Getting Credit for Very Old Cruise??

[sail7seas]

Hi everyone, thanks for the suggestion to contact HAL. I called the Mariner Society (thanks to whoever it was that posted the number!).

I was given credit for the cruise! I had the specific dates of the cruise, the itinerary and a reservation number. Because I sailed with my parents they were able to access my cruise via theirs.

 

I appreciate the encouragement to call. I never would have done so on my own.

 

 

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I'm very hapypy you called and got the days credited

I especially thank you for coming back here t o give us the good news

[sail7seas]

Congratulations! The Noordam (let's just call it[u "our Noordam")[u] was our first cruise. For the record, it was my wife's idea and I acquiesced because we sailed out of New Orleans. I was pretty sure that I'd hate it. NO NO,.. NO CAN Happen. Cannot Do.

 

 

Turns out that she was wise and I am lucky to have her. We're still cruising decades later.

 

 

 

NO Way NO, sorry , I CANNOT ca LL anyfhing but the current ship, 'ouR nOOrDAM " aBsolutely not. [/[b[] OUR CURRENT noordam is my dhs ' and MY - ship As long as she sails, she will be my and my d h's ship OUR Noordam . Several l Very senior persons in HAL offFices and Mr. Arison (Carnival Corp), [TOLD Us] and I am quite sure they maenti t. That is OUR Noordam. :)

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[Copper10-8]

Indeed, That ship was he first hAL ship on (in) ) which we cruised. Whomever here remembesr Capfain JACK knowsws NOORdAM iIIWAS hIS SHIP. :) Her f vibrations and all. :)

 

 

 

 

Panda may remember whih she sailed if she looks at a photo of each They are so very different.

 

 

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Noordam III's "take-out" captain was a gentleman by the name of Captain Hans “Eul” Eulderink. He also took out the first and the last of the "S"-class ships; Statendam and Veendam.

 

Captain Jean "Jack" van Coevorden, who spoke fluent Bahasa onboard, was the take out captain for the third "S" Ryndam, the third "R" Zaandam and the first "Vista" Zuiderdam. I'm sure he also had command of Noordam III in his long and illustrious career

[Copper10-8]

My first HAL cruise was on the 'old' Noordam but I don't remember the year.

 

 

I think she was Noorcam IV? And current one is Noodam V

 

 

 

 

Noordam III, second and last of the "N"-class ships; with HAL 1984-2004 then to on long term charter to Thomson Cruises as Thomson Celebration; currently sailing for Thomson's "new name" Marella Cruises as Marella Celebration - HAL still owns her!

 

Noordam IV 2006-present; fourth and last of the "Vista"-class ships. The one whose bell you and DH poured champagne on during her naming/christening ceremonies while representing all Mariners :)

[Krazy Kruizers]

Hi everyone, thanks for the suggestion to contact HAL. I called the Mariner Society (thanks to whoever it was that posted the number!).

I was given credit for the cruise! I had the specific dates of the cruise, the itinerary and a reservation number. Because I sailed with my parents they were able to access my cruise via theirs.

 

I appreciate the encouragement to call. I never would have done so on my own.

 

 

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I am so happy to read that you called the Mariner Society and they have credited you with that cruise.

[HALOnlyCruiser]

Thank you Jacqui and Krazy for the welcome and all the info. I sure have a long way to go, Awards-wise! Maybe now that we're close to Seattle I can take advantage of last-minute deals.....and no air fare! I've already done several Alaska cruises, but I really enjoy Alaska and would never pass up the chance to go back.

I guess by now HAL has stopped giving out tiles.

What else has changed in the past 12 years?

Thanks again, fellow CC friends. I had forgotten how much I enjoy Copper 10-8's posts!

[1ANGELCAT]

Thank you Jacqui and Krazy for the welcome and all the info. I sure have a long way to go, Awards-wise! Maybe now that we're close to Seattle I can take advantage of last-minute deals.....and no air fare! I've already done several Alaska cruises, but I really enjoy Alaska and would never pass up the chance to go back.

 

I guess by now HAL has stopped giving out tiles.

 

What else has changed in the past 12 years?

 

Thanks again, fellow CC friends. I had forgotten how much I enjoy Copper 10-8's posts!

