Baked Alaska

[Firsttimer9]

Any know which night they serve it:D

[westcoastvecs]

Any know which night they serve it:D

 

 

 

Don’t get your hopes up too much-not that delicious :(

 

 

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[JF - retired RRT]

Next to last or last night.

The parade is cute (but gets old after a couple of cruises), the Baked Alaska is blah. Neapolitan ice cream with a meringue frosting (some cake on the bottom). I had it on our first cruise and that was enough.

[Thrak]

Had it once and that was enough. I thoroughly dislike the "parade" and the napkin waving. Pretty cool for a pre-school or something but not for me. I agree that it's one of the last nights or perhaps the actual last night before disembarkation.

[NavyVeteran]

The so-called Baked Alaska parade is usually the last night. Sometimes they will hold it the next to last night if the last day is a late port day.

 

I loved Baked Alaska back in the days when they really served Baked Alaska. When I first started cruising with Princess, the Assistant Waiters paraded with the real flaming Baked Alaska. They then brought it to the table. It was sloppy and messy - and delicious. They do not serve real Baked Alaska anymore. They parade with fake items with electric lights. They then bring you neat Neapolitan ice cream with meringue from the kitchen. It is not the same thing.

 

The parade also is not the same thing in anytime dining. In traditional dining, the parade occurs when everyone is ready for desert. In anytime dining, some people haven't even ordered their meals yet, and it is much more of an interruption.

[floridalover5623]

That's one dessert they can do away with & hardly anyone would miss it, including me.

[donaldsc]

Totally agree w all the relies. Totally stupid. We did an AK with our granddaughter a few years back. Even at 10 years old she said and not prompted by us - "this is really dumb". Smart kid.

 

DON

[jennybenny]

It is usually on the last night and usually we do specialty dining the last night. So we don't get it often.

I like the idea of it, but you have to sit through the parade (yawn) and then it's tiny, but it's usually the last night. You can ask your first night at dinner in the MDR and they can reconfirm. If your waiter doesn't know, the head waiter will know.

[paul929207]

It is normally served the last evening.

[neverbeenhere]

Yes, it’s allowed.

[weedpindle]

What they carry and what you get served are not the same thing unless you eat plastic

[jagsfan]

For a first timer, it adds to the magic of the cruise, so I hope you get the whole parade, music, and fun.

I think people forget that feeling on a first cruise where everything is memorable. I don’t think any of us should try to take that away from anyone.

 

 

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[NSWP]

What they carry and what you get served are not the same thing unless you eat plastic

 

Correct, reusable plastic fakes of Baked Alaska, paraded through the Dining Rooms. You get the Neapolitan Ice cream with a bit of Meringue version.:rolleyes::o

[myfuzzy]

I bet the plastic fakes have more flavor

[jwattle]

We aren't first timers and we still enjoy it:D

[JF - retired RRT]

We aren't first timers and we still enjoy it:D

Apparently, the Baked Alaska lovers outnumber the folks who are tired of it...there sure are a lot of napkin twirlers in the MDR during the parade.

[myfuzzy]

Apparently, the Baked Alaska lovers outnumber the folks who are tired of it...there sure are a lot of napkin twirlers in the MDR during the parade.

 

 

Hey, there...could you check your font settings, you posts are coming in very tiny....

[Tak8]

It was served the last night on my May Caribbean Princess cruise. I skipped it last cruise. It isn't one of my favorites.

[Itchy&Scratchy]

we didn't have a parade in Nov 17, and I don't really care whether we did or not.

However, the Baked Alaska treat was renamed into Bomba Diplomata. That was weird.

 

I don't care for it anyway.

[mcrcruiser]

Years ago we ejoyed the real flaming parade & the real baked Alaska .Now ,I have a standing order for every dinner meal desert for sugar free butter pecan ice cream .It is my favorite & the maitre' D takes car of my request :p

[bobby3334]

It is not a highlight anymore as in days gone by. Mike

 

 

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[wolfie11]

I have always thought it’s more to make a big deal out of dinner (introduce staff, etc) to subtly remind passengers that the waitstaff deserves to be tipped. I agree it’s a bit of a sham and annoying in anytime dining.

[bobby3334]

Agree. Mike

 

 

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[Sea Hag]

Yeah, I agree with the others. That fake baked Alaska they serve these days just isn't any good. Wish they had bad the messy, yummy real kind.

[NSWP]

I bet the plastic fakes have more flavor

Only if they are 'fresh baked.' lol.:eek: