The Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur has an awesome new dining experience for avgeeks. The hotel recently introduced The Grand Getaway, which is described as follows:
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Seems rather silly and awkward to me. Sitting in rows of three and staring at some kind of media installation...
Better suited to people who don't travel often. I love air travel and dining on airline meals in flight. Simulating the experience in a hotel ballroom seems uncomfortably quirky.
Seems awful. Would have been (in my mind) much better to have national cuisine days for people who miss travel. I can’t imagine anyone enjoying sitting upright in a dark room watching some slideshow presentation over dinner.
That looks freaking awesome, I'd do it. The Grand Hyatt KL is one of my favorite Hyatt hotels.
I like the hotel a lot but I'm a little dubious about this. For starters, the 3 across seating doesn't really strike me as much fun. Many parties are either 2 or 4 people so I'm not sure how that works out. As to the food looking good in the advertisements, that doesn't always match up with real life. Finally, I'd rather pay more for the Pan Am Experience in Los Angeles since it seems more complete. Maybe doing something with a specific airline might make it more intriguing.
How did you get into Malaysia if the country is closed for tourists at the moment?
This would probably be more suited to a domestic audience. I'm not sure many people from farther away who had to fly hours in an airplane seat to arrive into KL would find it so enticing. After all, it is KL and the dining options in the city are vast, fantastic and much less expensive. That being said, good for them for trying something different 🙂
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California Clam Chowder probably more like tofu, kale, sun-dried tomatoes & almond milk
Not as good as the one in a Japanese office building that really gives you the feeling of being on a plane.
Heh, on my first visit to Shanghai in 2011, I surprised my hosts by dragging them out to the hinterlands of the city to see the Departure 10 Ultra Lounge, a bar in the style and shape of an airplane fuselage: https://bk.asia-city.com/nightlife/shanghai-bar-club/departure-10-ultra-lounge . I had read about this place online; though my hosts were residents of the city, it was news to them.
Alas the D10 Lounge appears to have crash-landed sometime in 2012. This experience in Kuala Lumpur looks relatively unsatisfying to lovers of aviation simulacra: the space is obviously just a repurposed hotel conference room. The Departure 10 Ultra Lounge took it to the next level, with interior walls curved just like an airplane. And the DJ occupied the pilot's chair, naturally,