ms Maasdam Sail-Away March 29, 2016

[Boytjie]

The Maasdam is scheduled to set sail at 16:00/4:00 PM EDT (subject to change as always).

 

The webcams are at:

http://portevergladeswebcam.com/

http://ftlauderdalewebcam.com/

 

The Maasdam's 11-day Southern Caribbean itinerary:

 

Mar 29 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

Mar 30 At Sea

Mar 31 At Sea

Apr 1 Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

Apr 2 Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis

Apr 3 Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Apr 4 Bridgetown, Barbados

Apr 5 Fort-De-France, Martinique

Apr 6 Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Apr 7 At Sea

Apr 8 Half Moon Cay, Bahamas

Apr 9 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

 

The Maasdam's 21-day Southern/Eastern Caribbean itinerary:

 

Mar 29 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

Mar 30 At Sea

Mar 31 At Sea

Apr 1 Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

Apr 2 Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis

Apr 3 Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Apr 4 Bridgetown, Barbados

Apr 5 Fort-De-France, Martinique

Apr 6 Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Apr 7 At Sea

Apr 8 Half Moon Cay, Bahamas

Apr 9 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

Apr 10 At Sea

Apr 11 At Sea

Apr 12 San Juan, Puerto Rico

Apr 13 Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

Apr 14 Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis

Apr 15 St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda

Apr 16 St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.

Apr 17 At Sea

Apr 18 Half Moon Cay, Bahamas

Apr 19 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

 

[rafinmd]

This looks iffy. Crystal Symphony is leaving Bermuda the same time.

 

Roy

[Scrapnana]

Thanks, Peter. It will be my last webcam sail-away for some time.

[65 Gator]

Looking forward to being online. Weather in FLL tomorrow at sailaway time is pretty bad with high risk of rain... Would still rather be there on a ship than here at home...

[Boytjie]

This looks iffy. Crystal Symphony is leaving Bermuda the same time.

 

 

 

Roy

 

 

What is iffy?

 

 

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[ski ww]

Thanks for the heads up I'll try to be there.

Allan

[rafinmd]

What is iffy?

 

 

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Unless the ships end up leaving at significantly different times I'll be watching the Bermuda cam.

 

Roy

[Boytjie]

Unless the ships end up leaving at significantly different times I'll be watching the Bermuda cam.

 

Roy

 

Oh! I thought what I posed about the Maasdam was iffy! :D

[POA1]

Oh! I thought what I posed about the Maasdam was iffy! :D

Clearly we need a DVR feature for when too many good shows are on at once.

[rafinmd]

Clearly we need a DVR feature for when too many good shows are on at once.

 

You bet. Even for the 3 PE cameras.

 

Roy

[erewhon]

Checking in for Maasdam departure still listed at 1600.

[dfish]

Checking in for the Maasdam. It does not look like a nice day in Ft. Lauderdale.

[Happily@Sea]

Nice closeup on SW cam, now we need the rain to stop.

[Scrapnana]

For my fellow sail-away addicts...

 

Since most of the Sail-away gang are on this roll call or are following it I would share some information. I spoke with the current Captain of the Westerdam this evening and expressed our disappointment with the lack of horn leaving FLL. His response was: someone who lives in that area wrote a very nasty email to the home office with major complaints about the noise. It reached the CEO who spoke with the Captain. Therefore, he will not be using the horns anymore. Told him how sad we all would be.

 

 

summerslope posted this on our roll call thread. It explains why we have been not hearing our usual wonderful toots.

 

The complainer is a real Scrooge. You live near a port and can't stand to hear the ships' horns?:confused::confused: Bah, humbug!

[lka1012]

Checking in

[rafinmd]

For my fellow sail-away addicts...

 

summerslope posted this on our roll call thread. It explains why we have been not hearing our usual wonderful toots.

 

The complainer is a real Scrooge. You live near a port and can't stand to hear the ships' horns?:confused::confused: Bah, humbug!

 

Sad. Real sad!

 

Roy

[Scrapnana]

Sad. Real sad!

 

Roy

 

It's amazing that one miserable person:mad: can spoil things because you can tell the majority of the people in the condos love the horns.

 

BTW, thanks Roy for telling me how to quote from another thread. I bookmarked it but this was my first chance to use it.:)

[erewhon]

:(

For my fellow sail-away addicts...

 

 

 

 

summerslope posted this on our roll call thread. It explains why we have been not hearing our usual wonderful toots.

 

The complainer is a real Scrooge. You live near a port and can't stand to hear the ships' horns?:confused::confused: Bah, humbug!

 

Very sad indeed.:(

[StormyWildcat]

For my fellow sail-away addicts...

 

 

 

 

summerslope posted this on our roll call thread. It explains why we have been not hearing our usual wonderful toots.

 

The complainer is a real Scrooge. You live near a port and can't stand to hear the ships' horns?:confused::confused: Bah, humbug!

 

What you said "you live near a port and can't stand to hear the ship's horns?"

Seriously, what is wrong with people. Ships make horn noises, deal with it. 99% of the people who live there look forward to cruise ship sail away. It must be someone new to the area. Maybe we should have all the ships make as much noise as possible and make the grouches leave. *evil grin*

 

This is my first sailaway in a long time. Been super busy with maritime school!! I have been busy learning what all the horn signals are.

 

I had to tune in to see my beloved Maasdam. As a job well done gift from my hubby, we are going on a 14 day Alaska cruise on the Maasdam in May before I have to report to the academy ship in June.

 

Anyone know who is Captain on Maasdam right now? I heard Ms. Catherine Williams earlier. She remains a role model for me.

[jhannah]

You live near a port and can't stand to hear the ships' horns?:confused::confused: Bah, humbug!

 

Exactly! And I'll bet you ten dollars to a donut that the port was there LONG before the resident was. He/She HAD TO KNOW ships would be going in and out. It's the same as folks who build a house along the airport fence then gripe about the aircraft noise. Sorry, but I have no sympathy for them.

[travelnap]

Looks like they are dropping lines.

[erewhon]

Maasdam waiting for the pilot ad then getting underway.

[dfish]

Wish I were on her! We really had a wonderful time when we were on her a few years back.

[rafinmd]

Crystal Symphony moving. I'll check back a bit later.

 

Roy

[Boytjie]

Quick check in. Seems like good timing.