woodworker&knitter

1 hour ago, Gigi1977 said:

Almost the entire lower dinning were given pagers rather than seated at the reserved time.  

Yes there were a lot of VIP’s that were on board for the 150 celebrations

1 hour ago, DCDragonfly said:

When my parents sailed the Nieuw Amsterdam, my sister and BIL came on board to see them off.

 

Of course, that was 50 years and 3 Nieuw Amsterdams ago....

After 9/11 Security increased everywhere even on cruise ships. 

2 hours ago, Gigi1977 said:

We had plenty of ‘Guests’ boarding in NYC on the 150th voyage in 2022 including some overnighters…. So many that they kicked us out of the dining room.  But they were Gus’ guests.  I doubt common folk,  like us, like us paying passengers are allowed guests. 

What part of the dining room were you sitting in that you got kicked out. We were on that cruise and no one on the  upper deck was asked to leave. 

Good morning interested in the name of the hotel  please. 
Have  a wonderful cruise

Special ceremony was held in Old Montreal to mark the centennial anniversary of Canada’s Naval Reserve

2 hours ago, CruiserBruce said:

Had a great tour to Gros Marne today. Tour guide was awesome in reading the weather and getting in the important sites in between clouds and the schedule.  We actually saw the sun for 3 or 4 hours, and just caught a couple showers driving to and from. To solve the mystery, we docked in Corner Brook. Here until 11pm.

 

The Captain, in the end, decided the seas were too rough last night, and called off the dance show, flopping the BBC from today to last night, and the dance show will be tonight. We have seen BBC, so no joy.

 

The Ocean Bar pianist is very good and quite the dresser. We listened to her at her 4pm set, then saw her in the hall heading to the Ocean Bar for her 5pm set. I can report at least 10 pax, male and female, suffered injured necks snapping their heads around and coming to a quick stop as she was walking by. It was straight out of a Mel Brooks movie. Even I said ( not exaggerating) " Dem's some boots", because I didn't want to get slapped by her, or the DW!

 

Exercising the drink plan. More tomorrow. 

Was Cat wearing her pink boots???

Grgich Hills Chardonnay, Caesar Salad, seared jumbo scallops, and maybe key lime pie

I’ll have Seafood & Artichoke, Beef tenderloin with leeks & bacon, decaf cappuccino with a cookie

Booked: 

Eurodam February 3, 2024 21 day Eastern Caribbean Wayfarer/Western Explorer 

Westerdam June 9, 2024 28 day Alaska Arctic Circle Solstice

fingers crossed that we’ll be able to go on these cruises and not have to cancel again

Sadly  we must cancel September 23 Jewel of the Baltic on the Rotterdam 

Plastic grocery bags were banned in Canada as of December 2022

We were on the Zaandam April 4-29 and there was a Catholic priest on board the whole time.  

On the Zaandam April 4-18 cruise there was a 3, 4 & 5* cocktail reception in the Crow’s Nest with many officers in attendance. There was also a Medallion presentation in the Explorers Lounge this was also by invitation only. Both events were also held on April 18-29 segment. 

They send an invite to your cabin

In April 2nd seating for fixed dining was at 8:00 pm

Not on the Zaandam, there are still tub/shower combos 

33 minutes ago, Crazy For Cats said:

I'll be willing to share after the cruise is over.

Thank you

Nice to see that it’s shower only. What cabin is it?

Enjoy your cruise. We spent 25 days on the Zaandam in April and we’ll be following your great adventures 

We are on the Zaandam now, and there is Club HAL right now

Thank you 

35 minutes ago, Vict0riann said:

Yes, we’re here!  Such beautiful weather, Pat has headed straight out to Total Wine!  This hotel seems very nice, Tony, thanks for the recommendation, we’ll see how breakfast is in the morning.  We have already booked a shuttle to the ship for 10 tomorrow morning, I think we’ll be waiting around for a while, but the next one is 11:30, and we want to board pdq…

 

We flew over Port Everglades, this is not very clear, but we could see it.   It’s real!

 

What hotel are you in?

15 minutes ago, MarinerLad said:

Thanks Bill and Maryann .. but unfortunately I followed the link and it did take me to your blog but when I clicked on the pictures link it still gave me the message that my request for access could not be sent. It’s so strange because I’m using the same email address and search engine I’ve always used to follow your travels. Grateful I have the narratives but really miss the pictures. Patrick☘️

I use my iPhone and don’t have any problems. 

Sorry to hear about your elbow. Please add

APRIL 4

Zaandam

14 day Panama Canal

APRIL 18

Zaandam

11 day Canada-New England

SEPTEMBER 23

Rotterdam

14 day The Jewels of the Baltic

OCTOBER 7

Rotterdam

15 day Atlantic Sojour

JUNE 9, 2024

Westerdam

28 day Arctic Circle Solstice

please delete February 18, Koningsdam Hawaii, Tahiti

thank you

Thank you Jacqui