Lobster Night?

We have been on 11 cruises (with Celebrity, Norwegian, Carnival, RCCL
and Princess) and have had lobster on all of them. Even the three
nighter with RCCL (September 2001--the weekend before 9/11). The best
lobster was on Princess when we sailed to Canada and New England. They
took on some very fresh lobster in Bar Harbor, Maine. What a meal!!!!

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..I've also noticed a distinct lack of King Crab in the lido on my last
couple of 7 day cruises. ...There was always an abundance of them on the
3 --ten day cruises that I took back in 2001, and 2002. ....

I believe you mis-identified the ordinary Alaskan crab as King Crab.

To the best of my knowledge, there has never been any abundance of King
Crab on any cruiseship, especially at the lido dining.

I can recall one occasion in which the Alaskan King Crab was on the
dining menu of a Princess cruise. I promptly ordered a double portion,
and got it.

-- Bob.

NY Nurse wrote:

We have been on 11 cruises (with Celebrity, Norwegian, Carnival, RCCL
and Princess) and have had lobster on all of them. Even the three
nighter with RCCL (September 2001--the weekend before 9/11). The best
lobster was on Princess when we sailed to Canada and New England. They
took on some very fresh lobster in Bar Harbor, Maine. What a meal!!!!

Ah, Maine Lobster. My mouth is watering and it's 4:30 AM.

Howie

I can recall one occasion in which the Alaskan King Crab was on the
dining menu of a Princess cruise. I promptly ordered a double portion,
and got it.

So, you're saying you had crabs on a cruise....

After a few cruises of eating lobster on board I stopped ordering it.
Living on Long Island all I ate was Maine Lobster.
After coming to S.Florida I continued the tradition. They are quite
inexpensive to purchase in a super market and they steam them at no
charge.

SUNNY......I .prefer the claws of a lobster

S'nd I
XXX

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We had lobster twice on the 21 day HAL Panama cruise. My TA says that
they don't serve lobster on anything less than 7 days.?? ...Well, at
least he never saw any of them on the 3 day cruise he took with HAL.
..I've also noticed a distinct lack of King Crab in the lido on my last
couple of 7 day cruises. ...There was always an abundance of them on the
3 --ten day cruises that I took back in 2001, and 2002. ....Hopefully
I'll see some more of them this October during my 10 dayer.
..Come to think of it.... The last cruise I took was the first time I
wasn't offered seconds when I had the lobster.. ...Jon

Jon, we took the short version of the Canal cruise on HAL in 2001 and since the
cruise originated in Alaska they had a generous supply of King Crab.

DG in Cherry Hill, NJ

"Harry Jones" wrote in message ...
I always thought that one of the
mandatory requirements for a cruise was that lobster was served at least one
night. I have found that the case on all my previous cruises until now.
On a recent 5 day RCCI cruise (Voyager ots) lobster (tails) never made an
appearance.
Is this another attempt to pare
costs, or was it an isolated
instance?

I like lobster well enough, but I guess I never understood the big
deal everyone makes about it on cruises. Arent they just frozen tails
that they boil or steam or something? What's the big deal about eating
mediocre lobster? Best lobster is the stuff you eat the same day it's
pulled out of the waters of the north Atlantic. My best friend used to
live next door to a lobsterman up in Maine who'd drop off that day's
catch when I went up there to visit. That's lobster to ooh and aah
over...not the stuff they serve on cruises.

Lee

Hi Bob... What specie are you referring to when you say "ordinary
Alaskan crab"? ...Having lived near the Alaskan panhandle, I'm aware of
3 types of King, Snow, and the tastiest of them all: Dungeness. (We
used to catch and boil our own dungeness) ...On my first three HAL 10
day cruises there was an abundance of --yes-- "King" crab legs. ...In
fact at one time, for the barbecue, they had a whole washtub full of
them. ....I was shocked, as in British Columbia here, we pay close to 20
bucks for 3 or 4 legs. ...Jon

It's mass market stuff. I can get a lobster on the way home for like $7 or
$8 and have fresh steamed lobster in 15 minutes at home, double that at a
restaurant whenever I want. I don't really see the attraction for it so
much in the mass market food stuff (weddings, cruise ships, etc)

When we were in Rio the kids were diving for lobsters, and selling them on
the beach. Doesn't get much fresher then that.



"Lee" wrote in message
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"Harry Jones" wrote in message
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I always thought that one of the
mandatory requirements for a cruise was that lobster was served at least
one
night. I have found that the case on all my previous cruises until now.
On a recent 5 day RCCI cruise (Voyager ots) lobster (tails) never made
an
appearance.
Is this another attempt to pare
costs, or was it an isolated
instance?

I like lobster well enough, but I guess I never understood the big
deal everyone makes about it on cruises. Arent they just frozen tails
that they boil or steam or something? What's the big deal about eating
mediocre lobster? Best lobster is the stuff you eat the same day it's
pulled out of the waters of the north Atlantic. My best friend used to
live next door to a lobsterman up in Maine who'd drop off that day's
catch when I went up there to visit. That's lobster to ooh and aah
over...not the stuff they serve on cruises.

Lee

I wouldn't go that far.



"Petite Gâteaued " wrote in message
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I'd even bet Red Lobster can do it up
better than most cruise ships.