 

 

 

No, the tiles are still given out.

 

 

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[sail7seas]

Noordam III's "take-out" captain was a gentleman by the name of Captain Hans “Eul” Eulderink. He also took out the first and the last of the "S"-class ships; Statendam and Veendam.

 

Captain Jean "Jack" van Coevorden, who spoke fluent Bahasa onboard, was the take out captain for the third "S" Ryndam, the third "R" Zaandam and the first "Vista" Zuiderdam. I'm sure he also had command of Noordam III in his long and illustrious career

 

I think he spoke several dialcets . NOT all crew knew that :)

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Wondeful photos , We sailed with Catain Jack so many times on Zuider dam We Thought the world of himi

And look a t A Kirk, Lantermn and Mr.Mickey Arison But, . MISSING FROM THE PHOTO IS Hotel Manager, Nick Burger.... as they were then tittled

 

Such fun looking bck and remembering.

 

 

 

Joan London is busy thes e days finding a "Place for Mom".

 

WHAT Amazing Captain'tables we enjoyed back hen...............and HOTEL mnager'. :)

 

 

 

MY DH, Captain Jac k and Maitre d' Yerko used to compare how dark each o their tans had gotten taht day. :D They would laugh and tease each other .

 

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[sail7seas]

You gave me mucH pleasure, Copper, seeing these photos.

 

 

i h ave so many photos from our cruises but don't know what t o do with them I'll have to toss them all out.

[kazu]

Hi everyone, thanks for the suggestion to contact HAL. I called the Mariner Society (thanks to whoever it was that posted the number!).

I was given credit for the cruise! I had the specific dates of the cruise, the itinerary and a reservation number. Because I sailed with my parents they were able to access my cruise via theirs.

 

I appreciate the encouragement to call. I never would have done so on my own.

 

 

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Great news :). Happy to hear it.

 

That's what these boards are about, hopefully helping when we all can and coming to a great resolution.

 

so glad you got it done :)

[sail7seas]

Does no one here remember Captain Jack or A.. Kirk Lanterman? i'd b e surpised to read that . :) .

 

I thought some of the posters here have said they have sailed HAL since so long ago.

[VennDiagram]

I’ll be honest which Noordam doesn’t matter to me. I’m just glad I got the credit from sailing on whichever Noordam it was!

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Excellent news (y) :) Thanks for letting us know. And I agree -- which of the Noordams you got those days on makes no difference at all.

[RedneckBob]

Does no one here remember Captain Jack or A.. Kirk Lanterman? i'd b e surpised to read that . :) .

 

I thought some of the posters here have said they have sailed HAL since so long ago.

 

We do! We were at the ceremony in port Everglades with the Zuiderdam. DW met AK on one of our early Alaska cruises. She was standing next to him in the Casino when he hit the jackpot on video poker for $4,000. Go figure. Then on another cruise at a party with the senior staff, Capt Jack seem to get upset with my DW for spending too much time talking with HM Nick Burger than with him. I think Cap Jack got over it :D

[sail7seas]

Excellent news (y) :) Thanks for letting us know. And I agree -- which of the Noordams you got those days on makes no difference at all.

 

 

 

Pehaps to you but I am interested. :( We don't all care about the same things for thr same reason. YOU don't care but I o

 

 

 

 

Whew..........

.... ;)

[sail7seas]

Excellent news (y) :) Thanks for letting us know. And I agree -- which of the Noordams you got those days on makes no difference at all.

Perhaps to you but I am interested. May I ?

 

 

 

 

:( We don't all care about the same things for the same reason. You don't care but .... ;)

 

 

 

:rolleyes:

[sail7seas]

We do! We were at the ceremony in port Everglades with the Zuiderdam. DW met AK on one of our early Alaska cruises. She was standing next to him in the Casino when he hit the jackpot on video poker for $4,000. Go figure. Then on another cruise at a party with the senior staff, Capt Jack seem to get upset with my DW for spending too much time talking with HM Nick Burger than with him. I think Cap Jack got over it :D[/quotDon't worry bout it, Captain Jack and Nick Burrger worked great together. They were both so professional :) You mean AK got a jackpot? Not Nick Burger? Right?

