HAL Website - Photos of Public Rooms Gone

Anyone else notice this?

Go to the specific page on the HAL website for any given ship and you used to be able to look at pictures of the various public rooms. Some ships had more than others... but now none of the ships have ANY public spaces and the only photos given are the very generic images of the staterooms.

I know on a lot of ships the photos were getting VERY outdated, but outdated while not good is certainly better than NOTHING.

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You're right! Hopefully, they are just updating the photos. Every once in a while, in anticipation of the next cruise, I like to look at the pictures of my home away from home.

Deb

I was just on HAL's checking out a couple of items and noticed that as well.

Years ago, we ere on Veendam and were asked if we minded having the photographer use our Suite to take updated photos. All the Suites were occupied and teyneeded to use someone's cabin. We were agreeable and it was very interesting watching how he went about taking the photos.

It took hours and the way I know for sure it was our cabin that has been shown all these years in the brochures etc is because I asked if I could put out a small personal item on the counter so I would know it was our cabin. He laughed and said sure. I had a small framed photo of our furbaby and placed it on the counter. Sure enough, it is in the official photos. :)

If it is any help, there are some public photos on halfacts.com

We add any new ones we get. :)

Years ago, we ere on Veendam and were asked if we minded having the photographer use our Suite to take updated photos. All the Suites were occupied and teyneeded to use someone's cabin. We were agreeable and it was very interesting watching how he went about taking the photos.

 

It took hours and the way I know for sure it was our cabin that has been shown all these years in the brochures etc is because I asked if I could put out a small personal item on the counter so I would know it was our cabin. He laughed and said sure. I had a small framed photo of our furbaby and placed it on the counter. Sure enough, it is in the official photos. :)

 

Photos of the staterooms... the generic images that are used that in several cases are now out of date still appear.

My post was a specific reference to public rooms - dining room, show lounge, casino, atrium, explorers lounge and so forth.

Yes, they do still appear.

Photos of the public rooms are still there, just a little more difficult to find. I checked the Amsterdam, the Zandaam and the Eurodam. Just click on the ship that you want then click on dining and activities. Then click on whichever venue you want to look at and a series of photos will appear beneath. You will need to click on each photo seperately.

Photos of the public rooms are still there, just a little more difficult to find. I checked the Amsterdam, the Zandaam and the Eurodam. Just click on the ship that you want then click on dining and activities. Then click on whichever venue you want to look at and a series of photos will appear beneath. You will need to click on each photo seperately.

You're right, thank you.

Kind of odd to arrange them that way, but it DOES make sense.

I've been on a couple HAL cruises so I know the ships are quite nice ... but honestly, some of that decor looks like old Las Vegas hotels that have since been blown up!

Someone really likes purple!

I've been on a couple HAL cruises so I know the ships are quite nice ... but honestly, some of that decor looks like old Las Vegas hotels that have since been blown up!

 

Someone really likes purple!

I agree. I've said so a few times and people strongly disagreed. It's not the decor that keeps me coming back.

I've been on a couple HAL cruises so I know the ships are quite nice ... but honestly, some of that decor looks like old Las Vegas hotels that have since been blown up!

 

Someone really likes purple!

Many of the images are exceptionally outdated, and some are just dead wrong.

The Pinnacle Grill on Nieuw Amsterdam uses a picture of the Pinnacle Grill on the S Class ships... that came out 15-20 years prior... Unfortunate too as the Pinnacle Grill on Nieuw Amsterdam is one of the most beautiful in the entire fleet.

Whoever the proofer is before they move those images to the production site ought to be strangled...

And how hard would it REALLY BE to take a couple new pictures whenever they massively re-do a part of the ship...

When the "S" and "R" Class ships came out, there were no Pinnacle Grills.

The space where Pinnacle Grill is on the "S" ships used to be King's Room, Maitre d's office and a small piece of Explorer's Lounge. All the ships had the space converted at their dry docks some time after Zuiderdam came out. Zuiderdam was the first ship to have a Pinnacle Grill. It was so new, the tiles on the floor read "Pinnacle at Odyssey" as that was supposed to be an Odyssey Restaurant. Odyssey used to exist on Rotterdam and Amsterdam while Zaandam and Volendam had Marco Polo.

Those restaruants were 'gourmet Italian 'food at no additional cost. Very fine service and good food. Those restaurants are now Pinnacle on the "R" Class ships. :)

The interiors of the Pinnacle Grills on the S and R class though, do appear much more dated than the rest of the fleet. While the venues were an "afterthought/late addition" they certainly managed to give them a look that COULD have been original for their 1990's birthdates

The interiors of the Pinnacle Grills on the S and R class though, do appear much more dated than the rest of the fleet. While the venues were an "afterthought/late addition" they certainly managed to give them a look that COULD have been original for their 1990's birthdates

Yes, I agree the Pinnacle Grills on the "S" ships fit in fine and could have come from the boatyard new with them just as is.

What doesn't fit in is MIX. While I've gotten used to it, the decorating and appearance of the rest of the ship is rudely interrupted when you first see MIX. They don't look 'right' and certainly make the shops look awful and clearly not from the original design the way they now are.

Yes, I agree the Pinnacle Grills on the "S" ships fit in fine and could have come from the boatyard new with them just as is.

 

What doesn't fit in is MIX. While I've gotten used to it, the decorating and appearance of the rest of the ship is rudely interrupted when you first see MIX. They don't look 'right' and certainly make the shops look awful and clearly not from the original design the way they now are.

 

The ages that the S and R class ships were it didn't make sense to majorly refresh some specific areas only. The look of Mix is fine... but doesn't make sense when you go from a more modern, "trendy/hip" area like it and a little further forward and see the Ocean Bar which on at least some of the S Class ships was hideously outdated in appearance at the times the ships launched. Some of the pictures of S Class Ocean Bars are downright cringe-worthy.

They spent so much on SOE 2.0 I don't understand why they completely left out entire zones throughout the ship.

Of course now it seems that Mix was added only to "add value" for a possible sale (what later ended up being an internal Carnival corp transfer). And from the look of the P&O Australia deck plans they are leaving Mix intact. So the area won't even be unique to HAL - regardless of what "popular opinion" of the space is.

Maasdam was the last ship to go to dry dock and they didn't even put new tubs in all the Neptune Suites. We've been in the same suite so many times and the same stains were still in the tub. It hadn't been replaced. :D

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When the "S" and "R" Class ships came out, there were no Pinnacle Grills.

The space where Pinnacle Grill is on the "S" ships used to be King's Room, Maitre d's office and a small piece of Explorer's Lounge. All the ships had the space converted at their dry docks some time after Zuiderdam came out. Zuiderdam was the first ship to have a Pinnacle Grill. It was so new, the tiles on the floor read "Pinnacle at Odyssey" as that was supposed to be an Odyssey Restaurant. Odyssey used to exist on Rotterdam and Amsterdam while Zaandam and Volendam had Marco Polo.

 

Those restaruants were 'gourmet Italian 'food at no additional cost. Very fine service and good food. Those restaurants are now Pinnacle on the "R" Class ships. :)

Wasn't there original a penny arcade in that area too, Sails?