A fitting tribute and goodbye to Miss Dolly

[WriterOnDeck]

Gayle Hughes sent me the attached video and asked me to share it with all of "Miss Dolly's" friends. I sailed with Dolly three times on the Amsterdam, the latest her last cruise as our World Cruise 2020 was abruptly ended in Australia by the pandemic shutdown. I know many her knew her better than I did. She was a fixture on the Amsterdam, and as we are about to take off on the 2023 World Cruise, we will miss her.

 

Hello Dolly Goodbye

[sue1898]

Thank you for posting this. May she rest in peace.

[Copper10-8]

Thanks for posting this tribute! This was Dolly with her security detail during the 2014 Grand Asia-Pacific voyage on Amsterdam. She was one of a kind! May she rest in eternal peace!

[Tampa Girl]

What a lovely tribute.  We remember her from the 2018 Grand Asia.  RIP, Dolly.

[Sir PMP]

She was a good sport, always wanted to dance with officers only, I told her once that if you don't dance with me now, I'll never dance with you again, so she danced..she was a beautiful person.

[durangoscots]

I think all of us who sailed with her will miss her.

 

Susan

[DAllenTCY]

I had the pleasure of meeting her on several occasions in San Diego.

 

The first time, she asked me if she could ride the Amsterdam disembarkation coach to the airport and back... so that she could welcome some of her friends to the World Cruise sailing that day.  Of course, I suggested that she hold a clip board for us.  She laughed, and off she went.

 

Another time it was pouring rain, and she arrived wet as could be.  I offered to get her some towels, and she told me "Don't worry, it's just water".  I asked why she didn't have an umbrella and she replied "Why?".

 

My other memory is when she told me that she had taken the city bus all around town on a Day Bus Pass.  The Hop on and Off was "too expensive" even with her status it would have been complimentary.  She said to me that she just wanted to see the city, but on her own.

 

David

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She loved her "home" on the Holland America Amsterdam and her crew.

 

 

 

 

[CruisinTexans]

2019 World Cruise

[erewhon]

@Copper10-8 John, had kindly invited us to visit on board the Amsterdam in Picton, during the visit he introduced us to Dolly,  a wonderful lady.   I often think of her.

 

[doone]

What a beautiful lady and tribute to her.  May she rest in the sweetest of peace…….

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

Thanks for sharing this. 

[FlorenceItaly]

What a wonderful tribute.  Thank you for sharing.   We had the pleasure of meeting her in late 2019 while on the Amsterdam for our Hawaii/South Pacific cruise.  She is fondly remembered.  May she rest in peace.

[hal lover]

Thank you for sharing.  RIP MS Dolly.  What a life!

[Min52]

Thank you for posting this beautiful tribute to Miss Dolly.  She is sailing in heaven with the rest of her family.