ms Zaandam in Port Everglades April 24, 2019

[Scrapnana]

She is not wasting any time leaving.

[Copper10-8]

Just now, lka1012 said:

The Olsen twins?

 

Winner from Memphis, TN! Nice job! 

 

Mary Kate and Ashley Olson

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

3 long toots from the Zaandam

[Happily@Sea]

PEV picture is way behind but the sound isn't

 

[Scrapnana]

Three toots and  then another.

[Copper10-8]

Nice look at Captain Anne Jan Smit with his finger on the button

[Krazy Kruizers]

May 16 is the last sail away from Ft Lauderdale.

[lka1012]

A very special thank you to Lou and Dave for these wonderful zooms today and to everyone who makes these posts possible.

[lka1012]

Just now, Krazy Kruizers said:

May 16 is the last sail away from Ft Lauderdale.

 

I am flying into Dallas that day. Hopefully I will be in the hotel and connected by then.

[Scrapnana]

See you all in Juneau on May 6.

[Happily@Sea]

See you then, Kathi. 

 

Everyone else see you May 16th for Amsterdam.

[rkacruiser]

23 minutes ago, lka1012 said:

The Zaandam was the first ship I sailed on. We were on her 4th voyage.

 

I wonder if we sailed together!  An early July Caribbean cruise from Fort Lauderdale.

[Himself]

I am looking forward to the JUNEUU season as well as SKAGWAY and Ketchikan,

[naskeag]

On 4/23/2019 at 4:14 PM, Scrapnana said:

Zaandam will be our next to the last FLL sail-away of the season.  She will be at pier 19 from 0500-1600 (although one schedule says 1700).  She is doing a 10 day Atlantic Coast cruise in preparation for her summer of Boston-Montreal cruising.  She will be the first HAL ship back to FLL on October 16.

 

Boston, Massachusetts (27 Apr 0800-1700); Bar Harbor, Maine (28 Apr 0700-1600); Halifax, Nova Scotia (29 Apr 0900-1800); Sydney, Nova Scotia (30 Apr 1000-1800); Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (01 May 0800-1700); Quebec City, Quebec (03 May 0800-1700); Montreal, Quebec (04 May a0700) 

 

There are no other cruise ships in port.

 

The PTZtv webcams can be found at https://www.portevergladeswebcam.com/ and https://www.ftlauderdalewebcam.com/.

 

Zuiderdam will be in Bermuda from 0800-1700.  The PTZtv webcam can be found at https://www.portbermudawebcam.com/.

 

For the Addicts :  San Diego will be visited by Nieuw Amsterdam on April 28, Eurodam on April 29, and Oosterdam on April 30.

 

Next up:  The Juneau HAL season begins on May 6 with the first visits of Nieuw Amsterdam and Eurodam.  No toots but at least we can see our ships sail in and, if you stay up late, sail-away.

Our last FLL sail-away will be on May 16 when Amsterdam returns from the 2019 World Cruise and then heads to the west coast for her summer season in Alaska.

Thanks for the heads up on the Zaandam webcam, although we missed it by 20 minutes. We are booked for the Boston to Montreal on Zaandam in August, and have fond memories of Zuiderdam last year.

[lka1012]

My Zaandam cruise was May 27 - June 3, 2000. 

[rkacruiser]

1 hour ago, lka1012 said:

My Zaandam cruise was May 27 - June 3, 2000. 

 

Nope.  We did not sail on the same one.  You helped to "break her in" very well.  I convinced some friends to sail with me on their first HAL cruise to help celebrate their wedding anniversary.  We all enjoyed the cruise.  They have determined that their first son was conceived on that Zaandam cruise.  Zaandam is special for me!