LIVE FROM the flagship Rotterdam on the 21-day Eastern Caribbean and 150th Anniversary Transatlantic

[Vict0riann]

And the Lido dinner menu…

 

[Sea42]

Yay, crackers!!👍

[Overhead Fred]

From last night's Pinnacle dinner with Ann, Pat, Martha, and Tony.

 

Crab cakes, lobster bisque, and key lime pie!

 

 

 

[Overhead Fred]

Today's Lido Breakfast, a "partial" English - 

[Vict0riann]

Yesterday was busy, a nice breakfast in CO, then a cappuccino in the Dutch Cafe, a bit of a walkabout, then lunch - we like to sit in the Canaletto area for lunch, if there is space, it was crowded, but we sat with CC friends and at 1 most of us headed to the informal Meet & Greet that was suggested on our roll call.  We chatted , but I couldn’t find the person who had  suggested the get together, I think there were about 30 there.  The Crow’s Nest was being set up with a display of historical items from HAL’s 150 years.  I will check on it today, and try to get pictures. 

After that, there was another wine tasting, “ Great Wines of the Pacific Northwest” then there was time for a bit of TV and a nap before an early dinner.  We made an early night of it, again.  
 

The start of the setup in the Crow’s Nest, early Rotterdam models, 4 and 5.  And some dinner samples…

 

 

 

 

Pat’s fish and my rack of lamb

 

 

 

 

[Vict0riann]

The program for today

 

 

My Navigator shows a caption for Lincoln Center Stage today, but the program has something called the Dance Band in BBKings in the afternoon.  Perhaps we’ll stop by and see what it’s all about- trying to compete with Cunard?

[Vict0riann]

I did go by the gym yesterday, in my wanderings.  It was not very busy….

 

 

 

 

 

I tried to peek into some of the spa rooms, but most of them were closed off.  I’ll try again in NY, if they are open. 

[FlorenceItaly]

No more happy hour or am I missing it????

[Sea42]

3 minutes ago, FlorenceItaly said:

No more happy hour or am I missing it????

There is a "Throw Back" happy hour listed under Drinks from 4- 5. It doesn't say what the offer is though.

[Vict0riann]

The 50% off and the Throw back Happy Hours are at the same times , in the same places, it seems.  Will check it out, but I believe the Throwback is for certain specific drinks that were served in days gone by, and at the prices they were charged when they were offered.  We haven’t gone to the Happy Hours, as we have HIA, so we just drink anywhere, any time!

[aliaschief]

All the food porn pics got me hungry enough to have a second breakfast. Thanks for sharing your cruise.

[Vict0riann]

The foghorn was going every  two minutes for most of the night, but stopped for a while this morning- now it has started up again.  I wonder what it will be like tomorrow in NY.  

[Love the beach]

2 hours ago, Vict0riann said:

The foghorn was going every  two minutes for most of the night, but stopped for a while this morning- now it has started up again.  I wonder what it will be like tomorrow in NY.  

Thank you for taking us along!

 

Right now in NY it is cloudy.. and 55 degrees.....tomorrow will be cloudy as well with a 60% chance of rain and an expected high of 77!

[baggal]

59 minutes ago, Love the beach said:

Thank you for taking us along!

 

Right now in NY it is cloudy.. and 55 degrees.....tomorrow will be cloudy as well with a 60% chance of rain and an expected high of 77!

Also a line of thunderstorms expected to come through in the late afternoon.

[Vict0riann]

I haven’t seen any of those pesky QR codes on the tables on Rotterdam.  Here are a few of the drink menus around the ship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Vict0riann]

These are from the dining room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The pages got a bit mixed up. …

[Vict0riann]

Tony, @sailingdutchy, are you there?  We’re going down to the music Walk to check out the Happy  Hour!

 

sorry to be using this to communicate!  The Navigator Chat function has been useless on this ship.  I usually have pretty good luck with it, but now it either tells me, “this person is not on the ship” or “sort, can’t connect, try again later “…

Edited April 5, 2023 by Vict0riann

[Vict0riann]

Down in the Rolling Stone, next door in Billboard they’re having a really loud round of Trivia.  Hope it’s over soon.  The first drinks menu is half off, the second one is the rolled back pricing!

 

 

 

 

Edited April 5, 2023 by Vict0riann

[Vict0riann]

This is the 150th martini

[ger_77]

37 minutes ago, Vict0riann said:

This is the 150th martini

Your liver is really taking a beating if this is YOUR 150th martini !!!

[Vict0riann]

Actually, Tony’s 15oth martini.   He ordered three drinks, and his bill said 23 cents in service charge.  We used our HIA to get a couple of kir royales, I think the server did better on those!

 

Then we stopped by the BBKings to listen to the Dance Band.  There were about 20 people there, and two couples dancing.  I think Lincoln Center Stage did better than that. My picture won’t load.  I’ll try again tomorrow. 
 

 

 

 

[Florida_gal_50]

I like the cheapie drink specials.  I think it’s a cute idea.  That said, I bet a lot of people have it all so they probably aren’t losing much.

[Florida_gal_50]

I also want to thank you for the excellent thread.  I look forward to reading it.

[rafinmd]

Are you going to Manhattan or Brooklyn?

 

Roy

[1ANGELCAT]

6 minutes ago, rafinmd said:

Are you going to Manhattan or Brooklyn?

 

Roy

According to port of by schedule it’s Manhattan.