Holland America Line Partners With Rolling Stone Magazine for Rock Room Music Venue

Looking forward to seeing it on the nieuw ship.

That is a venue I might consider.

70 years young and love to ROCK:D

It looks like the venue on the Nieuw Statendam will be where the old Billboard Onboard was on the Koningsdam.

We will be on the 12/5 sailing and are looking forward to it!!

It looks like the venue on the Nieuw Statendam will be where the old Billboard Onboard was on the Koningsdam.

 

We will be on the 12/5 sailing and are looking forward to it!!

Where will Billboard be? Or does it go away?

Where will Billboard be? Or does it go away?

moving to the old oceans bar across from the Sel de Mer

Nice.......!!!!!

moving to the old oceans bar across from the Sel de Mer

Thanks! Now that you mention it, I do remember seeing information about the new location.

I like this concept, but I'm a little confused. They're adding this without removing BB Kings or Billboard Onboard? Won't they essentially be competing with one another, given the inevitable overlap in music?

How refreshing. I've seen hints of entertainment on the ships turning from show tunes, Big Band, and music that appeals to the over 75 crowd toto more contemporary modern baby boomer music. Thank goodness it's about time. Very welcome change to us.

It looks like the venue on the Nieuw Statendam will be where the old Billboard Onboard was on the Koningsdam.

 

We will be on the 12/5 sailing and are looking forward to it!!

sfocruiser: don't notice that you are included on the list of cruise critic members on the Nieuw Statendam Premiere Voyage roll call. Would love to have you join the 147 others that are on the list. I am sure the majority of them will be attending out Meet and Greet.

This answers the question of an earlier thread about what HAL was going to do with unfilled space on NS's deck plans. Eager to check it out on our Christmas cruise aboard NS.

Hope you all enjoy it :).

Can’t wait to experience that venue

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Holland America Line Partners With Rolling Stone Magazine for Rock Room Music Venue

Another exiting dumb move..

Another exiting dumb move..

Aw come on, you haven't even experienced it yet.

If it's done right, it will be wonderful

and, if it's done wrong - horrible.

But we can't judge until we see it. JMO though.

The piano bars of old (Jimmy Maddox) were great, but the venue was too small for everyone who wanted, to enjoy it. Plus, HAL needs butts in seats to sell drinks, and the old piano bars were not making enough money to justify their real estate on the ship. So, they come out with Billboard Onboard, a marketing partnership with Billboard Magazine. Lots more room, but pretty much the same music, with 2 pianos instead of one. How many times can you hear Sweet Caroline, Piano Man, and every song by the Beatles ? There's so much great music from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's (before the abomination of Rap music) and no one was playing it. If this marketing agreement with Rolling Stone produces a small band that can decently cover the music from the time the baby boomers grew up, it will be a success. If they have 20 year old musicians in the band who never heard of 70's and 80's groups because they weren't even born then, and play the standard piano bar fare, then it will not succeed.

There was a great piano bar musician on the Rotterdam last March who played all of the great stuff, but he was in his upper 50's. He applied to Billboard to be included in the Billboard Onboard venues, and they told him he was far too old.

Looking forward to checking it out.

I agree with some others; let's give the new venue a chance,

I am somewhat intrigued by the comment that there will be "themed to the venue drinks" for the Lounge. What those might be?

The Rolling Stone magazine of the 70's would never be involved with cruises .

What will be next Crawdaddy ?

I agree with some others; let's give the new venue a chance,

 

I am somewhat intrigued by the comment that there will be "themed to the venue drinks" for the Lounge. What those might be?

Oh, about eight bucks.

:p

The Rolling Stone magazine of the 70's would never be involved with cruises .

What will be next Crawdaddy ?

The two organizations find each other acceptable now that the generation does less drugs and spends a mint on drinks.

Oh, about eight bucks.

:p

LOL!!:D:D:D

If the drink is good and the liquor generous, I'll pay it!:D :D

Now, I'm officially 'old'!

"I keep gettin' richer but I can't get my picture on the cover of Mariner Magazine." ;p

(Apologies to Dr. Hook)