portofrome Posted September 3, 2020 #26 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Corfu May 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Pete Cruiser Posted September 3, 2020 Author #27 Share Posted September 3, 2020 34 minutes ago, portofrome said: Corfu May 2019 Debbie Reynolds, who christened Veendam. Nice. Often used as a trivia question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvercruiser Posted September 3, 2020 #28 Share Posted September 3, 2020 We loved our table for 2 on the balcony of the dining room on our first Veendam cruise in 2004. In 2013 I had the most wonderful cruise, Voyage of the Vikings, in one of those 'new' cabins on the rear of the ship. The balcony was nice and big, also shaded, so I could enjoy the scenery that was almost always visible, since the sun was out so many hours of the day at that time of year. What a treat to be in the middle of the Norwegian fjords and sit out there and just feel like part of it. I will miss the Veendam as well as Maasdam. Just the right size ships. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipsAreTheBest Posted September 3, 2020 #29 Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, St Pete Cruiser said: Wow, colorful. I hope someone has pics of it after it was redone with tans and browns. How’s this? Taken February 12, 2020. Edited September 3, 2020 by ShipsAreTheBest 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Pete Cruiser Posted September 3, 2020 Author #30 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Ships are the Best: Wonderful, thanks. Compare your pics to the 2010 Crow's Nest!!! As I wrote earlier, HAL finally invested in the Veendam, but now for naught. Captain Albert posted last year when I questioned him if the 2 S class were going away soon, wrote that the company realized the value of their smaller size for Venice, Cuba, Bermuda and other smaller ports, and therefore were keeping them. And then along came covid19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Pete Cruiser Posted September 4, 2020 Author #31 Share Posted September 4, 2020 This was the Veendam's Crow's nest in 2017. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Pete Cruiser Posted September 4, 2020 Author #32 Share Posted September 4, 2020 (edited) Three more Veendam pics I have been looking for. The first is docked at Key West, Mallory Square. Notice the Crow's nest with a wrap around window which looked back along the open deck. All of the HAL ships since have rooms, cabanas, etc blocking the view astern. Second is the Veendam anchored on the Amazon River for Boca de Valeria, Brazil. The river was high, giving the illusion that the ship may have run aground. Third is the Stephen Card painting of the Veendam arriving in Bermuda, which was displayed in the Crow's Nest. Question: Were the Card paintings removed from the recently sold ships before sale hand over? Edited September 4, 2020 by St Pete Cruiser 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyCam Posted September 4, 2020 #33 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Sailing the Veendam from Boston to Bermuda was my first solo cruise. Docking on Front Street was perfect, everything was so easily accessible. The crew was gracious and I met many enjoyable passengers. She was a special ship and I’m sorry I won’t get to sail her again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Pete Cruiser Posted September 4, 2020 Author #34 Share Posted September 4, 2020 With Maasdam, Veendam, Rotterdam and Amsterdam gone, HAL's longer itineraries will be cut back. As mentioned under another thread, the older guests who do these cruises may not return as soon or in as great of numbers until covid19 is no longer an issue. That may have pushed HAL to sell these ships now, rather keep them in longer layup. Wouldn't that apply to most of the cruise lines who do longer itineraries, ie, Azamara, Oceania, Crystal, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipsAreTheBest Posted September 5, 2020 #35 Share Posted September 5, 2020 On 9/3/2020 at 12:11 AM, VintageGeo said: We never sailed on the Veendam but we did cross paths back in Feb. on our Panama Canal cruise when they led the way out of Port Everglades. One last look Lori & George Was this February 5? If so, I was on board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless2 Posted September 5, 2020 #36 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Docked in Lisbon in Nov 2017.Sent from my Pixel 3a XL using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageGeo Posted September 6, 2020 #37 Share Posted September 6, 2020 9 hours ago, ShipsAreTheBest said: Was this February 5? If so, I was on board! Yes, it was. We were on the Oosterdam. Hope you had a great cruise also. 🙂 Lori & George 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipsAreTheBest Posted September 6, 2020 #38 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, VintageGeo said: Yes, it was. We were on the Oosterdam. Hope you had a great cruise also. 