Where in the world is HAL?

[rkacruiser]

1 hour ago, Copper10-8 said:

The termination/turning point for most northbound Alaska 7-day cruises

 

I thought Seward was being dropped and that Whittier was going to be the termination/turning point for HAL Alaska cruises.  I thought that was to start in 2020.  Not so?

[Copper10-8]

22 minutes ago, rkacruiser said:

 

I thought Seward was being dropped and that Whittier was going to be the termination/turning point for HAL Alaska cruises.  I thought that was to start in 2020.  Not so?

 

That pic was not taken in 2020 and there is no 2020 Alaska season 

[Copper10-8]

Where is Veendam at?

 

[d9704011]

16 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said:

Where is Veendam at?

 

Montreal

[Copper10-8]

Just now, d9704011 said:

Montreal

 

 

Winner! 🙂 Excellent! The water(Amphi)bus helped, No? 😉 

[d9704011]

9 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

 

Winner! 🙂 Excellent! The water(Amphi)bus helped, No? 😉 

For sure, although the tall building on the left side of the photo made something click too.

[bennybear]

On 9/24/2020 at 3:14 PM, bennybear said:

If I dare this is where I thought I was😫

Another view

[RetiredMustang]

1 hour ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

Makes two of us! The first ship I ever worked on; they say you never forget your first. Went to Rio de Janeiro and back, up and down the Amazon to Manaus, on the Voyage of the Vikings to Amsterdam, to various ports in the Carib and to the Canada/New England ports out of Boston, Mass. She always came through! Great memories of a fine ship!

 

We too remember her with fondness.  Our first HAL ship was Noordam III, but we've taken several on Maasdam, including at least four in the Caribbean (two from Norfolk, VA after 9/11), a trans-Pacific followed by circum-Oz cruise, and a Hawaii/French Polynesia cruise out of San Diego.  We always took the same cabin, which had its kinks, but suited us just fine.

 

Dave

[bennybear]

5 hours ago, St Pete Cruiser said:

Where is Zuiderdam?  Hint: not too far from Copper's Rotterdam VI above.

 

 

Tallinn?  

[RetiredMustang]

2 minutes ago, bennybear said:

Another view

 

Looking at the steel-girder tower that Copper 10-8 schooled me on a while ago, I guess Barcelona.

 

Dave

[RetiredMustang]

3 hours ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

Tough one; great pic!

 

Hint:  It is not on the mainland anywhere, but on an island ... although not a tropical one.

 

Dave

[bennybear]

1 minute ago, RetiredMustang said:

 

Looking at the steel-girder tower that Copper 10-8 schooled me on a while ago, I guess Barcelona.

 

Dave

Good eye!  The start of our cruise in Barcelona! 

[d9704011]

5 minutes ago, bennybear said:

Another view

Barcelona

[bennybear]

1 minute ago, RetiredMustang said:

 

Hint:  It is not on the mainland anywhere, but on an island ... although not a tropical one.

 

Dave

Victoria?  On Vancouver island? 

[d9704011]

1 minute ago, bennybear said:

Good eye!  The start of our cruise in Barcelona! 

For me it was the W Hotel.

[bennybear]

Where is the Nieuw Amsterdam?

[Copper10-8]

5 hours ago, St Pete Cruiser said:

Where is Zuiderdam?  Hint: not too far from Copper's Rotterdam VI above.

 

 

 

 

Oslo, Norge, the home of the Nobel Peace Center, with Akershus Fortress in the back

[Copper10-8]

17 minutes ago, RetiredMustang said:

 

We too remember her with fondness.  Our first HAL ship was Noordam III, but we've taken several on Maasdam, including at least four in the Caribbean (two from Norfolk, VA after 9/11), a trans-Pacific followed by circum-Oz cruise, and a Hawaii/French Polynesia cruise out of San Diego.  We always took the same cabin, which had its kinks, but suited us just fine.

 

Dave

 

 

Pretty sure I met you in person on Maasdam on a Carib cruise out of FLL

[St Pete Cruiser]

30 minutes ago, bennybear said:

Tallinn?  

No, but it is northern Europe. 

[St Pete Cruiser]

19 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

 

Oslo, Norge, the home of the Nobel Peace Center, with Akershus Fortress in the back

Winner again. You are the man!

[RetiredMustang]

29 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

 

Pretty sure I met you in person on Maasdam on a Carib cruise out of FLL

 

And I still have the photo DW took of me and you at a dinner you hosted in the MDR -- you were in dress unis, but I had not brought my old dinner dress (good thing -- it was after I retired from active duty and probably would not have been able to get into it.)  Good times, and thanks for them.

 

Dave

[RetiredMustang]

49 minutes ago, bennybear said:

Victoria?  On Vancouver island? 

 

Right ocean.  Think further north.  Here is an aerial view (not taken by me, except in the sense of taken from the internet.  All the others I've posted are actually mine.)

 

 

Dave

 

Edited September 25, 2020 by RetiredMustang

[Aquahound]

21 minutes ago, RetiredMustang said:

 

Right ocean.  Think further north.  Here is an aerial view (not taken by me, except in the sense of taken from the internet.  All the others I've posted are actually mine.)

 

 

Dave

 

 

That looks like Kodiak.  I get to go there for work 2-3 times a year.  One of my other favorites towns in AK.  🙂

Edited September 25, 2020 by Aquahound

[RetiredMustang]

19 minutes ago, Aquahound said:

 

That looks like Kodiak.  I get to go there for work 2-3 times a year.  One of my other favorites towns in AK.  🙂

 

Winner!  We've only been the one time, but I was struck by the colors of the sky at dawn as we arrived.  A special moment.

 

Dave

[rkacruiser]

2 hours ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

That pic was not taken in 2020 and there is no 2020 Alaska season 

 

Just a bit miffed at this response.  Obviously, I know this.  You failed to respond to my question about the change of ports from Seward to Whittier.  🙁