Orange Party

[canadjineh]

I just phoned the HAL 1-800 number today as our cruise is in a week and I remember an Orange night at BB King's on the Oosterdam in early March 2020.  The gal on the other end of the phone had to look up some info on our Westerdam Alaska Cruise but said that there is going to be an Orange Party.  I had to explain it to her first though, as she didn't seem to be aware of it and we've received no official email information on it yet.  Ah well, we'll have enough room to bring our orange Roots & Blues Festival T-Shirts from this year and I have a pair of BRIGHT orange capris to wear too.  Anybody else have an Orange Party onboard lately?

[The-Inside-Cabin]

7 minutes ago, canadjineh said:

I just phoned the HAL 1-800 number today as our cruise is in a week and I remember an Orange night at BB King's on the Oosterdam in early March 2020.  The gal on the other end of the phone had to look up some info on our Westerdam Alaska Cruise but said that there is going to be an Orange Party.  I had to explain it to her first though, as she didn't seem to be aware of it and we've received no official email information on it yet.  Ah well, we'll have enough room to bring our orange Roots & Blues Festival T-Shirts from this year and I have a pair of BRIGHT orange capris to wear too.  Anybody else have an Orange Party onboard lately?

Yes - but the activity and energy will vary a lot depending on the cruise director & staff and participants.    We had  good one on the Zuiderdam and very average one on the NS.   But - maybe you can be the spark plug for a great party!

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

The Rotterdam does a fun night for Orange Party.

[Navybikermom]

I noticed one listed in the Navigator for my cruise this coming weekend on the Zaandam. It was listed for 9pm in the Crow’s Nest. I have cruised 9 times and don’t recall ever seeing that on the list of events, so I’m looking forward to my first Orange Party!

[riverrat]

5 hours ago, Navybikermom said:

I noticed one listed in the Navigator for my cruise this coming weekend on the Zaandam. It was listed for 9pm in the Crow’s Nest. I have cruised 9 times and don’t recall ever seeing that on the list of events, so I’m looking forward to my first Orange Party!

 

My cruise is two weeks out and the only events I see on HAL app are casino hosted. Is it too soon?

What am I doing wrong>

[Navybikermom]

22 minutes ago, riverrat said:

 

My cruise is two weeks out and the only events I see on HAL app are casino hosted. Is it too soon?

What am I doing wrong>

You are probably doing nothing wrong. They might not have posted the complete schedule yet. I had checked the When & Where last week and there was nothing there yet for my upcoming cruise. 

[Crew News]

53 minutes ago, riverrat said:

 

My cruise is two weeks out and the only events I see on HAL app are casino hosted. Is it too soon?

What am I doing wrong>

Each ship publishes their own When & Where activities that can be changed anytime during the cruise if conditions warrant (missed ports and unforeseen onboard issues).  HAL Seattle only has a brief version.  The best source for When & Where is from someone on a previous cruise on the same ship/season.

 

Note that it may be a few hours on Embarkation Day before your excursions/dining reservations are fully uploaded to the shipboard Navigator app.

[canadjineh]

Just back to Seattle today, Orange party had lots of energy and dancing and I'm glad we took our orange Roots & Blues Security t shirts and my orange capris. Too short tho, but at least it segued right into BB Kings band show. I'll just have to remember orange stuff for all HAL trips in case.

[PROCRUISE]

Still trying to figure out if paying $15 - $25 a day for Orange Club could possibly be worth it?

[sofietucker]

40 minutes ago, canadjineh said:

Just back to Seattle today, Orange party had lots of energy and dancing and I'm glad we took our orange Roots & Blues Security t shirts and my orange capris. Too short tho, but at least it segued right into BB Kings band show. I'll just have to remember orange stuff for all HAL trips in case.

And so what night of the cruise was that?

[Crew News]

2 hours ago, PROCRUISE said:

Still trying to figure out if paying $15 - $25 a day for Orange Club could possibly be worth it?

The true value of Club Orange is for the upgrade to the best stateroom in the category.that will save much more than the cost of Club Orange.

[AFNavigator]

9 hours ago, PROCRUISE said:

Still trying to figure out if paying $15 - $25 a day for Orange Club could possibly be worth it?

Perhaps a bit of confusion here..."Club Orange" and "Orange Party" are two totally unrelated things.  If a ship has an Orange Party, all passengers are invited to participate in that party.  You don't need Club Orange to participate in the Orange Party.  Club Orange is simply an added-cost perks program.

[canadjineh]

On 9/11/2022 at 12:25 PM, sofietucker said:

And so what night of the cruise was that?

Our Orange Party was on Wed night, night 4 of our 1 week cruise.

[sofietucker]

4 hours ago, canadjineh said:

Our Orange Party was on Wed night, night 4 of our 1 week cruise.

Ours was too. In BB King's, they had: contest for best orange outfit; several officers (wearing no orange) and CD were there (orange dress--though CD didn't participate except to dance and watch);. The band hosted: they asked "Why do we wear orange? That's right: HAL is Dutch!" and no further discussion or explanation (like why the Dutch wear orange...). No Dutch songs (we have those egg timers from KLM that pay an array of Dutch folk tunes, etc.).No Dutch snacks--I asked if they were having bitterballen and the server had never heard of it. They did serve dessert--but again, no vlaai (apple pie).

 

On the Prinsendam's final voyage, our Orange party was not announced as orange, just a big Dutch-ish  deck party with the officers. They served a bunch of Dutch snacks and beer. And that's when we also learned that the new, invisible CD was promoted from beverage manager, lol. No one wore orange...

 

I guess it's just HAL's version of White NIght--and up to each ship to do its own thing.

Edited October 5, 2022 by sofietucker

[trivia addict]

We had an Orange Party on the Neiuw Amsterdam on our cruise to Alaska in August.

Music and dancing in one of the bar areas with lots of officers present and then many passed trays of Dutch snacks passed in BB Kings. 

[canadjineh]

On 10/5/2022 at 3:41 AM, sofietucker said:

Ours was too. In BB King's, they had: contest for best orange outfit; several officers (wearing no orange) and CD were there (orange dress--though CD didn't participate except to dance and watch);. The band hosted: they asked "Why do we wear orange? That's right: HAL is Dutch!" and no further discussion or explanation (like why the Dutch wear orange...). No Dutch songs (we have those egg timers from KLM that pay an array of Dutch folk tunes, etc.).No Dutch snacks--I asked if they were having bitterballen and the server had never heard of it. They did serve dessert--but again, no vlaai (apple pie).

 

On the Prinsendam's final voyage, our Orange party was not announced as orange, just a big Dutch-ish  deck party with the officers. They served a bunch of Dutch snacks and beer. And that's when we also learned that the new, invisible CD was promoted from beverage manager, lol. No one wore orange...

 

I guess it's just HAL's version of White NIght--and up to each ship to do its own thing.

Too bad the Prinsendam's final voyage wasn't a 'proper' Orange Party.  Lots of crew members and officers and cruise director all had orange on and were dancing with other staff and cruisers and we did have Dutch snacks although no apple pie.  Even the band members all had something orange on, ties, hair do-dads, scarves, etc.  It was a good time on the Westerdam.