw 5 kinds in their natural environment for feeding and breeding . We also saw Whales , Orca and many other types of birds and tons of icebergs and glaciers . Here they are jumping on an iceberg A pod of Orca chasing a penguin The next best was on the Falkland Islands where we saw 3 kinds close up and with babies and eggs . Next best for us as Punta Tombo that also had close encounters with a Guanaco Magdalena Island was a long bumpy ride in a crowed hot boat with lots of people on the island for only about an hour to see 1 type of penguins . Instead we preferred the trip to the beauty of Patagonia with Torres Del Pines from the port of Punta Arenas . Our least favorite was Otway . A very long , crowded ride with the penguins seen at long distance . You may like to look at our full review with lots of photos and videos here :

Is this the devolution of the cruise bags ? Carnival bag from 10 years ago was made of canvas , heavy duty carrying straps and an insulated compartment for 10 cool drinks . This is what our Club Orange Bag looks like for an added cost . Some canvas and smaller . Our recycled plastic bag from our Neptune Suite cruise from Ft. Lauderdale to San Diego in April and the Carnival bag .

We have never booked HAL for entertainment but more so for the ships and cruise itinerary . We did our 10 th cruise with them in April from Port Everglades thru the Panama Canal to San Diego on the Nieuw Amsterdam . While we don't book cruises for the entertainment we were pleasantly surprised on this trip . Robert Neary appeared several times at the Neil Diamond Experience , this time singing Sweet Caroline . A couple of nights later he channeled Elvis . And the BeeGees They also had the Jukebox Rogues who took us back to the West End for a version of the Jersey Boys show that we saw In London years ago . They also sang and danced some Motown , and performed Singing in Rain and Queen's , Bohemian Rhapsody on a different night . We enjoyed the entertainment on this cruise as much as any that we have seen on Princess , Celebrity , Royal Caribbean or Carnival .

Kong on top of the Empire State Building replica in the Neptune Suite lounge .

What to do when you have this view and the Gala dinner on HAL . We love dinner on the balcony We loved our dinner here but our favorite HAL balcony is on the Zuiderdam . We had this room on the Zuiderdam in Iceland and Norway and to the ABC islands . The second video is the sunset in Copenhagen in the same cabin .

What a romantic proposal place The movie that made the Del Coronado a star , Some like it Hot ( Which co-stars Marilyn Monroe , Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon ) is on this evening on TCM @ 8pm .