Sharon in AZ

Thank you everyone! See you onboard Jane @lazey1 ⛴⛴⛴

I am surprised that I’m enjoying my inside cabin as much as I am. It’s so nice having it totally dark when I sleep. I have a daily routine and don’t miss a window while getting ready. I definitely get my sea view time when out and about.

Good early afternoon and Happy Saturday from the lovely Volendam. Yesterday was Puerto Vallarta and I did the excursion Bruce @aliaschief did. The Puerto Vallarta Highlights and Cooking Class. It was fantastic. Except for the road. Very very bumpy and I’m not exaggerating. On the way up I actually had to take an extra Bonine. On the way back to the ship our bags of purchases went flying on floor. I’m now calling it the long and windy road. It was very fun and I highly recommend it even if the drive is bumpy. I’ll post pictures later. Time for lunch! It’s rough living life onboard! 😉

For Annie @marshhawk, selection on the Volendam: Just remember it’s only open at sea and not in port.

Not that I’m aware of. It’s in the Lido and lI think you have to reserve it, but not entirely sure. Have to be honest….. I don’t eat very often in the Lido, usually just lunch on port days.

BTW, here is today’s MDR lunch menu. I was going to order the tuna melt but when I saw it at the table next to decided not to. Too much bread. So I got the fish of the day—flounder and it was delicious.

I thought that the Ruben in the MDR for lunch was 100% better than the Ruben I’ve had on the Pinnacle ships at the NY Deli. I ordered a half sandwich with fries and extra sauce.

Good morning and Happy Thursday from the lovely Volendam. Front page of today’s Daily program for King’s Day. Orange Party tonight. More later. Enjoy your day!

I am currently on the Volendam. I frequent the Ocean Bar and there is live music, 3 piece: piano, guitar, drums, and a dance floor. Lots of people dancing. Times are listed in the Daily program. Good music in my opinion. There are other options but I haven’t been to them. Here is the list from the program.

Jacqui @kazu is correct, same lunch menu every sea day including embarkation day. However, they have started adding two “Daily Specials”. Here is today’s menu. I can’t download the menu from embarkation day, internet is too slow right now. But this will give you an idea. IIRC a Ruben sandwich was one of the specials. They repeated it yesterday and I ordered a half sandwich. It was delicious and I’m picky about Rubens.

Good evening from the lovely Volendam. I had a nice relaxing afternoon. Trivia was hard — old pictures of famous people and we had to guess who they are. Our table asked for more of the white wine and I ended up drinking that instead of the red but unfortunately I had already drunk some of the red. Wow Ann!! That’s crazy. We get hail sometimes but the worst is in Eastern Colorado where I grew up. Feel better Jacqui. Hugs to you. Ivan will have a great home with you. PS—I’ve avoided that thread like the plague. I would get too riled up and who needs stress like that? Not me!

Good afternoon and Happy Wednesday from the lovely Volendam at sea today. Like Carolyn @Cruising-along, I had a bad night sleep. I think it was the red wine I drank last night at the Pinnacle Grill Cellar Master dinner. I decided to go at the last minute and sat with two of my trivia friends. I need to remember not to drink red wine. It was very delicious and I am thinking about going to the Canaletto Cellar Master dinner on the 30th. Bruce @aliaschief, oh my goodness I don’t think I could stand it being that cold in my cabin! Laura @TiogaCruiser, I saw pictures of the seafood boil on the HAL fan’s Facebook page. It looked wonderful but way too much food for me. From what was posted everyone raved about it. BTW, I am in the Ocean Bar and just was watching the line dancing. It looked like you were having fun. Debbie @dfish, Happy Happy Birthday!! Enjoy your special day! 🎈🎈🎈 Blessings to all undergoing surgery today. Cheers to everyone celebrating today.

Good afternoon and Happy Tuesday from the lovely Volendam. I’ve been busy on this sea day with many more to come. I’m heading to trivia now so I’ll try to post later. Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to Gerry’s DH @ger_77 !! 🎈🎈🎈 And that the Volendam had a ANZAC service early this morning. Have a great day everyone!

Bon Voyage Jane!! See you onboard! ⛴⛴⛴

Bon Voyage everyone!!⛴⛴⛴

It was 11:30 - 12:30. Longer than a usual sea day MDR lunch.

No, it’s free, although it’s only offered on Sunday’s at sea and I’m still not sure if it’s fleet wide. It does not include wine. The $5 were for the sparkling wine drink specials, like mimosas.

The Sunday Brunch was very good but very big, at least for me. I would definitely do it again but not eat breakfast next time.

Bon Voyage! ⛴

Bon Voyage! ⛴

Thank you all for the great pictures! And thank you to Laura @TiogaCruiser for starting the thread and providing so much information. It was a wonderful day!

No extra charge and I was told no reservations. On the WC blogs I remember it said that you had to make reservations so that might be the case on your GV. Your pictures are amazing and I love the reenactment one!

Good morning and Happy Sunday from the lovely Volendam. We are at sea today. The MDR is having a Sunday brunch. I had seen them on the WC blogs and I believe Nancy @ottahand7 mentioned on on her GSA so I was hoping they would be fleet wide. Yesterday late afternoon and evening I had internet problems and didn’t realize that I need to reconnect to the internet through the app when that happens. So I need to go back and catch up on yesterday’s Daily and Laura’s @TiogaCruiser PC thread. Have a great day everyone!

Happy Birthday to Charlene @cunnorl!! Happy Birthday to Annie @marshhawk !! Enjoy your special day! 🎈🎈🎈

Bon Voyage! ⛴⛴⛴