RevNeal Posted November 11, 2006 #51 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Judy, I had pretty much gathered that you had read the Press Release -- the one published on CCL is pretty much the same as the one published on HAL's own News board. Nevertheless, I thought Mr. Kruse's remarks were interesting, if not very enlightening. I agree with you that the ship, herself, sounds wonderful and I DO look forward to seeing what they do with her. Yes, like many of us here I prefer the S and R ships, but I also enjoy the Vistas and, I'm sure, the Signatures will also be excellent additions to the HAL fleet. As I said in a prior post, while peeved about the choice of name I was not being *serious* when I suggested that I might not cruise aboard her. Indeed, many of us CCers who were on the Noordam's Maiden Cruise have been talking, along with other CCers, about making the Maiden Cruise of this ship, too. I don't think I would willingly miss getting together with my CC friends for such a special occasion just because the name of the ship is such a disappointment. And, like you, several of the other itineraries they've mentioned are also of interest to me. I may do a NE/Canadian cruise aboard her in September 2008. I don't expect the name to "grow on me," but like you I already find myself just thinking of her as the "E-dam." And, like you, I am one who dislikes the cutsie shortenings of other damship names. However, perhaps when we gather for our CC get-together on the Inaugural we should hold a toasting and give her an informal "christening" as the "E-dam" :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAAmerican Posted November 11, 2006 #52 Share Posted November 11, 2006 The old White Screen Double Posting *S* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAAmerican Posted November 11, 2006 #53 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Happy? Well not everyone likes everything. Be glad for differences of opinion. This so called before launched EuroDam Ship is just that. Reading between the lines now too has to beckon you. Would we all rather call the Dam Ships : EG: [CENTER]Noordam [B]N[/B] Dam Oosterdam [B]O [/B]Dam Maasdam [B]M[/B] Dam Amsterdam [B]A[/B] Dam Prinsendam [B]P[/B] Dam Statendam [B]S[/B] Dam [/CENTER] Problems now... Rotterdam R Dam Ryndam r2 Dam Veendam V Dam Volendam v2 Dam Zuiderdam Z Dam Zaandam z 2 Dam [CENTER]Oosterdam [B]O[/B] Dam Westerdam [B]W[/B]Dam (EuroDam) [B]E[/B]Dam[/CENTER] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNeal Posted November 11, 2006 #54 Share Posted November 11, 2006 [quote name='AAAAmerican'] Zuiderdam Z Dam Zaandam z 2 Dam [/CENTER][/QUOTE] You got the sequence reversed here. The Zaandam is older, hence she is the ACTUAL "Z Dam". The Zuiderdam would, in your nomenclature, be Z2-Dam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bepsf Posted November 12, 2006 #55 Share Posted November 12, 2006 [quote name='revneal']You got the sequence reversed here. The Zaandam is older, hence she is the ACTUAL "Z Dam". The Zuiderdam would, in your nomenclature, be Z2-Dam[/QUOTE] [FONT="Garamond"][SIZE="4"]Same w/ [I]Ryndam[/I] & [I]Rotterdam[/I] - [I]Ryndam[/I] came first...[/SIZE][/FONT] :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougnewmanatsea Posted November 12, 2006 #56 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Actually, all the HAL ships have official two-letter abbreviations AM Amsterdam MA Maasdam NO Noordam OS Oosterdam PR Prinsendam RT Rotterdam RY Ryndam SA Statendam VE Veendam VO Volendam WE Westerdam ZA Zaandam ZU Zuiderdam (These can also be expressed in four letters e.g. AMDM instead of AM, MADM instead of MA, etc.) I guess the new ship will probably be EU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bepsf Posted November 12, 2006 #57 Share Posted November 12, 2006 [quote name='Host Doug'] I guess the new ship will probably be EU.[/QUOTE] [FONT="Garamond"][SIZE="4"]Eu How appropriate... :cool: [/SIZE][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted November 12, 2006 #58 Share Posted November 12, 2006 [quote name='revneal']Judy, I agree with you that the ship, herself, sounds wonderful and I DO look forward to seeing what they do with her. Yes, like many of us here I prefer the S and R ships, but I also enjoy the Vistas and, I'm sure, the Signatures will also be excellent additions to the HAL fleet. And, like you, several of the other itineraries they've mentioned are also of interest to me. I may do a NE/Canadian cruise aboard her in September 2008. I don't expect the name to "grow on me," but like you I already find myself just thinking of her as the "E-dam." And, like you, I am one who dislikes the cutsie shortenings of other damship names. However, perhaps when we gather for our CC get-together on the Inaugural we should hold a toasting and give her an informal "christening" as the "E-dam" :)[/quote] [B]Please share the first toast to her with me, Greg. :) I sincerely hope we do all toast her at our get together aboard Noordam. I am very much looking forward to that.[/B] [B]Robert and I are already talking about traveling to Rotterdam for Eurodam's Dedication....assuming we will be permitted to attend. We would then seriously like to do her Maiden. [/B] [B](I am torn though about her Crossing and her Canada/New England cruises. Such hard choices!!! ;) :) )[/B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruznon Posted November 12, 2006 #59 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Hope to be on maiden voyage also--great way to celebrate my retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old As Dirt Mom Posted November 12, 2006 #60 Share Posted November 12, 2006 There is just so much talent running amok on this board. Cruznon, I am quite impressed.:) Karin Cruznon, where did your terrific poem go???? It was here a moment ago, and it was pure genius! Please, bring it back!! Waaaah! I should have "quoted" it when I made my response!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessemon Posted November 12, 2006 #61 Share Posted November 12, 2006 [quote name='AWED23']:confused: Come on gang, we should be able to give HAL some help with a better name for the new ship than Eurodam......What say you Mariners?....Hoorndam????.....:rolleyes:[/quote] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=red]OK...