Maasdam Summer 2019 - sold / maintained?

[Copper10-8]

So does that mean her bow will be off limits to pax?

 

Gosh I love Veendam’s now.

 

Don't believe the Zodiacs will prevent her bow from being "open to the public" for glacier watching in AK and Panama Canal transits as it is today. The zodiacs will be secured and covered by canvas on those days.

Looks like she's getting eight (8) zodiacs so those will take up space to store unless they stack them

On another site - the one with a face and a book - a poster said they were removing the casino during dry dock to make room for the EXC enhancements. Do you know anything about this?

Smooth Sailing!:):):)

 

I know nada about that one, Geri. ;)The casino, as we know, brings in $$$ for the company so that kind of move would surprise me. Time will tell. She departs on her first "EXC In-Depth Voyage" right smack after her current dry-dock which will take her to the west coast of South America, the South Pacific, New Zealand, Oz, and the Spice Islands (Moluccas) of Indonesia

Edited September 3, 2018 by Copper10-8

[Himself]

Primarily standard maintenance/upkeep, some EXC stuff which includes the logistics for the Zodiac operation. She's scheduled to leave Freeport one week from today

 

 

 

It is good to see you posting again.

[Copper10-8]

It is good to see you posting again.

 

Good evening Father and thanks! Please take good care of yourself! :)

[Chewbecca]

Thanks all - it was on this site that a sale was mentioned but it was back in 2016, reported by the staff on the ship itself it seems.

 

Sounds like fake news which, on this occasion is good news!

[navybankerteacher]

Oh dear, you know what they say about first cruises after drydock. Hoping for fair seas and following winds in just a few more days. BTW, what exactly is a following wind - front, side or back? Or one the ship creates herself.

 

Looks like she is heading to Freeport for the drydock - underway.

 

You were responding to a misquote: “fair seas and following winds” — neither of which components makes much sense. It should be “fair skies and a following sea” - the fair skies being an obviously good thing, and the following sea referring to seas coming from astern - which will lift and speed you on your way.

[AV8rix]

Our fleet was full of pilots and engineers. Guess physics unites those hobbies and professions.

 

SERIOUSLY? Are you also an engineer? I'm retired now but my profession was aeronautical engineering. Designed the big ones for a living and flew the little ones for fun ;);). Uh, back to boats -- usually worked as foredeck crew on the 24'-30' classes. <-- see, it's not thread drift on this forum if you're talking about waterborne vessels.

[OlsSalt]

When you really want an answer, call in the Marines or at least an international military tribunal - origins of the terms fair winds and following seas: https://www.military-quotes.com/forum/fair-winds-following-seas-motto-t6572.html

 

I now stand thoroughly corrected and hope my post-dry dock departure in a few more days on Maasdam's first InDepth cruise meets nothing but fair winds and following seas - and only a 50:50 chance of bumping into an El Nino as we retrace some of the KonTiki adventure.

 

Having many days on the Maasdam, I will take notes on what changed and what remains the same. I go back to the days when little blue Dutch tiles graced the Show Room and fire sale carpets, clashing wall coverings and general dusty decor went every which way against Sunday. I remember thinking at the time back almost 10 years ago on our first HAL cruise, this ship, cabins, dining room, crew, the art, the antiques, the flowers and itinerary is a winner but it they just tweaked the decor a bit they would have something very marketable.

 

And even back then in 2009 some posters on this HAL forum went on endlessly about this stinking bucket of bolts that should have already been scrapped right then and there. Before we left on our first HAL cruise, I wondered what had we gotten ourselves into. Five stars later, now we wonder if we will ever get out of HAL's welcoming embrace.

 

These new Maasdam InDepth offerings will keep us close a little bit longer as we continue to pursue fair winds and following seas where ever she takes us. A Grand Alaska-TransPacific-Russia-Japan on the Maasdam is now waiting for us next year too.

[TiogaCruiser]

SERIOUSLY? Are you also an engineer? I'm retired now but my profession was aeronautical engineering. Designed the big ones for a living and flew the little ones for fun ;);). Uh, back to boats -- usually worked as foredeck crew on the 24'-30' classes. <-- see, it's not thread drift on this forum if you're talking about waterborne vessels.

