Live from Nieuw Statendam 14 day Canary Island Allure April 21 - May 5, 2024

[Sea Viewer]

2 hours ago, VMax1700 said:

Tonight's Lido special was "Spanish Port to Table" 

 

But I am not sure of the Spanish background of steak and kidney pie, except with the ex pat community along the coast of southern Andalusia.

 

Maybe including Gibraltar (tongue in cheek comment!!)

[VMax1700]

Friday 3rd May, at sea on Bay of Biscay and Englush Channe

it is a calm, pleasant spring morning on the ship.  Such a shame that we will be evicted in less than 48 hours.😪

 

 

 

[VMax1700]

Today's menus

 

A sea day so mdr lunch. Menu file name is different so perhaps a slight change to the menu.

MDR Lunch

 

MDR Dinner gold gala menu

 

 

LIdo Lunch

 

 

Lido Dinner

 

 

Lido Late night snack

 

[VMax1700]

The files for today's menus

 

lunch_menu_06.pdf

 

gold_gala_menu_2024.pdf

 

m13-day13-_lido_lunch_north_europe.pdf

 

m13-day13-_lido_dinner_north_europe.pdf

 

day_6_lido_late_snack (1).pdf

[VMax1700]

Tonight we are eating in Canaletto with Tony @sailingdutchy and Fred @Overhead Fred and Martha and Mitzi so is the menu......

 

 

 

 

And the file is here

canaletto_menu_summer_2023_v2_-new.pdf

Edited May 3 by VMax1700

[VMax1700]

Here is today's Daily

 

 

 

 

 

[POA1]

Thank you for taking us along! Sorry that your sailing is nearing its end.

[albingirl]

Thank you from me, too.  The trip to the Canary Islands and Azores was a personal favorite for us, so you bring back fond memories.  We found the mountains in the Canary Islands to be breathtaking when we toured and that left a lasting impression.  

[Rosiecheeks500]

Like many other posters on here, I wanted to add my thanks for your really interesting and straightforward posts, VMax. I always look forward to reading your updates.  

 

Me, my husband and my son are excited to be embarking in Rotterdam on 5 May.  

 

HAL is very much our preferred line (5 Star mariners) and we are trying desperately to stick with them through what we feel (hope?!) is a transitional period of entertainment and guest experience.  Lincoln Centre was a real loss for us, but we remain hopeful this will be replaced with some other classical music onboard.  Have you enjoyed the evening shows?  Step One was of a very high standard but for us, some updates were (over)due to keep things fresh.  

 

It was a real shame to read that the embarkation was a bit clunky.  We are flying to Schipol on Saturday afternoon and then catching the HAL transfer to Rotterdam on Sunday morning.  Here's hoping things go more smoothly this time around.  

 

Thanks also for the umbrella tip - now packed! 

 

Enjoy your last days onboard, and safe travel home. 

Rosemary

 

[Mary229]

Have a safe journey home and thanks again.  

[VMax1700]

1 hour ago, POA1 said:

Thank you for taking us along! Sorry that your sailing is nearing its end.

That makes three of us! 😉

[VMax1700]

27 minutes ago, Rosiecheeks500 said:

Like many other posters on here, I wanted to add my thanks for your really interesting and straightforward posts, VMax. I always look forward to reading your updates.  

 

Me, my husband and my son are excited to be embarking in Rotterdam on 5 May.  

 

HAL is very much our preferred line (5 Star mariners) and we are trying desperately to stick with them through what we feel (hope?!) is a transitional period of entertainment and guest experience.  Lincoln Centre was a real loss for us, but we remain hopeful this will be replaced with some other classical music onboard.  Have you enjoyed the evening shows?  Step One was of a very high standard but for us, some updates were (over)due to keep things fresh.  

 

It was a real shame to read that the embarkation was a bit clunky.  We are flying to Schipol on Saturday afternoon and then catching the HAL transfer to Rotterdam on Sunday morning.  Here's hoping things go more smoothly this time around.  

 

Thanks also for the umbrella tip - now packed! 

 

Enjoy your last days onboard, and safe travel home. 

Rosemary

 

I am excited for you! You will enjoy the ship.

We only made it to three evening shows, the comedian Dian Cordean, who was good, Flamenco Passion that was below average and'All That' which was singing and dancing and poor.  I spent the 45 minutes trying to decide if they were lip synching or not, but lost interest even in that.  However, "due to popular demand" they are back tonight.  So, what do I know? 🙄😁

 

The slow boarding was beyond HAL's remit.  A protest leading to delays, but poor real time information from Rotterdam cruise terminal staff lead to confusion and delays.

[VMax1700]

Today's Lido lunchtime specials.

[BetsyS.]

Thank you for all your updates, beautiful pictures, and menus. Thanks also for reminding everyone to pack umbrellas - important. Enjoy the rest of your cruise. Safe travels home.  😊

[cruiseaholic78]

For those in Rotterdam on 4th May, this is remembrance day in The Netherlands where 2 minutes silence is held from 20:00.I wonder if they will do this on the ship?
5th May is the celebration of liberation day.

[cruiseaholic78]

They will be honoring remembrance day at 20:00 at the Lido deck.

 

[VMax1700]

We had a great Canaletto dinner last night with Tony, Martha, Fred  and Mitzi.

Our server Joan (pronounced Jo Ann - isn't that a smart way to get oldies to remember your name? 😉) was top notch.  Nothing was too much trouble for her....she got us cocktails from Tamarind and even arranged a main course of risotto only for Ellen, as nothing else on the menu appealed to her.  Joan is leaving NSDM but will return in a few months in her new position in Pinnacle Grill.

 

We started with a full house of small plates (that is the advantage of being a table for 6) and extra shrimp and extra meatballs were automatically put on the table.  Shaing a salad can be fun, but overall there was plenty for everyone.

 

(I forgot to take photos!) 🙄

 

For mains we selected some from the menu and some from off menu.

 

Spaghetti Bolognese (off menu)

 

 

Risotto (off menu)

 

 

Lobster with spaghetti ($19 upcharge)

 

 

The lobster was excellent.

[VMax1700]

Saturday4th May at sea English Cannel/North Sea

 

May the fourth be with you!

 

Here is our position a short time ago

 

 

as you can see we really are cruising...... a full 9 knts of speed.

[VMax1700]

Today in Lido was Cake Away.  It was mentioned on the Daily.

 

 

 

 

 

[VMax1700]

I must confess to foresaking bread pudding on our last day and bingeing on chocolate cake and strawberry ice cream.

 

[VMax1700]

Today's menus

 

MDR Lunch on another sea day. (Again a different file name so could be a different menu!)

 

 

MDR Dinner

 

 

Lido lunch

 

 

Lido dinnet

 

 

Lido late snack

 

[VMax1700]

PDF files for the last days menus

 

lunch_menu_07.pdf

 

north_europe_dr_menu_10_reformat.pdf

 

m14-day14-_lido_lunch_north_europe.pdf

 

m14-day14-_lido_dinner_north_europe.pdf

 

day_7_lido_late_snack (1).pdf

[VMax1700]

Today's Daily

 

 

 

 

[VMax1700]

After lunch we came back to the stateroom and there was a message from the front desk reminding us that we still had unused non refundable obc.

Nice touch!

Edited May 4 by VMax1700

[Cruisetrekker]

1 hour ago, VMax1700 said:

After lunch we came back to the stateroom and there was a message from the front desk reminding us that we still had unused non refundable obc.

Nice touch!

We're there more than one flavor of bread pudding ? We're there any cold berry soups ?