[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#ff0000]I went back to the OP's post and thought this was supposed to be a funny thread.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#ff0000]Sorry...it is just the way I think sometimes....:D [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#ff0000]So here we go...[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#ff0000]Idontgiveadam....[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#ff0000]Whogivesadam....[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#ff0000]idroppedthehammeronmytoeandsaiddam...[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#ff0000]Hooverdam...[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#ff0000] [/COLOR][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted November 12, 2006 #62 Share Posted November 12, 2006 [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=royalblue]If M-A M's theory is correct this bump should reveal a previously unseen reply. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariner Posted November 12, 2006 #63 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I would have preferred Nieuw Amsterdam. Given her size, that name would fit. I subscribe to the Euro theory that it's about the money. One wag opined what's next? Dollardam? Rupeedam? They could take the easy route and just call her: Oh Dam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAAmerican Posted November 12, 2006 #64 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Thanks and NO MAPS... Charts are an art.:cool: [quote name='revneal']You got the sequence reversed here. The Zaandam is older, hence she is the ACTUAL "Z Dam". The Zuiderdam would, in your nomenclature, be Z2-Dam[/QUOTE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAAmerican Posted November 12, 2006 #65 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Could it be an Ewe and not an EU too? EweDam and we have the O-Dam..e-Dam:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAAmerican Posted November 12, 2006 #66 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Sorry that was a real EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWw.. a white screen of eDeath here on cc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNeal Posted November 12, 2006 #67 Share Posted November 12, 2006 [quote name='sail7seas'][B]Please share the first toast to her with me, Greg. :) I sincerely hope we do all toast her at our get together aboard Noordam. I am very much looking forward to that.[/B][/QUOTE] Indeed, as am I! [QUOTE][B]Robert and I are already talking about traveling to Rotterdam for Eurodam's Dedication....assuming we will be permitted to attend. We would then seriously like to do her Maiden. [/B][/QUOTE] You CAN'T go all the way to Rotterdam for the E-Dam's dedication without also making the cruise!!!!!! That would not be ... logical. :D [QUOTE][B](I am torn though about her Crossing and her Canada/New England cruises. Such hard choices!!! ;) :) )[/B][/QUOTE] Choice shmoish ... take 'em all!!!!!!!! It's only money! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted November 12, 2006 #68 Share Posted November 12, 2006 [quote name='revneal'] You CAN'T go all the way to Rotterdam for the E-Dam's dedication without also making the cruise!!!!!! That would not be ... logical. :D[/quote] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]Didn't know you were also a trekkie!;) [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]BTW, S7S, did you know that the real "Rotterdammers" have a nickname for their city? They call her "Rotjeknor"...........hmm, the M/S Rotjeknor:rolleyes: [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAAmerican Posted November 12, 2006 #69 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Its not just Money... It is Euro's! :eek: I guess your not buying Euro's forward then...*S* [quote name='revneal']Indeed, as am I! You CAN'T go all the way to Rotterdam for the E-Dam's dedication without also making the cruise!!!!!! That would not be ... logical. :D Choice shmoish ... take 'em all!!!!!!!! It's only money! :D[/QUOTE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariner Posted November 12, 2006 #70 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Doesn't trekkie in Dutch have another meaning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted November 12, 2006 #71 Share Posted November 12, 2006 [quote name='mariner']Doesn't trekkie in Dutch have another meaning?[/quote] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]Yes it does but we better not go there;) [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariner Posted November 12, 2006 #72 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Ten-FOUR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted November 12, 2006 #73 Share Posted November 12, 2006 [quote name='mariner']Ten-FOUR[/quote] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]Roger that![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted November 12, 2006 #74 Share Posted November 12, 2006 quote] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]BTW, S7S, did you know that the real "Rotterdammers" have a nickname for their city? They call her "Rotjeknor"...........hmm, the M/S Rotjeknor:rolleyes: [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]__________________ [/quote] [B]Phoenetics, John.........I need it written phoenetically :D [/B] [B]You cannot imagine how badly I could butcher that!! And I love Rotterdam so surely don't want to make a mess of the 'locals' nickname. ;)[/B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvdleek Posted November 13, 2006 #75 Share Posted November 13, 2006 May I remind you that there has been a contest among the employees of HAL, Windstar, Westmark Hotels and Gray Line for a name of the newest ship. Probably the management found EURODAM to be the winner. Instead of whining on this board, you better send your complaints to HAL's management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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