March 2019 Update: HAL Dry Docks, Charters and Groups Onboard

[VMax1700]

Here is the latest update of the Dry Dock, Charter and Groups file.  

The file consists of information gathered from the internet and should not be considered a complete indicator of group activity.

If you have information about groups charters or dry docks then please post here and I will update in the next file.

New information is shown in Red

 

 

DRY DOCKS

Noordam : 29 September 2019 – 13 October 2019 : Dry Dock, Victoria Shipyards, B.C.

Veendam : 06 -14 April 2019: Drydock, Freeport, Bahamas

Volendam : 18 – 31 October 2019, Drydock, Freeport, Bahamas.

Zuiderdam : 01 – 09 December 2019, Drydock, Freeport, Bahamas.

 

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LAST COMPLETED DRY DOCK

Amsterdam		28 April 2018 – 10 May 2018
Eurodam		08 April 2018 - 17 April 2018
Koningsdam		02 December 2018 - 09 December 2018
Maasdam		31 August 2018 - 08 September 2018
Nieuw Amsterdam		07 December 2017 - 19 December 2017
Noordam		10 April 2015 - 19 April 2015
Oosterdam		21 March 2018 - 02 April 2018
Prinsendam		07 December 2018 – 15 December 2018
Rotterdam		26 October 2017 - 03 November 2017
Veendam		28 March 2016 - 08 April 2016
Volendam		24 November 2017 - 05 December 2017
Westerdam		14 April 2017 - 26 April 2017
Zaandam		02 April 2018 - 13 April 2018
Zuiderdam		23 October 2017 – 04 November 2017

 

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 CHARTERS  (i.e. full ship charters)

 

Amsterdam:

01 July 2019 – 08 July 2019 : Alaska : Olivia Charter

 

Eurodam:

20 July 2019 – 27 July 2019 : Gaither Homecoming Charter

26 October 2019 – 02 November 2019 : Mexican Riviera : Legendary R & B Cruise

09 November 2019 – 16 November 2019 : Mexican Riviera : Gospel Music Celebration

 

Nieuw Amsterdam:

18 January 2020 – 25 January 2020 : Caribbean : Soul Train Cruise

25 January 2020 – 01 February 2020: Caribbean : Country Music Cruise

07 March 2020 – 14 March 2020 : Caribbean : JoCo Cruise

 

Nieuw Statendam:

19 January 2020 – 26 January 2020 : LRBC Blues Cruise

09 February 2020 – 16 February 2020 : RSVP Charter

 

Noordam:

24 March 2019 – 31 March 2019 : Australia : Dave Koz Cruise

31 March 2019 – 07 April 2019 : Australia : Dave Koz Cruise

 

Oosterdam:

09 March 2019 – 16 March 2019 : JoCo Cruise

22 February 2020 – 29 February 2020 : Mexican Riviera : All Star Irish Cruise

 

Veendam:

22 January 2020 – 29 January 2020 : Cuba : Olivia Charter

 

Volendam:

23 April 2020 – 29 April 2020 : Pacific Coastal : Olivia Charter

 

Westerdam:
12 May 2019 – 19 May 2019 : Alaska :  All Star Irish Music cruise

 

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GROUPS ONBOARD

 

Amsterdam:

03 June 2019 – 17 June 2019 : Alaska : Road Scholar Group

08 July 2019 – 15 July 2019 : Alaska : Chiropractor Group

15 July 2019 – 29 July 2019 : Alaska : Road Scholar Group

29 July 2019 – 12 August 2019 : Alaska : Road Scholar Group

12 August 2019 – 26 August 2019 : Alaska : Road Scholar Group

04 January 2020 – 12 May 2020 : World Cruise 2020 : Road Scholar Group

 

Eurodam:

09 March 2019 – 06 April 2019 : Hawaii  : Knitting group

13 April 2019 – 29 April 2019 : Hawaii : Bridge group

11 May 2019 – 18 May 2019 : Alaska : Continuing Education group

15 June 2019 – 22 June 2019 : Alaska : Continuing Education Group + Sporthorse Group

22 June 2019 – 29 June 2019 : Alaska : Inspiration Cruises Group

29 June 2019 – 06 July 2019 : Alaska : Christian Cruise Conference

13 July 2019 – 20 July 2019 : Alaska : Turning Point Ministries 17 August 2019 – 24 August 2019 : Alaska : Quilting Seminar Group