Not me. My profession is unrelated. But I grew up in a family of engineers and live in one. Makes for interesting dinner conversations.

Their focus on how it works,

Why it works, why it isn’t working, and my all time favorite “can I make it do this? has rather rubbed off on me.

[Copper10-8]

Not me. My profession is unrelated. But I grew up in a family of engineers and live in one. Makes for interesting dinner conversations.

Their focus on how it works,

Why it works, why it isn’t working, and my all time favorite “can I make it do this? has rather rubbed off on me.

 

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be ;)

[cruisemom42]

When you really want an answer, call in the Marines or at least an international military tribunal - origins of the terms fair winds and following seas: https://www.military-quotes.com/forum/fair-winds-following-seas-motto-t6572.html

 

I now stand thoroughly corrected and hope my post-dry dock departure in a few more days on Maasdam's first InDepth cruise meets nothing but fair winds and following seas - and only a 50:50 chance of bumping into an El Nino as we retrace some of the KonTiki adventure.

 

Having many days on the Maasdam, I will take notes on what changed and what remains the same. I go back to the days when little blue Dutch tiles graced the Show Room and fire sale carpets, clashing wall coverings and general dusty decor went every which way against Sunday. I remember thinking at the time back almost 10 years ago on our first HAL cruise, this ship, cabins, dining room, crew, the art, the antiques, the flowers and itinerary is a winner but it they just tweaked the decor a bit they would have something very marketable.

 

And even back then in 2009 some posters on this HAL forum went on endlessly about this stinking bucket of bolts that should have already been scrapped right then and there. Before we left on our first HAL cruise, I wondered what had we gotten ourselves into. Five stars later, now we wonder if we will ever get out of HAL's welcoming embrace.

 

These new Maasdam InDepth offerings will keep us close a little bit longer as we continue to pursue fair winds and following seas where ever she takes us. A Grand Alaska-TransPacific-Russia-Japan on the Maasdam is now waiting for us next year too.

 

I hope you enjoy your voyage and look forward to hearing details on how the deployment of the special in-depth adventures goes.

[OlsSalt]

I hope you enjoy your voyage and look forward to hearing details on how the deployment of the special in-depth adventures goes.

 

DH is looking for more books to load on his kindle - got any more great suggestions for this part of the world.... so he can load up on them we meander across the Pacific.

 

We read Blue Latitudes last time out that way and pretty much everything about Capt Cook and have done Thor Heyerdahl so far. And now well saturated about the Mutiny on the Bounty - Pitcarin Island. Jarad Diamond and Collapse was oretty chilling.

 

Any equivalents of The Greendlanders for day to day Easter Island that you can recommend? Thanks.

 

PS: DH just handed me "The Statues That Walked" - hard copy and looks pretty timely, while I go load up my audio books from our local library.

[aliaschief]

Not me. My profession is unrelated. But I grew up in a family of engineers and live in one. Makes for interesting dinner conversations.

Their focus on how it works,

Why it works, why it isn’t working, and my all time favorite “can I make it do this? has rather rubbed off on me.

 

A wonderful lady who also can make great South American and Antarctic Video Blogs.:)

 

The Veendam Cruise is still one of our all time favorites.

 

Bruce

[richwmn]

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be ;)

And a Sailor will add a shot of rum and some ice and yell CHEERS!

[Copper10-8]

And a Sailor will add a shot of rum and some ice and yell CHEERS!

 

Aye, Aye, Matey :D

[cruisemom42]

DH is looking for more books to load on his kindle - got any more great suggestions for this part of the world.... so he can load up on them we meander across the Pacific.

 

We read Blue Latitudes last time out that way and pretty much everything about Capt Cook and have done Thor Heyerdahl so far. And now well saturated about the Mutiny on the Bounty - Pitcarin Island. Jarad Diamond and Collapse was oretty chilling.

 

Any equivalents of The Greendlanders for day to day Easter Island that you can recommend? Thanks.

 

PS: DH just handed me "The Statues That Walked" - hard copy and looks pretty timely, while I go load up my audio books from our local library.