🙂 Lori & George We did - great trip. Fourth time on Veendam (and didn’t realize at the time it would be our last). Here’s our view of you... Edited September 6, 2020 by ShipsAreTheBest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageGeo Posted September 6, 2020 #39 Share Posted September 6, 2020 32 minutes ago, ShipsAreTheBest said: We did - great trip. Fourth time on Veendam (and didn’t realize at the time it would be our last). Here’s our view of you... Glad you enjoyed it. And thanks for the pic. Here's a couple more of you on the way out. And here's hoping we're all safely back on a dam ship sooner rather than later. Lori & George 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare whogo Posted September 6, 2020 #40 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Veendam in San Diego 20 JAN 2015: Sometimes "As You Wish" meant "Wait For a Table". Remember fresh squeezed orange juice? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Pete Cruiser Posted September 6, 2020 Author #41 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Whogo, thanks for the pics, especially the fresh squeezer! One of the little things we enjoyed that is no longer. Living in Florida, I had both an orange and a grapefruit tree with plenty of fruit in my yard. Now in a condo, and with the loss of so much citrus here, it hurts to pay $ for what I use to give away. I spoke at a cruise critic meet and greet some years ago, telling all that they should enjoy the S and R ships as they wouldn't be around, or replaced size wise, forever. The thinking was that 25 to 30 years was the expected fleet life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted September 6, 2020 #42 Share Posted September 6, 2020 7 hours ago, whogo said: Remember fresh squeezed orange juice? Indeed I do! Wasn't it Archie Bunker that said: "Them were the days"? "Them were the days" seems to have caught up with those of us living in these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maya_C Posted September 7, 2020 #43 Share Posted September 7, 2020 We were on the Veendam, Boston to Bermuda, in June 2018 and appreciated docking in Hamilton. I loved the ship and the crew so much I immediately checked where she was going in the future. We took a Greek island cruise on her in May 2019. On the Bermuda cruise, I asked Mike at the Martini bar to make a drink based on one served during the last dinner on the Titanic. My murder mystery centering on a Titanic re-creation dinner had just come out and I'd been asked to blog about drinks on that ship. Mike not only whipped up a cocktail from my recipe but also hummed the Titanic movie theme while he did it. A unique memory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Pete Cruiser Posted September 7, 2020 Author #44 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Hi Maya. Nice to se your pics and comments. We were also looking at the Veendam's up coming itineraries and like many of them. HAL had scheduled her for some rather unique places, partly as they had lost those of the Prinsendam. I am as sad about loosing the S and R class ships as I am loosing those special itineraries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overhead Fred Posted September 8, 2020 #45 Share Posted September 8, 2020 We never had the chance to sail on her, but here she is next us at Georgetown, Grand Cayman. We were on the Nieuw Statendam, January 10, 2019 - 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maya_C Posted September 8, 2020 #46 Share Posted September 8, 2020 3 hours ago, St Pete Cruiser said: Hi Maya. Nice to se your pics and comments. We were also looking at the Veendam's up coming itineraries and like many of them. HAL had scheduled her for some rather unique places, partly as they had lost those of the Prinsendam. I am as sad about loosing the S and R class ships as I am loosing those special itineraries. Hi St. Pete Cruiser,. I'm also sad about losing those ships. The only other HAL ship I've been on is the Zaandam and that fortunately is still around. I much prefer those smaller ships and wish I'd had the chance to go on the Prinsendam. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRWolf Posted September 8, 2020 #47 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Our first cruise, to Bermuda. Thanks for all the pictures. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless2 Posted September 9, 2020 #48 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Jan 2009 out of Tampa.Sent from my Pixel 3a XL using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Pete Cruiser Posted September 10, 2020 Author #49 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Veendam's older sister, the Statendam, is docked in Tilbury, UK, awaiting bids. It may be possible that all 4 of the S class ships could end up with the same owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted September 10, 2020 #50 Share Posted September 10, 2020 8 hours ago, St Pete Cruiser said: Veendam's older sister, the Statendam, is docked in Tilbury, UK, awaiting bids. It may be possible that all 4 of the S class ships could end up with the same owner. Could happen, but will they ever sail for a brand new cruise start-up given the depression that the travel industry is experiencing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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