LouChamp

I can understand certain vegetables may hold up well frozen. For example I am italian and frozen peas hold up better when cooked in certain dishes than fresh. That said who knows what restaurants use. Its the taste that matters in my opinion. I think we can agree that for the price we pay for cruising and in expensive restaurants we want the food to be delicious and since we are on a cruise expect more quality and taste. All of the cruise lines are in terrible debt and need to cut but that only means that i will be more selective i choosing where i spend my money. Its sad that the mainstream lines need to cut corners in such noticeable ways that we now notice it. I would not expect to get an accurate answer from staff. They have their jobs to worry about. All we can do is report our experiences and let our fellow cruise critic friends intake the information and decide what to do

Unfortunately the shorter the cruise the more drinking and party crowds. I am up for a fun time but am concerned about the shorter cruises. Just my opinion. Have sailed both Carnival and Costa even Costa back in the day.

Enjoy your voyage and as i tell my fellow cruise critic friends please post food pictures. We have been blessed to have traveled the world on dozens of ships but can never get enough food pictures lol. May you have a wonderful vacation!

Safe home and thank you again for all your food pictures. You are tops!

Love Tahiti and of course Hawaii lol. HAL is our favorite mainstream line but miss the Yum Yum man! Enjoy

Love Barcelona especially the Hotel Arts. As said beware of pickpockets but that is true for any large city. All the best!

You know I am a big fan and love your food pictures but even when I was younger could not possibly eat all that food lol. Maybe 4 tails but 6! You are a winner in my book and my hero. What does your family say that you are away from home for so long? Mine would toss me to the fishes!!!

Love the Diamond Lounge and your reports especially the food popictures. Thank you so much and smooth sailing!

On our Star Princess South America Cruise the Mrs had ten yes ten bags lol!

Blessings prayers and love

Glad that you are ok. You can see how worried your Cruise Critic friends were. Thank you for the update. Smooth sailing and keep the food porn coming lol!

On a serious note too many hours have passed without a post from you. Hopefully all is ok.

Thank you!

Benny, as you know I am a big fan and love the food pictures. Sorry but i cannot seem to cancel out the bold type lol. Anyway, I have been blessed to have traveled the world by sea air and land and wonder why you have also not done so with the exception of some of Europe which i know you are sailing on NCL in a few weeks. Posts from other areas would be priceless! Also what does your family think of you being away for months at a time? I guess i do not mean to pry but perhaps a little more personalized account of you the person would be appreciated. That said, enjoy your voyages! Blessings.

Smooth sailing and enjoy!

Enjoy and smooth sailing!

Aloha. We have found aft vibration noticeable on the Zuiderdam and on several Celebrity ships. Never on the QM2 or Crystal. Question for you…what do your children think about you being away from them for months on end. When we travel for more than a month or so or when we spend more than a month or two in Hawaii we miss each other tremendously. We may fly to New York for a week or so to see them then fly back. Smooth sailing.

Congratulations enjoy the rest of your cruise!

prayers and blessings and love

So happy to hear this news! May he recover fully and blessings prayers and love for you and your family!

Mahalo. All the best!

Aloha. Thank you for posting. glad you took me up on my suggestion to visit Longs Drugs for souvenirs and general shopping. I have a question. We took a princess cruise from our home in Honolulu to the South Pacific and stopped along the way on Kiribati. Are you also doing so or just going straight to French Polynesia? Kiribati is really like a Gilligans Island and the people were lovely. Hawaiian flies to Papeete from Honolulu and we have in the past availed ourselves of the convenience for a few days. Smooth sailing!

Thank you for your posts and pictures. Just my opinion but what is the big deal with the masks? I would be more concerned about no masks. I have been blessed to have traveled the world and sailed on countless cruises. As for me I won’t risk getting covid on a ship and risk being quarantined. That said, many cruisers have not been as fortunate and take the risk. Nevertheless keep the pictures and food pictures coming and smooth and safe sailing! Enjoy.

Aloha! Enjoying your posts. We divide our time between New York and Honolulu approximately every two months for a moth or so at a time. If we do a staycation in Waikiki we stay at the Halekulani where House without a Key is located. Recently they have been requiring reservations even for drinks on the patio area where the music is and they just serve pu pu along with drinks. I would suggest calling them in advance to double check. By the way its a great hotel. We have done staycations there for about 15 years. We do the same thing in New York. Its kind fun! Smooth sailing.

For those that stay at the Hale Koa Mahalo for your service. The rebuild over the past few years has been spectacular and well deserved for those that put their loves on the line for our great country!