KirkNC Posted July 2, 2018 #251 Share Posted July 2, 2018 We also got an email as we had booked the July 1st, 2019 cruise on her. The Rotterdam is going to do the cruise now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotjeknor Posted July 2, 2018 #252 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Cont’d : I heard from passengers on the Rotterdam that they refuse to sail out of Amsterdam . I did , on the beautiful Prinsendam ... Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted July 2, 2018 #253 Share Posted July 2, 2018 We are booked for August, 2019. Haven't received "the email" yet. I won't go on Rotterdam - didn't like her last time. We shall see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkNC Posted July 2, 2018 #254 Share Posted July 2, 2018 In our case we will cancel the cruise as the new itinerary drops Hamburg, the Kiel cancel and Mariehamn. Now its just another plain old Baltic cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB&JLG74 Posted July 2, 2018 #255 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Cont’d : I heard from passengers on the Rotterdam that they refuse to sail out of Amsterdam .I did , on the beautiful Prinsendam ... Sent from my iPhone using Forums I wonder if the Rotterdam is going out of Amsterdam proper or she will go to Ijmuiden. Sent from my ONEPLUS A5000 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie562 Posted July 2, 2018 #256 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Haven’t sailed many HAL cruises as some of you but I was hoping to do the Amazon on Prinsendam in the future . Good bye Prinsendam 😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkNC Posted July 2, 2018 #257 Share Posted July 2, 2018 I wonder if the Rotterdam is going out of Amsterdam proper or she will go to Ijmuiden. Sent from my ONEPLUS A5000 using Forums mobile app For the July 1st cruise the info we got from Betty our TA shows it going out of Amsterdam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB&JLG74 Posted July 2, 2018 #258 Share Posted July 2, 2018 In our case we will cancel the cruise as the new itinerary drops Hamburg, the Kiel cancel and Mariehamn. Now its just another plain old Baltic cruise.I would too if I were booked on a Kiel Canal sailing. We have bookings for Fall 2019. Waiting to see what changes will be made to those. Sent from my ONEPLUS A5000 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliaschief Posted July 2, 2018 #259 Share Posted July 2, 2018 At least we got to sail on her once for 32 days. Now we have to decide if we want to transfer our cancelled Prisendam booking to the MS Rotterdam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlsSalt Posted July 2, 2018 #260 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Oceania, Crystal and Regent have US port round trip Amazon cruises for next year. How do they compare in price to the Prinsendam or the Veendam? Viking has RT from Puerto Rico. All at fairly similar entry price points. P&O has a very interesting 55 day RT from London that falls into that same entry price point. There is competition out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richwmn Posted July 2, 2018 #261 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Like everyone else, I am saddened by this expected news. I am very glad I got to do a Prinsendam cruise last Christmas and was hoping for another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted July 2, 2018 #262 Share Posted July 2, 2018 A sad day but so glad I'm booked on the 2019 Grand South America. Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganwoman Posted July 2, 2018 #263 Share Posted July 2, 2018 We just happen to have two cruises planned for next year 2019 and both are impacted. We were sailing on the Rotterdam in July 2019 trans Atlantic to Boston via Iceland and Greenland and that will now be done by the Zuiderdam. Our other cruise was the European River Explorer on the Prinsendam which now is being done by the Rotterdam. Luckily they both look like the same dates and only slight changes in itinerary. Now to see what they do regarding room assignments.....maybe I will just call. We are lucky to have sailed on the Prinsendam twice in the last few years and were looking forward to what we assumed would be the last time next year....oh well. We have not sailed on the Rotterdam or Zuiderdam either (pretty much the only two of HAL ships we haven't) so we will get to try out two more ships :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue from Canada Posted July 2, 2018 #264 Share Posted July 2, 2018 I've only sailed on her once so far and she stole my heart. I just may have to book a final cruise on her. So sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticsailor Posted July 2, 2018 #265 Share Posted July 2, 2018 I just checked and the Prinsendam's last voyage 6/17--7/1/2019, 14 days Amsterdam, North Cape and back still has openings online for most all categories. Fortunately our booking, May 20-June 17, 2019 squeaked under the cut off date. I would think the farewell cruise will start selling faster now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank5 Posted July 2, 2018 #266 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Her last cruise will probably be Captain Dag's as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlsSalt Posted July 2, 2018 #267 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Anyone know what the new German owners will do to her? Or where she intends to sail? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Reisen I see Phoenix Reisen unloaded their very awkward and clunky Alexander von Humboldt on Voyages of Discovery before VOD went bankrupt trying to make that ship work for their always excellent offerings in the past. We sailed her once. Looks like the Prinsendam will bring a little more class to this odd German cruise line, than their recent history of cruise ship offerings. Never a good idea to call a ship the Albatros, right ? Or claim their original flag ship was a former Soviet cruise ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub237 Posted July 2, 2018 #268 Share Posted July 2, 2018 She will sail around the world like the others Phoenix ships [emoji51] Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir PMP Posted July 2, 2018 #269 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Yes, we knew the day would come, I wonder if she still will go into dock this coming December... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TiogaCruiser Posted July 2, 2018 #270 Share Posted July 2, 2018 (edited) :loudcry::'):'):'):') Had been dreaming of trying her some day. Edited July 2, 2018 by TiogaCruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TiogaCruiser Posted July 2, 2018 #271 Share Posted July 2, 2018 When we were on the Prinsendam in 2013, the captain said they expected to get at least five more years out of her. That seemed soooooooooo far away at the time. Yet, here it is. The day has come. (And so has my next "big" birthday which was the reason for the Prinsendam cruise celebration. Now it will be on another HAL ship moving out of the inventory too - the Maasdam. Aging is not for sissies. For people or ships. ) Has there been an announcement about Maasdam I missed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlsSalt Posted July 2, 2018 #272 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Has there been an announcement about Maasdam I missed? Just a math problem. Maasdam is now the oldest in the fleet (1993) and CEO Ashford claims they expect about 30 years of useful life for a ship. So that would make her next, along with the Veendam, to be simply aging out of the HAL inventory - 2023? Which is also a date that right now sounds sooooooooooo far away. And yikes, another "big birthday" for me too. Also aging out of the inventory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted July 2, 2018 #273 Share Posted July 2, 2018 https://www.hollandamerica.com/blog/ships/ms-prinsendam/holland-america-lines-prinsendam-to-leave-the-fleet-july-1-2019/ Scott. Thank you for the link to the blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennysUncle Posted July 2, 2018 #274 Share Posted July 2, 2018 The 'Dry Docks' thread lists Prinsendam as scheduled for dry dock in Freeport 12/7-20/18. Since Riesen will presumably want to redecorate, maybe HAL will cancel the dry dock and squeeze in 12 more days of cruising ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted July 2, 2018 #275 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Sadly we never got to sail on her. We were scheduled to sail on her in 2007 but our cruise was cancelled as she had to go into an emergency dry dock. HAL automatically moved our cruise to the 2008 one. But our yellow fever shots were going to expire in Jan 2008 and back then they would not except a letter from the doctor that DH could no longer get the shot. Since it was an Amazon cruise we had to cancel the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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