24 August 2019 – 31 August 2019 : Alaska : 5 Love Languages (large group?) Inspiration Cruises

09 November 2019 – 16 November 2019 : Mexican Riviera : Gospel Music Celebration

01 December 2019 – 11 December 2019 : Panama Canal : Road Scholar Group

26 January 2020 – 05 February 2020 : Panama Canal : Road Scholar Group

05 February 2020 – 16 February 2020 : Panama canal : Road Scholar Group

01 March 2020 – 18 March 2020 : Circle Hawaii : Road Scholar Group

18 March 2020 – 05 April 2020 : Circle Hawaii : Road Scholar Group

15 April 2020 – 02 May 2020 : Hawaii : Quilting Retreat Group

06 June 2020 – 13 June 2020 : Alaska : Quilting Group

 

Koningsdam:

06 March 2019 – 17 March 2019 : Caribbean : Perry Grant Fan Cruise

29 April 2019 – 10 May 2019 : Ancient Empires : Knitting Group

12 June 2019 – 24 June 2019 : Mediterranean Rivieras : Quilting Group

13 September 2019 – 24 September 2019 : Ancient Empires : Political (Conservative MRC) Group

06 October 2019 – 18 October 2019 : Med Ancient Empires : Footsteps of Paul/Inspiration Group

04 March 2020 – 15 March 2020 : S. Caribbean : Quilting Group

11 July 2020 – 18 July 2020 : Alaska : Pathway to Victory/Inspiration Group

 

Maasdam:

 

Nieuw Amsterdam: 

24 March 2019 – 31 March 2019 : Mexican Riviera : Continuing Education Group

31 March 2019 – 07 April 2019 : Mexican Riviera : Devotion to dogs Group

07 April 2019 – 14 April 2019 : Mexican Riviera : Flying Leap Vineyards Group

15 June 2019 – 22 June 2019 : Alaska : Turning Point Ministries : Knitting Group

13 July 2019 – 20 July 2019 : Alaska : Turning Point Ministries (Ship TBC)

09 November 2019 – 16 November 2019 : Caribbean : Faith & Family Cruise

11 January 2020 – 18 January 2020 : Caribbean : Mercy Me at sea

08 February 2020 – 15 February 2020 : Caribbean : Gospel Music Celebration

29 February 2020 – 06 March 2020 : Caribbean : Phillips, Craig & Dean/Inspiration Group

14 March 2020 – 21 March 2020 : Caribbean : Quilt Retreat Group

 

Nieuw Statendam:

12 May 2019 – 26 May 2019: Baltic : Knitting Group

02 June 2019 – 09 June 2019 : Norway : Road Scholar Group

30 June 2019 – 07 July 2019 : Norway : Road Scholar Group

07 July 2019 – 21 July 2019 : Norway : Knitting Group

28 July 2019 – 04 August 2019 : Norway : Road Scholar Group

27 September 2019 – 07 October 2019 : Med Mosaic : Road Scholar Group

07 October 2019 – 17 October 2019 : Med Dream : Road Scholar Group

17 October 2019 – 27 October 2019 : Med Mosaic : Continuing Education Group

01 December 2019 – 08 December 2019 : E. Caribbean : Continuing Education Group

08 December 2019 – 15 December 2019 : W. Caribbean : The Nation Group

 

Noordam:

09 June 2019 – 16 June 2019 : Alaska : Road Scholar Group

07 July 2019 – 14 July 2019 : Alaska : Road Scholar Group

08 September 2019 – 15 September 2019 : Alaska : Road Scholar Group

09 November 2019 – 23 November 2019 : Australia/NZ : Road Scholar Group

18 January 2020 – 01 February 2020 : N. Z. Discovery : Quilting Group

26 February 2020 – 12 March 2020 : Aus/NZ : Knitting Group

 

Oosterdam:

02 March 2019 – 09 March 2019 : Caribbean : Christian Inspiration Group

19 May 2019 – 26 May 2019 : Alaska : Continuing Education Group.

23 June 2019 – 30 June 2019 : Alaska : CruGlobal Christian Cruise Conference

07 July 2019 – 14 July 2019 : Alaska : Family Research Council Group

21 July 2019 – 28 July 2019 : Alaska : Way-FM Christian Cruise

01 September 2019 – 08 September 2019 : Alaska : Continuing Education Group

08 September 2019 – 15 September 2019 : Alaska : Bridge Group

06 November 2019 – 23 November 2019 : Circle Hawaii : Road Scholar Group

30 November 2019 – 07 December 2019 : Mexican Riviera : Continuing Education Group

14 December 2019 – 21 December 2019 : Mexican Riviera : Quilting Retreat Group

11 January 2020 – 18 January 2020 : Mexican Riviera : Continuing Education Group

26 July 2020 – 02 August 2020 : Alaska: Quilting Group

 

