20 Day Antarctica Westerdam

[BermudaBound2014]

I'm confused with the changes to guest lecturers on HAL. I'm also curious about the entertainment on the longer Antarctica cruise. We realize things change, but based on your experience, what is your best guess?

 

1) Are we likely to have specific guest lecturer(s) on the 20 day Antarctica itinerary? 

 

2) Will HAL staff the full music entertainment? There are more 'scenic cruising' days on this itinerary than we have ever experienced (I believe 8 days). As such, we are likely going to want full entertainment normally staffed on Westerdam: BB King/Dueling Pianos/Etc... Is it likely they will staff this itinerary with the same entertainment they would a shorter cruise? 

 

TIA :)

[asebastian]

19 minutes ago, BermudaBound2014 said:

1) Are we likely to have specific guest lecturer(s) on the 20 day Antarctica itinerary? 

 

 

On the 22-day Antarctica/South America cruise on the Zaandam in Jan/Feb this year, we had about a dozen scientists and researchers from the Palmer Antarctic Station come onboard on their zodiac for a long Q&A in the main theater. They were also walking around in other parts of the ship and Lido areas for any questions later on.

 

In the shortened cruise, I'm unsure how "deep" into Antarctica territory the ship goes, so unable to comment.

 

Below are a couple of photos of the zodiac.

[BermudaBound2014]

Thank you for our reply. The Westerdam Itinerary spends 4 days scenic cruising in Antarctica which I believe is the same as last January's Zandam itinerary so we should be similar.