Big Band Cruises?

[SabreSailor]

Does anyone know if HAL has abandoned booking a big band on transatlantics? We had such a great time dancing on our T/A on the Noordam a year ago....

[RuthC]

I don't know if HAL still has them or not, but I do know that they are getting fewer and fewer. Once upon a time---not that many years ago, either---every trans-Atlantic was a Big Band cruise. It's a shame 'cause they were such fun. :(

[grannynurse]

Our October TA on the Westerdam is not listed as a big band cruise. The HAL Europe brochure used to tag the Big Band cruises with little icons and I don't see ANY this year (2007).
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[Bill S]

I don't know about HAL's future plans for big band theme cruises, but on our September 2006 trans-Atlantic cruise on the Noordam, we had a great dance band on-board. I think the ship was sold-out and there were a lot of folks dancing each night up in the Crow's Nest. It sure looked like such a cruise is very popular. I hope HAL continues with big band cruises.

[SabreSailor]

Thanks, folks, for your thoughts - we also thought that the Big Band cruise was the best of the HAL cruises we've taken....

[Dolphins]

A few years back we enjoyed a big band cruise on the former Westerdam with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra. Would really enjoy a big band cruise on the Noordam out of New York.

[Dolphins]

I'm afraid our generation is dying out and the most we can hope for now is that the ship's band has one big band night during the average cruise.