Rotterdam:

07 January 2020 – 23 January 2020 : Panama Canal : Road Scholar Group

08 February 2020 – 24 February 2020 : Panama Canal : Road Scholar Group

11 March 2020 – 27 March 2020 : Panama Canal : Road Scholar Group

 

Westerdam:

09 June 2019 – 16 June 2019 : Alaska : Road Scholar Group

07 July 2019 – 14 July 2019 : Alaska : Road Scholar Group

 

Veendam:

28 September 2019 – 05 October 2019 : Canada & N. England : Continuing Education Group

23 October 2019 – 30 October 2019 : Authentic Cuba : Road Scholar Group

30 October 2019 – 06 November 2019 : Authentic Cuba : Road Scholar Group

06 November 2019 – 13 November 2019 : Authentic Cuba : Road Scholar Group

11 December 2019 – 18 December 2019 : Authentic Cuba : Road Scholar Group

15 January 2020 – 22 January 2020 : Authentic Cuba : Road Scholar Group/Phil Coulter Tranquility Cruise (possible charter)

19 February 2020 – 26 February 2020 : Authentic Cuba : Road Scholar Group

18 March 2020 – 25 March 2020 : Authentic Cuba : Road Scholar Group

08 April 2020 – 15 April 2020 : Authentic Cuba : Road Scholar Group

 

 

Volendam:

04 March 2019 – 19 March 2019 : Panama Canal : Road Scholar Group

03 April 2019 – 18 April 2019 : Panama Canal : Road Scholar Group

 

Zaandam:

04 May 2019 – 11 May 2019 : Maritimes & N. England : Road Scholar Group

24 August 2019 – 31 August 2019 : Canada & N. England : National Review Group

07 September 2019 – 14 September 2019 : Maritimes & N. England : Road Scholar Group

21 September 2019 – 28 September 2019 : Maritimes & N. England : Road Scholar Group

28 September 2019 – 05 October 2019 : Maritimes & N. England : Joshua Fund (Religious) Group

31 January 2020 – 22 February 2020 : S. America & Antarctica : Knitting Group

 

Zuiderdam:

10 March 2019 – 20 March 2019 : P.C. : Road Scholar Group

20 March 2019 – 31 March 2019 : P.C. : Continuing Education Group

07 May 2019 – 17 May 2019 : Baltic : Road Scholar Group

17 May 2019 – 31 May 2019 : Northern Isles : Quilt Seminar Group

15 September 2019 – 27 September 2019 : Colors of Canada & NE. : Knitting Group

10 November 2019 – 20 November 2019 : Panama Canal : Quilting Seminar Group

26 February 2020 – 08 March 2020 : Panama Canal : Road Scholar Group

08 March 2020 – 18 March 2020 : Panama Canal : Road Scholar Group

 

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If anyone has any further information, please post it here and I will include it in the next update.

Thanks!

 

 

E & O.E.

 

[VMax1700]

If you want to download and/or print the information the file is available here!

HAL (ship-date) dry docks March 2019.docx

[VMax1700]

Next update will be early May 2019 as we will be cruuuuuuzzzin!

[PSR]

6 hours ago, VMax1700 said:

Next update will be early May 2019 as we will be cruuuuuuzzzin!

 

Great...Enjoy!!

[kazu]

6 hours ago, VMax1700 said:

Next update will be early May 2019 as we will be cruuuuuuzzzin!

 

Have a GREAT cruise 🙂

 

And thanks so much for maintaining this.  It’s a huge help to many and much appreciated 😄 

[Krazy Kruizers]

Thank you for all the updates.

[Krazy Kruizers]

6 hours ago, VMax1700 said:

Next update will be early May 2019 as we will be cruuuuuuzzzin!

 

Have a GREAT cruise!!

[iflyrc5]

Thanks for the updates.  I am surprised that the Rotterdam is not scheduled for 2019 as I thought they normally did dry docks every 2 years.

