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11 hours ago, rkacruiser said:

Well, I truly screwed up that title for the post!  I meant Zaandam and not Volendam!

All fixed -- thank you for your post!

Good morning,

We thank all of you who have contributed to this topic, added personal expertise and knowledge, or followed along during the journey of the Zaandam, and later both the Zaandam and Rotterdam in tandem, and have expressed your concerns and well-wishes for the passengers and crew on both ships. 

Due to the size of this topic, and now that both ships have been able to dock at Port Everglades, we have closed this topic to new posts and have started a continuation topic here --

  I personally will never forget staying up into the wee hours following the passage through the Panama Canal, or watching the webcams "together" as we saw the two ships reach safe harbor.  Once again, we thank all of the members of the Cruise Critic Community who came together to follow this voyage.  We appreciate each one of you.

The journey of the Zaandam, later joined by the Rotterdam, to Fort Lauderdale has now ended.  Yesterday evening both ships were admitted to the port and have begun discharging passengers.

The existing thread which followed their journey step by step, is over 116 pages and 4000 posts long.  The original topic has been closed to new posts, but remains available for viewing:

Please add further discussion of these two ships, their passengers and crew, here.

There's a great view of Zaandam right now from the Fort Lauderdale webcam (on Pier 66)

1 minute ago, TBurr said:

Your local TV stations are good for you local people, but not for the rest of the country. We have nothing

I'm not in that area; I'm watching the feed from their website.

The webcams seem to reload periodically; the news station linked above has good video at times as well.  I know the folks onboard must be feeling so relieved, and the families and friends of the crew and passengers. 

2 minutes ago, clojacks said:

Well, the hosts have shut down ANOTHER thread on this topic......

All 3 pending topics about Zaandam and Rotterdam were merged here.  No topics were shut down.  As it seems there will be newsworthy events today, which passengers and crew on these two ships, as well as their families, may be interested in following, please try to help us keep discussion on topic.  We do thank you very much.

On 3/26/2020 at 1:03 PM, LauraS said:

The title of this topic is "Flu" on Zaandam.  Please limit conversation to that so this convo can remain open.

Thank you,

 

LauraS

As a reminder, this is a ship at sea (actually now 2 ships), with passengers onboard, and families and friends at home who may be seeking or sharing information about the ships' status.

We request that members please move discussions about other topics (such as different choices which the cruise line might or might not have been able to make 2-3 weeks ago, Amazon home delivery availability, magazine articles about different ships still with passengers onboard, etc.) to another appropriate thread, or to our Floataway Lounge if they are not cruise related. 

Thank you.

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Hello, all!

The previous topic for keeping up with who is serving as Cruise Director and Entertainment Director on Princess ships was 8 years old and confusing to new users.  With this new year a fresh start is in order.  🙂

The purpose of this topic is to update the list of who is serving on which ship as Cruise Director and Entertainment Director.   If you have comments about individual cruise line employees, good or bad, please let Princess know directly, as that is not the purpose of this topic.

Posted below is the last list of Cruise Directors and Entertainment Directors from the previous topic.  Instructions on how to post updates to it are included in the post:

4 minutes ago, Flagal50 said:

is the sun not going to cuba tomorrow

I'm onboard the Sun.  We are not going to Cuba, per the captain's announcement.  We will be arriving in Nassau at noon tomorrow and staying overnight.  We leave Nassau at 5 pm Thursday to return to Port Canaveral.

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rotation on Brilliance and Grandeur

 

Adventure OTS - Capt Shawn McDuff (started rotation 8-3-18)

Adventure OTS - Capt Krzyszthof Szymkarczuk

Allure OTS - Capt Ron Holmes (started rotation 8-26-18)

Allure OTS - Capt Tore Grimstad

Anthem OTS - Capt Henrik Loft Sørensen (started rotation 8-14-18)

Anthem OTS - Capt Felix Srecko Ban

Brilliance OTS - Capt Ole-Johan Gronhaug (started rotation 9-22-18)

Brilliance OTS - Capt Ante Cavala

Empress OTS - Capt Diego Lombardic (started rotation 8-4-18)

