fuzzywuzzy
January 28th, 2009, 08:44 AM
Hello fellow CC'ers: I meant to post a live post while on our two week cruise on the Maasdam but I could NOT get on the site for some reason. My password wasn't working or something.
I will post a more detailed review upon returning home. My DH and I are presently enjoying a week in Daytona before heading home to COLD Canada.
We met a fun group of CC'ers at our Meet and Greet. Hi David and Graham; Bill and Connie and Bobbi and Ryan, among others. It was a blast!!
The Maasdam is now in dry dock. She is still a wonderful ship but needs a bit of a face lift here and there. The crew is AWESOME and the captain was great. I enjoyed his reports mixed with a sense of humour !!
You probably heard that we started off the cruise with a Code Red ! The cruise previous to ours had an illness outbreak so we were late in embarking by one hour due to STERILIZATION of the ship. The first few days were tight with the staff handing us EVERYTHING. Couldn't use the coffee machines ourselves or the fountain area. Couldn't serve ourselves at the buffet for salads, drinks, etc. The Captain kept reminding everyone to WASH WASH WASH and sing the birthday song twice while washing. So he would remind us from day to day to "sing and wash". It was cute. Then the alert was lifted thankfully and all was back to normal.
We had FOUR formals and a Black and White Ball with the officers in the Crow's Nest which was great. Everyone looked lovely.
Weather was fabulous !! No rain at all except a few rainforest showers which came and went on an island or two. Now the phrase "liquid sunshine" has true meaning. There were gorgeous rainbows on Dominica and one rainbow actually FOLLOWED THE SHIP. It was unbelievable. The ends of the rainbow were right there at each end of the stern. I will post pics.
Will post a bit later. Any questions, just ask.
:)
I will post a more detailed review upon returning home. My DH and I are presently enjoying a week in Daytona before heading home to COLD Canada.
We met a fun group of CC'ers at our Meet and Greet. Hi David and Graham; Bill and Connie and Bobbi and Ryan, among others. It was a blast!!
The Maasdam is now in dry dock. She is still a wonderful ship but needs a bit of a face lift here and there. The crew is AWESOME and the captain was great. I enjoyed his reports mixed with a sense of humour !!
You probably heard that we started off the cruise with a Code Red ! The cruise previous to ours had an illness outbreak so we were late in embarking by one hour due to STERILIZATION of the ship. The first few days were tight with the staff handing us EVERYTHING. Couldn't use the coffee machines ourselves or the fountain area. Couldn't serve ourselves at the buffet for salads, drinks, etc. The Captain kept reminding everyone to WASH WASH WASH and sing the birthday song twice while washing. So he would remind us from day to day to "sing and wash". It was cute. Then the alert was lifted thankfully and all was back to normal.
We had FOUR formals and a Black and White Ball with the officers in the Crow's Nest which was great. Everyone looked lovely.
Weather was fabulous !! No rain at all except a few rainforest showers which came and went on an island or two. Now the phrase "liquid sunshine" has true meaning. There were gorgeous rainbows on Dominica and one rainbow actually FOLLOWED THE SHIP. It was unbelievable. The ends of the rainbow were right there at each end of the stern. I will post pics.
Will post a bit later. Any questions, just ask.
:)