[ithaca gal]

:( We don't all care about the same things for the same reason. You don't care but .... ;)

 

 

 

:rolleyes:

 

This is so true. Many of us take no notice of who the Captain is when we sail. It just isn’t important to me who is driving the ship as long as we get there and back safely. I would never be able to recall the name of a Captain a year later much less a decade or two later.

[PatsyAnne]

Years ago (January 1986), I sailed on the Noordam on a B2B cruise to Mexico for 14 days. I never really thought too much about it, because with having kids and then paying for school and college, we weren't cruising. Well, my youngest is almost out of college, dh is retiring soon and now were taking many cruises!!

 

 

 

Has anyone heard of getting credit for a cruise from that long ago?

 

 

 

I got credit for one in 1970.

 

 

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[Krazy Kruizers]

:( We don't all care about the same things for the same reason. You don't care but .... ;)

 

 

 

:rolleyes:

 

This is so true. Many of us take no notice of who the Captain is when we sail. It just isn’t important to me who is driving the ship as long as we get there and back safely. I would never be able to recall the name of a Captain a year later much less a decade or two later.

 

 

I am with you. We don't care who the captain, HD, CD, etc. are.

We rarely see the same captains, etc. even though we sail on some ships more than others. Quite a turn over.

[RedneckBob]

We do! We were at the ceremony in port Everglades with the Zuiderdam. DW met AK on one of our early Alaska cruises. She was standing next to him in the Casino when he hit the jackpot on video poker for $4,000. Go figure. Then on another cruise at a party with the senior staff, Capt Jack seem to get upset with my DW for spending too much time talking with HM Nick Burger than with him. I think Cap Jack got over it :D[/quotDon't worry bout it, Captain Jack and Nick Burrger worked great together. They were both so professional :) You mean AK got a jackpot? Not Nick Burger? Right?

 

Yes AK Landerman, former President of HAL, hit the $4,000 jackpot on our Alaska cruise!

Now the rest of the story. This happened on our 2nd or 3rd cruise on HAL way back in the 80's. Our next HAL cruise was over a year later in the Caribbean. When we went to the MDR on the first nite the wine guy came to our table and offered us a free bottle of wine for dinner compliments of AK Landerman. My DW had only met him once in the casino. That sold us on Holland America !

Maybe some one should start a thread on "How you got Hooked on HAL".

PS: The wine guy said we could order any wine on the menu and pointed to this real expensive wine. I told him we prefer ripple wine :D. We did not follow his advice.

[Essiesmom]

I wish I could get credit for four sailings on Home Lines in 1972/73 (they were purchased by HAL in 1988) but I have no proof, nothing but memories. EM

[sail7seas]

:( We don't all care about the same things for the same reason. You don't care but .... ;)

 

 

 

:rolleyes:

 

This is so true. Many of us take no notice of who the Captain is when we sail. It just isn’t important to me who is driving the ship as long as we get there and back safely. I would never be able to recall the name of a Captain a year later much less a decade or two later.

 

 

 

You likely have mised much you might have really enjoyed Given I do remember them all, many years and dozens of cruises later maybe is a hint. Must have been very memorable people and dinners laughs, and most importntly friendships. . Don't knock it when you know not. ;)

[sail7seas]

 

Yes AK Landerman, former President of HAL, hit the $4,000 jackpot on our Alaska cruise!

Now the rest of the story. This happened on our 2nd or 3rd cruise on HAL way back in the 80's. Our next HAL cruise was over a year later in the Caribbean. When we went to the MDR on the first nite the wine guy came to our table and offered us a free bottle of wine for dinner compliments of AK Landerman. My DW had only met him once in the casino. That sold us on Holland America !

 

Great story. THank you for sharing it.

Maybe some one should start a thread on "How you got Hooked on HAL".

PS: The wine guy said we could order any wine on the menu and pointed to this real expensive wine. I told him we prefer ripple wine :D. We did not follow his advice.

 

 

 

Great story. I can so , s, o see it happening. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[silvercruiser]

I got credit fromRCL for 1977 cruise on Song of Norway. Funny, with so much cruising, I didn't get backto RCL until a couple of years ago, but they were able to find my original cruise.

[sail7seas]

Funny, RCI was our second cruise and we never returned to that cruise line.

 

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Edited September 18, 2018 by sail7seas