It is a dam ship Sail-Away Fiesta! December 19, 2015

[PathfinderEss]

Looks like a party to me, great poems everyone, keep it going. I will be joining in all the fun.

 

Thanks Boytjie for the great reminder.

[Happily@Sea]

I'm here this morning - hope I can stay with you.

[Happily@Sea]

It's the Maasdam on PE cam at 4:51

[Happily@Sea]

The Elegant Prinsendam on PE cam at 5:46.

[IRL_Joanie]

Watching as Westerdam is getting ready to enter the PE and see that even the MarineTraffic.com web site has her listed under a "special Name" Westy8" all the other ships are listed under their regular names except for our "Westy or Westie" whichever you prefer to spell it:)

 

Joanie

Edited December 19, 2015 by IRL_Joanie

[Happily@Sea]

'Queen of Toots' - 6:21.

[kazu]

Great song creation Peter :)

 

Pretty hard to resist the Maasdam, the Westerdam is impossible to resist and the lovely Prinsendam just plain seals the deal :). It's a rare day when she is in Fort Lauderdale.

 

How can anyone miss this?

[jaspersmycat]

Good morning everyone. I'm in Ft Lauderdale at the Embassy Suites and will be getting on the ms Prinsendam today. I hope to be out on my Verandah (port side below the Lido) waving as we leave.

[Happily@Sea]

Good morning everyone. I'm in Ft Lauderdale at the Embassy Suites and will be getting on the ms Prinsendam today. I hope to be out on my Verandah (port side below the Lido) waving as we leave.

 

I hope they show your area. Bon voyage.

 

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Now that all the dam ships are parked - I'll be going to breakfast. We have immigration for Key West starting at 8 am. Sun is just rising but there will be no view - too many clouds.

 

Hope to participate this afternoon.

[POA1]

Good morning everyone. I'm in Ft Lauderdale at the Embassy Suites and will be getting on the ms Prinsendam today. I hope to be out on my Verandah (port side below the Lido) waving as we leave.

Have a wonderful voyage!

[DeeniEncinitas]

Good morning everyone. I'm in Ft Lauderdale at the Embassy Suites and will be getting on the ms Prinsendam today. I hope to be out on my Verandah (port side below the Lido) waving as we leave.

 

Have a wonderful cruise!!!

Denise:)

[innlady1]

A great day at Port everglades. ..I hope to be here, too.

[Seafoam Green]

I hope to be here today - sailaway overload has to be a good thing, right?

 

Missed the Oosterdam yesterday, but was receiving some port info for our cruise from my sister as part of a brief holiday visit. I'll have to not miss the next time my ship is in port.

 

Great song lyrics, guys! Also, thanks for sharing the secret of creating an excellent parody of song...

 

:D

[Love the beach]

I trust all the sail-away addicts will be invited to the Grammys when our own lyricists are recognized!:D

 

Yes! Loving it!....hope to be here for the sailaways

[Lizzie68]

Good morning everyone. I'm in Ft Lauderdale at the Embassy Suites and will be getting on the ms Prinsendam today. I hope to be out on my Verandah (port side below the Lido) waving as we leave.

 

I certainly hope to be here, and we will be watching for you. Have a great cruise.:)

[Vict0riann]

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!:D

[POA1]

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!:D

I know.

 

[alibabacruisers]

How festive you all are! I will be here with bells on waiting, watching and listening for the "HALiday" (thanks Kathi) festivities to brighten our day!

 

I wish we were having cooler weather like you in the northern hemisphere, but we are in the middle of a disgusting heat wave here in Melbourne with temperatures yesterday of 111 degrees F!!!:mad: So the sailaway party will be a most welcome distraction!:)

 

Love that picture poa1!

Edited December 19, 2015 by alibabacruisers

[Copper10-8]

Lots of tonnage in PE today! Cargo vessel MSC Bahamas outbound via the ICW about to pass PRDM and Independence OTS on her weekly run to Nassau

Edited December 19, 2015 by Copper10-8

[Copper10-8]

WEDM's Bosun walking across the short distance to PRDM to pick up some stuff. It pays to be in port with two fleet mates! ;)

[Scrapnana]

Sounded like somebody got an upgrade they didn't know about.

 

Leaving to go to the grocery store for goodies for this afternoons HALiday party!:D:D:D

[ski ww]

I missed sail away yesterday but will be here today. Looks like we have lots of talented song writers out there. This will be the last sail away for the Maasdam before she goes in for dry dock. We get on her the day after she is finished getting fixed up. Looking forward to getting on a nice clean fresh ship for our cruise.

Allan

[ger_77]

I was so looking forward to this afternoon's sail-away, when I looked at the calendar and realized I have to perform a wedding ceremony at 4PM. I don't think they'd appreciate me arriving an hour later because I wanted to watch some pretty ships leaving port, would they? On the other hand, they can't start without me . . . . .:D

 

Smooth Sailing! :) :):) :)

[Copper10-8]

And that explains where the Russian are ;) Container ship BF IPanema, currently at #31 south of PRDM, will be departing at 1530 for Oranjestad and sailing northbound the ICW past PRDM and Independence OTS prior to those two departing

[Copper10-8]

I was so looking forward to this afternoon's sail-away, when I looked at the calendar and realized I have to perform a wedding ceremony at 4PM. I don't think they'd appreciate me arriving an hour later because I wanted to watch some pretty ships leaving port, would they? On the other hand, they can't start without me . . . . .:D

 

Smooth Sailing! :) :):) :)

 

You've got a dilemma on your hands, Your Honor ;)