Airnocker Posted July 6, 2017 #51 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Hi Airnocker/Eric, a vert cool name, btw. Roger that Copper 10-8. After SNG we'll have to get together and I can tell you how i picked airnocker as my handle. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted July 6, 2017 #52 Share Posted July 6, 2017 So, you won't be on board for the New Zealand ports of call?We had hoped to see you in Dunedin. Unfortunately not next year Phil :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted July 6, 2017 #53 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Roger that Copper 10-8. After SNG we'll have to get together and I can tell you how i picked airnocker as my handle. Eric Sound like a plan, Eric :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted July 7, 2017 #54 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Unfortunately not next year Phil :( Maybe the following year:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare bluesplayer Posted July 7, 2017 #55 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Hello.. any idea who the Captain, Cruise Director, Music Director, Beverage Mngr on The Eurodam sailing from Seattle - Hawaii- Vancouver 9/30/17? We sailed around Cape Horn with Capt. P. J. even had a chance to chat.. loved his sense of humor!! What a lovely cruise that was!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted July 7, 2017 #56 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Maybe the following year:) One can always hope; it's all about scheduling since they gave us two ships now. one ship - vac - 2nd ship - vac - back to 1st ship, etc. Kia ora Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted July 7, 2017 #57 Share Posted July 7, 2017 A big request here. While I frequently do combinations of cruises this will be the first one that's all HAL. Key personnel for: Oosterdam 1 day September 24 Amsterdam 4 day coastal September 26 and Grand Asia October 1 (I'm just first leg but expect there will be some changes in San Diego Prinsendam November 2 Transatlantic. Thanks Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted July 7, 2017 #58 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Hello.. any idea who the Captain, Cruise Director, Music Director, Beverage Mngr on The Eurodam sailing from Seattle - Hawaii- Vancouver 9/30/17? We sailed around Cape Horn with Capt. P. J. even had a chance to chat.. loved his sense of humor!! What a lovely cruise that was!! EUDM: Capt Werner Timmers CD Nicholas Reiersgard BM Mario Jelic Music in charge dude: Scott McCutceon Always subject to change! Enjoy that trip to Hawaii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted July 8, 2017 #59 Share Posted July 8, 2017 One can always hope; it's all about scheduling since they gave us two ships now. one ship - vac - 2nd ship - vac - back to 1st ship, etc. Kia ora Phil Kia Ora, thanks for the explanation. Re Maasdam November/December, Do you know who will be Captain, Hotel Manager, Dining Room Manager and Cruise Director? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare bluesplayer Posted July 8, 2017 #60 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Thank you for information on the Hawaii sailing. This is our first experience with many sea days and i know we will enjoy every moment of sailing. Hope the crew is OK to have all the passengers on board for so many days! I understand it is more work on sea days for the crew. Tried to give the stewards a day off in the past.. they keep on checking on us. HA has an awesome staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted July 8, 2017 #61 Share Posted July 8, 2017 A big request here. While I frequently do combinations of cruises this will be the first one that's all HAL. Key personnel for: Oosterdam 1 day September 24 Amsterdam 4 day coastal September 26 and Grand Asia October 1 (I'm just first leg but expect there will be some changes in San Diego Prinsendam November 2 Transatlantic. Thanks Roy OK Roy, here we go OSDM: Capt Michiel Willems HD Prem Kainikkara CD Erin Duffey DRM Iman Sugondo BM Calin Nesinov See you there! AMDM Capt Fred Eversen HD Henk Mensink CD Hamish Davis DRM Philip Stolte BM Jacques Louw PRDM: Capt. Ane Jan Smit HD Cees Tesselaar CD Linda Minnikin DRM Suryana Syarif BM Joanna Czarnolecka ALways subject to change! Enjoy those almost two months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted July 8, 2017 #62 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Kia Ora, thanks for the explanation. Re Maasdam November/December, Do you know who will be Captain, Hotel Manager, Dining Room Manager and Cruise Director? Maasie: Capt Bas van Dreumel HD Colin Jacob CD Simon Jukes DRM Donny Dharmawan Always subject to change! Enjoy Maasdam Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted July 8, 2017 #63 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Thank you. Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J&Dhighdesert Posted July 8, 2017 #64 Share Posted July 8, 2017 It seems you are everyone's go to guy. My questions are a little different. What is your dog's name? Does he go with you? You mentioned that you have never been on the Westerdam. What other ships have you not been on in the fleet? I know the security team varies from different classes of ships. About what is the average size team? Thanks for your input in advance. Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted July 9, 2017 #65 Share Posted July 9, 2017 It seems you are everyone's go to guy. My questions are a little different. What is your dog's name? Does he go with you? You mentioned that you have never been on the Westerdam. What other ships have you not been on in the fleet? I know the security team varies from different classes of ships. About what is the average size team? Thanks for your input in advance. Jo Hi Jo; The K-9 in the avatar's name was Wodan van Uiterhuis (think Norse mythology for the first name and ultra Dutch for the last name). He was a full-bread German shepherd, born and initially trained in Limburg, the southern-most province of the Netherlands. I became his handler with the police in Los Angeles County when he was three years old and, after attending a six-week handlers course in Riverside County, where I was taught how to become a K-9 handler along with Wodan at my side, worked with him for five years, still the best assignment in the PD, as far as I'm concerned. Wodan took his commands in Dutch, a language I already knew, having been born and raised there He was, what is known as a "patrol dog" which meant he looked for, and many times found, bad guys who had committed felonies, and were hiding in buildings and/or in someone's back yard. He was also trained to locate items of evidence left behind by bad guys in a relatively large area such as guns, ammo, knives, etc. After he retired, the city sold him to me for $1. Unfortunately, after two years he developed hip dysplasia, which eventually severely affected his quality of life, so we (my wife and I) made the very hard decision to have him put down by our vet. Still the longest drive in my life! Dogs/K-9s are not part of the security contingency on HAL ships, or any other cruise lines that I know of. The dogs you might see around cruise ships are either local, county, state, federal or military detection-trained dogs; detection meaning anything from narcotics, to agricultural products, to explosives. The cruise lines and/or ports also hire trained detection dogs from private organizations I have been on a total of seventeen HAL ships incl. Nieuw Amsterdam III, Statendam and Ryndam no longer in the fleet. I have so far worked on nine ships, including one no longer in the fleet, m/s Statendam, Out of the current fleet, I have not yet worked on Veendam, Rotterdam, Zaandam, Westerdam, Prinsendam and Koningsdam The size of the security team varies by size/class of the ships. I can't really get into the numbers, hope you understand Have a nice weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted July 9, 2017 #66 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Maasie:Capt Bas van Dreumel HD Colin Jacob CD Simon Jukes DRM Donny Dharmawan Always subject to change! Enjoy Maasdam Phil Thank you, have not previously met any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crewcox Posted July 9, 2017 #67 Share Posted July 9, 2017 can you give the staff for the Westerdam October 14-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted July 10, 2017 #68 Share Posted July 10, 2017 can you give the staff for the Westerdam October 14-26 WEDM: Capt Mark Rowden HD Mark Pells CD Judith Day DRM Sumartha Komang BM Ivelin Kolarov Always subject to change; Enjoy that Med cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankc98376 Posted July 10, 2017 #69 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Maasie:Capt Bas van Dreumel HD Colin Jacob CD Simon Jukes DRM Donny Dharmawan Always subject to change! Enjoy Maasdam Phil Sounds like we may see you on the Sept 25 OSDM to Mexico from Vancouver? Hope so, have enjoyed reading your posts for so long is great to put a face to the person. Do you know who the PG Manager will be? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted July 10, 2017 #70 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Sounds like we may see you on the Sept 25 OSDM to Mexico from Vancouver? Hope so, have enjoyed reading your posts for so long is great to put a face to the person. Do you know who the PG Manager will be? Thanks! Looking forward to meeting both of you in person, Frank PG Mngr is scheduled to be Arlin Heinink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliaschief Posted July 10, 2017 #71 Share Posted July 10, 2017 We have been loyal Hal Cruisers and though we recognize some Captain's and HD officers it does seem like a lot of turnovers among Cruise Directors. Who are those guys/gals?:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted July 10, 2017 #72 Share Posted July 10, 2017 We have been loyal Hal Cruisers and though we recognize some Captain's and HD officers it does seem like a lot of turnovers among Cruise Directors. Who are those guys/gals?:D Cruise director, for the last ten years, has always been a high turnover position; it doesn't work out; they move elsewhere, internal changes within the entertainment dept, you name it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echoshipmate Posted July 10, 2017 #73 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Hey Copper, checking on cell service on the 14 day Alaska on Amsterdam. I have Verizon, my wife at&t and a sprint mi fi hotspot. Your experiences knowing you just did this itinerary. Thanks in advance. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted July 10, 2017 #74 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Hey Copper, checking on cell service on the 14 day Alaska on Amsterdam. I have Verizon, my wife at&t and a sprint mi fi hotspot. Your experiences knowing you just did this itinerary. Thanks in advance. Doug Afternoon shipmate; I recently switched from Verizon to T-Mobile, and had no issues using my phone in all Alaskan ports, plus Seattle, plus Victoria, BC. All those ports have WiFi hot spots; just look for the crew congregating in certain areas ;p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echoshipmate Posted July 10, 2017 #75 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Thanks for the reply! We always look for crew as they know the best spots for most things. Still wondering about Verizon v att v sprint. Any observations on fellow crew's usage, what they use or think works best? Trying not to bring too many devices, we travel light! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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