An Early "Your Fleet Locations for Wednesday, April 1, 2015!"

[trvlcrzy]

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

 

Amsterdam -- At Sea (from Brigadoon, Ireland to Hogwarts, England)

 

 

Eurodam -- Bikini Bottom 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

 

 

Maasdam -- Mayberry 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM

 

 

Nieuw Amsterdam -- Atlantis Noon – 8:00 PM

 

 

Noordam -- Lilliput 7:00 AM - Midnight

 

 

Oosterdam -- Island of the Lotus Eaters 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

 

 

Prinsendam -- At Seat (from Camelot, England Brigadoon, Ireland)

 

 

Rotterdam -- Xanadu 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

 

 

Ryndam -- Oz 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

 

 

Statendam -- Shangri-La 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

 

Veendam -- Erewhon Midnight - Midnight

 

 

Volendam -- Utopia 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

 

 

Westerdam -- Hooterville 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

 

Zaandam – Island of the Blue Dolphins 6:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

 

Zuiderdam -- At Sea (from Sherwood Forest, England to Nottingham,

 

England)

[trvlcrzy]

In the LAFFNVEGAS tradition...

Bonus points if you can recognize the pieces of literature for these locations! :) (sorry, that's the English teacher in me!)

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

Thanks for the info ..

[seadrifter]

April Fool:p...

 

and fun!

[aliaschief]

You have snagged at least one!:)

[PathfinderEss]

It looks like the Wednesday Hal fleet report has 'gone wild'.:D:D:eek:

 

 

 

[holacanada]

LOL !

 

Holacanada

[jhannah]

Terrific!

[dobiemom]

In the LAFFNVEGAS tradition...

Bonus points if you can recognize the pieces of literature for these locations! :) (sorry, that's the English teacher in me!)

OK, I'll take a shot...

 

Amsterdam -- At Sea (from Brigadoon, Ireland to Hogwarts, England)

Harry Potter

 

Eurodam -- Bikini Bottom 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

 

Maasdam -- Mayberry 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Andy Griffith Show

 

Nieuw Amsterdam -- Atlantis Noon – 8:00 PM

 

Noordam -- Lilliput 7:00 AM - Midnight

Gulliver's Travels

 

Oosterdam -- Island of the Lotus Eaters 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

 

Prinsendam -- At Seat (from Camelot, England Brigadoon, Ireland)

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

 

Rotterdam -- Xanadu 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Olivia Newton John's movie

 

Ryndam -- Oz 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

The Wizard of Oz

 

Statendam -- Shangri-La 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Veendam -- Erewhon Midnight - Midnight

 

Volendam -- Utopia 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

 

Westerdam -- Hooterville 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Zaandam – Island of the Blue Dolphins 6:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Book/movie of the same name

 

Zuiderdam -- At Sea (from Sherwood Forest, England to Nottingham, England)

Robin Hood (and his merry men)

 

Thanks for the laughs! :D

Edited April 1, 2015 by dobiemom

[kazu]

Oh my,

 

Someone went to a lot of work for a dam good April Fools joke. ,well done

 

I am sure Gulliver and Robin Hood's authors would be in admiration :)

[erewhon]

OK, I'll take a shot...

 

Amsterdam -- At Sea (from Brigadoon, Ireland to Hogwarts, England)

Harry Potter

 

Eurodam -- Bikini Bottom 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

 

Maasdam -- Mayberry 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Andy Griffith Show

 

Nieuw Amsterdam -- Atlantis Noon – 8:00 PM

 

Noordam -- Lilliput 7:00 AM - Midnight

Gulliver's Travels

 

Oosterdam -- Island of the Lotus Eaters 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

 

Prinsendam -- At Seat (from Camelot, England Brigadoon, Ireland)

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

 

Rotterdam -- Xanadu 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Olivia Newton John's movie

 

Ryndam -- Oz 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

The Wizard of Oz

 

Statendam -- Shangri-La 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Veendam -- Erewhon Midnight - Midnight

 

Volendam -- Utopia 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

 

Westerdam -- Hooterville 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

Zaandam – Island of the Blue Dolphins 6:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Book/movie of the same name

 

Zuiderdam -- At Sea (from Sherwood Forest, England to Nottingham, England)

Robin Hood (and his merry men)

 

Thanks for the laughs! :D

 

I can add Erewhon (Veendam): book by Samuel Butler, published in 1872.

Edited April 1, 2015 by erewhon

[Himself]

What an April's fools post. For real Ship locations see David's Daily Post.

[Krazy Kruizers]

This is so cute!!

April Fool's everyone!!

[puppycanducruise]

Thanks for the laugh.

Very clever.

[Alcarondas]

Nice. What a day to be on the Westie... :eek:

 

You missed one, though:

 

Rotterdam V - At Sea (Mithlond to Tol Eressea)

[Alberta Quilter]

Shangri-La is from Lost Horizon.

 

Hooterville is from Green Acres/Petticoat Junction. At least that's the only "literary" reference I know for Hooterville.

[solocanadian]

Thanks for the April Fools joke.

[RetiredMustang]

"In Xanadu, did Kubla Khan, a stately pleasure dome decree" -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem "Kubla Khan"

 

Land of the Lotus Eaters - Homer, "Odyssey"

 

"Utopia" - Thomas More book

 

Shangri-La was also famously the point from which Jimmy Doolittle's raiders flew in their air attack on Tokyo in early 1942, just a few months after the Pearl harbor attack (actually they flew off USS Hornet). The raid stunned the Japanese. FDR said the raid had come from Shangri-La, presumably a reference to "Lost Horizon".

 

Dave

[trvlcrzy]

Hooterville: the fictional town for "Green Acres" and "Petticoat Junction"

(I only know these shows from re-runs, of course :))

 

Yes, Retired Mustang, I was thinking of the Coleridge poem... but I have seen Olivia Newton John's film as well.

 

Shangri-La is also a fictional place in Tibet... a place of grand pleasure, allegedly.

 

Bikini Bottom is definitely targeting a younger crowd... I haven't seen the show myself... "Spongebob Squarepants" lives there.

 

Brigadoon is a fictional place relating to the legend of leprechauns.

 

Thanks for joining in the fun!! :D

[Kiwi_cruiser]

What a great post :D

 

What i want to know is where did "Island of the Lotus Eaters" come from!

[lka1012]

I realize I am a day late, but what? No Grand Fenwick? Or ShamBaLa?

[trvlcrzy]

What a great post :D

 

What i want to know is where did "Island of the Lotus Eaters" come from!

 

Homer (the blind Greek poet) is the recognized author of The Iliad and The Odyssey.

 

The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan War, while The Odyssey tells of Odysseus trying to get back home from the war. (It takes him TEN long years.) He has many adventures along the way, including a visit the the Island of the Lotus Eaters, where those who feast on the plants are overcome by a peaceful apathy.

 

Apologies if this is more than you wanted to know. I am an English teacher, and mythology is one of my favorite units!