[1ANGELCAT]

Per radio commercial-Mark Steyn Conservative Group

Volendam September 4-11 2019.

[VMax1700]

17 hours ago, 1ANGELCAT said:

Per radio commercial-Mark Steyn Conservative Group

Volendam September 4-11 2019.

 

Thanks, I will add it to the next update.

[southendcruiser]

Does anyone have an idea how long it takes HAL to cancel a cruise after a charter?  I am booked on one of the cruises updated on this thread (Volendam  23-29 April 2020).  I confirmed the charter with the chartering organization and then called HAL to check.  They claimed the booking is still valid and are still booking it on their website.  The best alternative is filling fast but I do not want to switch the booking until I get a move-over.

 

I realize charters may fall through so cruise lines want to hedge their bets, but it seems they should be considerate of their customers and offer alternatives if they do have a charter agreement in place.  Thanks for sharing your experience on this and also thanks to VMax1700 for all the work on this thread.

[LF23]

On 3/8/2019 at 12:07 PM, VMax1700 said:

Alaska : Turning Point Ministries (Ship TBC)

 

What does Ship TBC mean? Thanks. 

[VMax1700]

To Be Confirmed. Their publicity doesn't specify which ship at the moment, but based on date and itinerary there are two possible ships!

[kazu]

On 3/9/2019 at 4:31 PM, southendcruiser said:

Does anyone have an idea how long it takes HAL to cancel a cruise after a charter?  I am booked on one of the cruises updated on this thread (Volendam  23-29 April 2020).  I confirmed the charter with the chartering organization and then called HAL to check.  They claimed the booking is still valid and are still booking it on their website.  The best alternative is filling fast but I do not want to switch the booking until I get a move-over.

 

I don’t know but can share my experience.  I was booked on a Volendam Asia itinerary which would go in Feb. & March.  We got notification in April/May (I was cruising so it’s a bit of a blur) of the year prior that we were cancelled due to the charter and offered some decent OBC if we did a cruise of the same length and booked by x date.  

 

Since I was cruising my TA got the date extended for me 😉   

 

So it was about 10 months For us.

[LF23]

2 hours ago, VMax1700 said:

To Be Confirmed. Their publicity doesn't specify which ship at the moment, but based on date and itinerary there are two possible ships!

Thank you. Should I be worried if there’s a large group on my sailing?  

[KaySaxony]

Hi everybody,

we will do the 30 days Far East Cruise 2020 on the Westerdam that start´s in Singapore on the 16th of January 2020. The last officially bookable cruise of the Westerdam before ends on the 4th of January in Singapure. Does anybody know what happened during these 12 days? Dry dock / charter?

 

Many Thanks Kay

[oaktreerb]

On 3/30/2019 at 2:30 PM, LF23 said:

Thank you. Should I be worried if there’s a large group on my sailing?  

Maybe.  The size of the group will possibly impact dining room availability and use of other locations on the ship including the showroom.  I have been on several cruises where there was no impact at all.  If it is a theme cruise it will more likely cause an impact.   You can google the group, ship, and date and get an idea of how impactful it might be.  HAL has a lot of Road Scholar groups on their ships, they are a small group and will use a meeting room for classes...no impact on the rest of the cruisers.  

[MeandtheSea]

Hello, all.  Does anyone know which groups are booked on my upcoming Sept 8-15, 2019  Norway cruise on Holland America’s Nieuw Statendam?  I’ve read on the roll call that there are 2 different groups booked- group of 177 and 116.  I don’t think groups of that size will have much impact other than dining. At least that is my hope. How can I find out about the groups?  I don’t see them listed here.  Thank you all.  

Edited July 9, 2019 by MeandtheSea

[BermudaBound2014]

Just wanted to say this is an extremely useful post! 

 

I think the HAL forum members do the absolute best job. Thank you:)

 

 

[MAVIP]

18 hours ago, MeandtheSea said:

Hello, all.  Does anyone know which groups are booked on my upcoming Sept 8-15, 2019  Norway cruise on Holland America’s Nieuw Statendam?  I’ve read on the roll call that there are 2 different groups booked- group of 177 and 116.  I don’t think groups of that size will have much impact other than dining. At least that is my hope. How can I find out about the groups?  I don’t see them listed here.  Thank you all.  

September 8-15 A Musical Cruise on board Nieuw Statendam.  Maybe one of the "groups" you mention, but I do not think those passengers will see themselves as a real group but more as individual Musical lovers (??).