MS Veendam Sail-Away-April 24, 2014

[aliaschief]

She's on the Fort Lauderdale NE Cam

[0bnxshs]

I should be practicing my Aloha's.:)

 

Ah, off to Hawai'i, are you? I saw this was your last sail away (in) for the season....

[KNOT2L82SAIL]

Great camera work on the guys' part, capturing her way out there!

[Vict0riann]

And the Constellation is ready to depart - maybe they will cross paths.

[PathfinderEss]

This is great, I usually never see them come into PE.

[gigianne]

Signing in to see the V and then back again to see the sail away. DD inlaws are on the Constellation for a TA to Amsterdam and then a Baltic Cruise.

[aliaschief]

Ah, off to Hawai'i, are you? I saw this was your last sail away (in) for the season....

 

Headed to Seattle for three days before heading to the Islands. Keep telling my wife I'm going over to Dam Hdqs. and see if they would hire an old codger.

[PathfinderEss]

Great camera work, Lou and Dave.:D

[Vict0riann]

Headed to Seattle for three days before heading to the Islands. Keep telling my wife I'm going over to Dam Hdqs. and see if they would hire an old codger.

 

You could ride the 'dam ships as Senior Cruise Consultant!

[0bnxshs]

Headed to Seattle for three days before heading to the Islands. Keep telling my wife I'm going over to Dam Hdqs. and see if they would hire an old codger.

 

Old codgers rule! :D (Being one myself, of course.... )

[0bnxshs]

Signing in to see the V and then back again to see the sail away. DD inlaws are on the Constellation for a TA to Amsterdam and then a Baltic Cruise.

 

Hi Georgina! Don't you wish you were with them???

[PathfinderEss]

Headed to Seattle for three days before heading to the Islands. Keep telling my wife I'm going over to Dam Hdqs. and see if they would hire an old codger.

 

Have you ever been over to their offices. It is beautiful.......

[gigianne]

Hmm if I answer that I might incriminate myself! A cruise yes.......

[0bnxshs]

Have you ever been over to their offices. It is beautiful.......

 

We drove past them on our way to the Golden Princess last September. Nice location, for sure.

[PathfinderEss]

You could ride the 'dam ships as Senior Cruise Consultant!

 

Now there you go.....I'll sign up.

[0bnxshs]

Hmm if I answer that I might incriminate myself! A cruise yes.......

 

It's just like riding motorcycles.... don't matter what your style or brand.... it beats walking or driving a cage....

 

Any cruise is better than no cruise..... :cool:

[gigianne]

What an opportunity to see a HAL ship arriving in port - not often this happens. Can you imagine the passengers sitting and waiting in the terminal. Will they miss dinner? Hopefully the dry dock addressed some of the problems that the V was having.

[Mumsysailor]

You could ride the 'dam ships as Senior Cruise Consultant!

 

Offering special discounts to sail away addicts. :cool:

Edited April 24, 2014 by Mumsysailor

[KNOT2L82SAIL]

What an opportunity to see a HAL ship arriving in port - not often this happens. Can you imagine the passengers sitting and waiting in the terminal. Will they miss dinner? Hopefully the dry dock addressed some of the problems that the V was having.

 

They have had boxed lunches and snacks. That will keep them happy and fed. LOL

[Mumsysailor]

What an opportunity to see a HAL ship arriving in port - not often this happens. Can you imagine the passengers sitting and waiting in the terminal. Will they miss dinner? Hopefully the dry dock addressed some of the problems that the V was having.

 

Someone posted on another thread that they were given boxed lunches and various non-alcoholic beverages while they wait.

 

Must have been posting at the same time asKnot2l82sail.

Edited April 24, 2014 by Mumsysailor

[rkacruiser]

I wonder if there will be a Mariner's Embarkation Dinner?

 

(I am joking, of course.)

 

Really cool camera work! Thanks to the web cam operators!

[Vict0riann]

She's backing up!:D

[0bnxshs]

They have had boxed lunches and snacks. That will keep them happy and fed. LOL

 

Someone posted on another thread that they were given boxed lunches and various non-alcoholic beverages while they wait.

 

Must have been posting at the same time asKnot2l82sail.

 

Hopefully HAL does a better job at this than Celebrity. Our cruise on the Celebrity Infinity after a dry dock entailed box lunches as we waited to board. They ran out of box lunches before we arrived. How do you do that??? :confused:

[gigianne]

Well a boxed lunch sure beats the granola bars and water we were given while waiting to board the Maasdam on the 28th March.

[PathfinderEss]

New arrival time is 6:30. We have been told that first there will be disembarkation of 400 contractors. Then check in will start. We are as comfortable as can be, boxed lunches were provided along with soda, coffee, water and bagged snacks. Two terminals being used to hold us while we wait. Complimentary shuttles are available to the harbor shops or galleria mall. We are anxious to get onboard of course, but without a ship to board, we figure we might as well wait it out haha. We were originally told not to arrive at the pier until 4pm so we walked around with all our luggage. After flying all night and walking all day, we are happy to be waiting in the air conditioning. We are just hoping we won't miss our first port, half moon.

 

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