ms Nieuw Statendam and Volendam in Port Everglades Sunday, January 5, 2020

[travelnap]

5 hours ago, ger_77 said:

Just about to head to breakfast, then take a private shuttle over to the Nieuw Statendam.  For sailaway, we'll be with our friends on our aft balcony on Deck 5, and will have the Canadian flag attached to the railing.  Oh, and we'll be waving like crazy!  LOL

 

Smooth Sailing! 

We will definitely be watching for you.  Hope you have a great cruise. Bon Voyage.

[erewhon]

Checking in.

[leerathje]

Ah yes....and first up, the Monstrosity.

 

L.

 

[travelnap]

Checking In.

[rafinmd]

14 minutes ago, leerathje said:

Ah yes....and first up, the Monstrosity.

 

L.

 

Wow.  That title seems to have been taken away from the Oasis Class.  Well, we should finally see Nieuw Statendam.

 

Roy

[travelnap]

Edge is slowly moving out.

[rafinmd]

Big ugly is actually moving.

 

Roy

[leerathje]

10 minutes ago, rafinmd said:

Wow.  That title seems to have been taken away from the Oasis Class.  Well, we should finally see Nieuw Statendam.

 

Roy

 

lol...in my opinion, it looks like a giant apartment building.  Those windows on the verandas really look awful.

 

L.

 

[rafinmd]

And we see Nieuw Statendam.

 

Roy

[leerathje]

Ugh....Edge's smoke blowing right down onto the deck....

 

L.

 

[bozemanman]

Just a big barge...no design imagination 

[travelnap]

Long low toots from the Edge.

[rafinmd]

3 toots.  16 minutes for her to leave from the closest dock.  In the meantime, my next (Crystal Serenity had to wave off Key West due to weather and my next Carnival ship is leaving Tampa on time.

 

Roy

Edited January 5, 2020 by rafinmd

[travelnap]

Regal Princess is moving out.

[Happily@Sea]

2 minutes ago, travelnap said:

Regal Princess is moving out.

 

That means Volendam will soon be in view - also. Both Dam ships blocked from early viewing today.

[rafinmd]

Strange allocation of docks today.  Volendam at what's usually a Carnival/Princess dock, Pacific Princess at a normal RCI dock, and Majesty OTS at a frequent HAL dock.

 

Roy

[travelnap]

1 minute ago, rafinmd said:

Strange allocation of docks today.  Volendam at what's usually a Carnival/Princess dock, Pacific Princess at a normal RCI dock, and Majesty OTS at a frequent HAL dock.

 

Roy

They just wanted to confuse us in the new year Roy to see if we were paying attention.

[travelnap]

There is our Love Boat toots.

[leerathje]

And now the Love Boat toots!!

[rafinmd]

I think the announcement of the horn was louder than the horn.

 

Roy

[erewhon]

2 loveboat toots.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Checking In

[Krazy Kruizers]

Oh -- I missed the Love Boat toots.

[bozemanman]

All the big ladies leaving first

[rafinmd]

Will the Pacific go around the Nieyw Statendam?

 

Roy