Empress OTS - Capt Carl Graucob

Enchantment OTS - Capt Nils-Petter Hoeydal (started rotation 8-17-18)

Enchantment OTS - Capt Toni Tomljanovic

Explorer OTS - Capt Malvin Bardsnes (started rotation 9-15-18)

Explorer OTS - Capt Kjetil Gjerstad

Freedom OTS - Capt Frank Martinsen (started rotation 8-18-18)

Freedom OTS - Capt Thomas Busto

Grandeur OTS - Capt Thordur Thorsson (started rotation 9-22-18)

Grandeur OTS - Capt Patrik Jukes

Harmony OTS - Capt Gus Andersson (started rotation 9-1-18)

Harmony OTS - Capt Johnny Faevelen

Independence OTS - Capt Iv Vidos (started rotation 8-31-18)

Independence OTS - Capt Teo Strazicic

Jewel OTS - Capt Dustin Castelsky (started rotation 8-19-18)

Jewel OTS - Capt Espen Been

Liberty OTS - Capt Anders Ingebrigtsen (started rotation 8-19-18)

Liberty OTS - Capt James MacDonald

Majesty OTS - Capt Mathias Persson (started rotation 7-20-18)

Majesty OTS - Capt Göran Peterson/Per Kristoffersen

Mariner OTS - Capt Toni Calne (started rotation 8-17-18)

Mariner OTS - Capt Angel Oviol

Navigator OTS - Capt Kjell Nordmo (started rotation 8-9-18)

Navigator OTS - Capt Trond Holm

Oasis OTS - Capt Claus Andersen (started rotation 8-19-18)

Oasis OTS - Capt ? ? ?

Ovation OTS - Capt Flemming Nielsen (started rotation 9-14-18)

Ovation OTS - Capt Henrik W Loy

Quantum OTS - Capt Charles Tiege (started rotation 7-13-18)

Quantum OTS - Capt Erik Standahl

Radiance OTS - Capt Sverre Ryan (started rotation 9-7-18)

Radiance OTS - Capt Trym Selvag

Rhapsody OTS - Capt Juan Luis Caranti (started rotation 8-12-18)

Rhapsody OTS - Capt Tobias Oster

Serenade OTS - Capt Aris Medina (started rotation 8-4-18)

Serenade OTS - Capt Stig Nilsen

Symphony OTS - Capt Rick Sullivan (started rotation 8-19-18)

Symphony OTS - Capt Rob Hempstead

Vision OTS - Capt Marek Slaby (started rotation 8-6-18)

Vision OTS - Capt Michael Lindberg

Voyager OTS - Capt Pehr Pehrsson (started rotation 8-12-18)

Voyager OTS - Capt Sindre Borsheim

With your sail date of 1-26-19 it will be Capt. Henrik Sorensen.

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Hi folks!

 

 

In order that we are able to continue to provide this special Watercooler opportunity the original reason for creating it must be adhered to....that is, it is for OFF TOPIC and conversational discussion not related to Silversea cruises.

 

 

Therefore, any and all discussion about Silversea -- no matter what it is -- needs to be posted on the main cruise line forum.

 

 

Of course the exception is ROLL CALLs and TOUR SHARES, which belong on the specific roll call for your sailing.

 

 

Thank you,

 

 

Laura

 

 

PS: I've subscribed to the thread and I'm enjoying the funnies and mostly all the food pics!

Please continue your water cooler discussion in this thread. :)

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Last post:

31 days til Christmas Cruise with Coz, Belize & Honduras!

 

But only 5 days until land tour of Panama (with short cruise through 2 of the locks).

It was a typo, should read Carnival Pride. How do I correct it?

All fixed!

Hi all,

Has anyone had a problem getting in contact with Native Choice tours? We have a fairly large group tour with them next week and I've been trying to confirm the total people they have us for. I've emailed 4 times over the past month with no answer back. When I had questions months ago before we booked, they responded several time right away.

 

Anyone else having any issues? Or has anyone gone on any of their tours in the last month, and all was well?

 

Thanks!!!!

I'm having trouble as well. Trying to book a private tour and not getting replies to emails. My time frame isn't as short as yours, though. :( I hope you hear back soon.