 

The Greenlanders is a rare book; I don't know of an equivalent for Easter Island. However, if you haven't read it already I can highly recommend a well-written biography of Katherine Routledge -- she was an archaeologist who, together with her husband, was one of the first researchers to study Easter Island (and other Polynesian cultures as well). The book title is "Among Stone Giants": https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/074324480X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=074324480X&linkCode=as2&tag=dottedglobe-20&linkId=3c511bd01d51a21667fba2b2bdabf4d1

 

(I went through a phase a few years ago where I searched out and read a lot of biographies of early and intrepid women travelers and archaeologists -- Freya Stark, Gertrude Bell and the like. This is one I also enjoyed....)

 

Easter Island has always fascinated me, from the the time I read an excerpt about it in my grandparents' "Readers Digest" condensed books when I was 10.

[OlsSalt]

The Greenlanders is a rare book; I don't know of an equivalent for Easter Island. However, if you haven't read it already I can highly recommend a well-written biography of Katherine Routledge -- she was an archaeologist who, together with her husband, was one of the first researchers to study Easter Island (and other Polynesian cultures as well). The book title is "Among Stone Giants": https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/074324480X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=074324480X&linkCode=as2&tag=dottedglobe-20&linkId=3c511bd01d51a21667fba2b2bdabf4d1

 

(I went through a phase a few years ago where I searched out and read a lot of biographies of early and intrepid women travelers and archaeologists -- Freya Stark, Gertrude Bell and the like. This is one I also enjoyed....)

 

Easter Island has always fascinated me, from the the time I read an excerpt about it in my grandparents' "Readers Digest" condensed books when I was 10.

 

Thanks - will look into this right away. Funny, I had to see the Opera House in Sydney after reading about the inception of the project as young child in Readers Digest too.

 

Don't know if you have not already seen this, there is a silent documentary called "Grass" where you can see one of these intrepid lady travelers in action as she chased nomadic herdsmen across the Iran/Afghan border areas - she in her very prim clothes and a carriage, while they traversed some very unchartered territory- about the same time of Gertrude Bell. If I had to choose another era to live in, that would be it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_(1925_film)

[TiogaCruiser]

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be ;)

Love it!

[TiogaCruiser]

A wonderful lady who also can make great South American and Antarctic Video Blogs.:)

 

The Veendam Cruise is still one of our all time favorites.

 

Bruce

Oh, thanks Bruce.

Speaking about videos- I just sat down yesterday and started my videos for my South America trip that ended in March.:o

 

Will send you a link when I’m done.;) I’m hoping to be finished by Thanksgiving. This year.

[willow949]

I also read that the Princedam and Eurodam were both sold. They will continue their 2019 contracts. That saying said, I am looking at the 18 day reposition on the Masdam in July 2019 from Seattle to Japan. I wonder what the ship will look like.

[Copper10-8]

I also read that the Princedam and Eurodam were both sold. They will continue their 2019 contracts. That saying said, I am looking at the 18 day reposition on the Masdam in July 2019 from Seattle to Japan. I wonder what the ship will look like.

 

Can please you give us the source of "Eurodam being sold?" That's most definitely a new one

[catl331]

I also read that the Princedam and Eurodam were both sold.

I highly doubt the E-dam would be sold. She's only 10 years old. The S and R class ships will go first.

They will continue their 2019 contracts.

The P-dam will be gone July 1st.

[OlsSalt]

I also read that the Princedam and Eurodam were both sold. They will continue their 2019 contracts. That saying said, I am looking at the 18 day reposition on the Masdam in July 2019 from Seattle to Japan. I wonder what the ship will look like.

 

Why do you think the Maasdam will look much different than it does right now?

[erewhon]

OlsSalt,

Hope you will report on any on board changes to Maasdam, when you return from your cruise.

Have a fabulous cruise.

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

I also read that the Princedam and Eurodam were both sold. They will continue their 2019 contracts. That saying said, I am looking at the 18 day reposition on the Masdam in July 2019 from Seattle to Japan. I wonder what the ship will look like.

You might want to read it again

 

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[OlsSalt]

OlsSalt,

Hope you will report on any on board changes to Maasdam, when you return from your cruise.

Have a fabulous cruise.

 

Thank you.

btimmer will be doing a blog while on the first InDepth Maasdam cruise. So we all will share his day by day observations. I know he will do an excellent job since he knows the ship well and is a very keen adventurer.