Noordam Photo's from laffnvegas (Lisa)

[Ziggy7]

The 1,918-guest ms Noordam docked in New York City.

 



Flags are flying high.

 



The traditional banner covering the ship's name

 



The banner drops.

 



The unveiling of ms Noordam.

 

[Ziggy7]

The blessing of the bell was performed by Mariner Society Ambassadors, Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Judith M. (right), with President and CEO Stein Kruse (far left) and Noordam Captain John Scott (left of bell).







Godmother Marlee Matlin just prior to the countdown.

Countdown reaches 1 as the ball dramatically drops.

 

 



 

The champagne bottle break on the ship's bow is viewed on the Vista Show Lounge video screens amidst the flashing ball, fireworks, flying confetti, and cheers and applause.

 

 

An orchestra plays on through all of the festivities.

 

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[Ziggy7]

 

Captain Scott, Linda Kruse, Marlee Matlin and Stein Kruse.

 

 

 

Stein Kruse; special surprise guest Pat Riley, coach of the Miami Heat; Marlee Matlin; Micky Arison, Carnival Corporation & plc chairman and CEO; and Captain John Scott.

 

 

 

Marlee Matlin with Noordam officers.

 

 

 

Frans Dingemans, Noordam's architect; Marlee Matlin; and Hedwig Dingemans

 

 

 

The stellar entertainment team orchestrated the dedication spectacle.

 

 

Left to right: Kurt Gardner, set production, Showman Fabricators; Brian Monahan, lighting designer, David Horner, lightingProgrammer; Ingrid Werner, production manager; Jason Venner, cruise director; Bill Prince, director of entertainment; Tim Comstock, sound technician; James Richardson, stage manager.

 

 

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[stanford's girl]

Oooooo, these are wonderful!! :D My thanks to Lisa and Ziggy for sharing this with us.

[AAAAmerican]

Thank you for showing us the events and festivities.

 

What a wonderful time for all the people.

 

SailSevenSeas is to be applauded and I am stiill doing it too.. *Yipeee*

 

:D

 

 

What a wonderful Ambassador and her Husband.:D

 

She has made NY a Dam City again now...

 

Snowing here now and 19 f .. Brrrr.. and the New Noordam is in such a warm comforable climate... Is Cruise Critic here going to have a Temperature and/or satelite feed so we all can see whats going on .. even knowing the Location would help see betetr and get them more viewerships thusly more ads and more dollars.... *S* it is the bottom line which does count::eek:

[Copper10-8]

Wow, great pics Lisa and Ziggy!! Thanks for showing them to us!

[Aussie Gal]

Lisa and Ziggy,

 

Thank you so much for showing us those photos. They are wonderful.

 

Sail and her DH look wonderful and are worthy Ambassadors.

 

Being so far away, it has helped bring the celebrations so much closer for me.

 

Jennie

[babyher]

What great pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks like it was a beautiful ceremony.

 

Thank you Lisa and Ziggy for sharing them.

[shipcafe]

Those look just like the official public relations photos that were taken and published by HAL. Wow Lisa and Ziggy actually took the photos used by HAL? I'm impressed. ;)

[Ziggy7]

Yes, Thanks Lisa for sharing them! :)

 

 

[HeatherInFlorida]

I knew someone could do it!!! Sail sent these to me and they were just too big to upload. It takes me forever to make them smaller. I wish I knew how Ziggy works her magic!

[LAFFNVEGAS]

Yes, I knew if anyone could do it it would be Ziggy:D I tried for about an hour last night, when I reduced the picture to work here it was too small. I think Ziggy has that magic touch.

[RuthC]

So these were the pictures sail promised us :confused: ?

I know Lisa wasn't there to take them; neither was ziggy, but I couldn't figure out who did.

[GrammyPL]

Thanks so much for posting the photos. Penny

[HeatherInFlorida]

So these were the pictures sail promised us :confused: ?

I know Lisa wasn't there to take them; neither was ziggy, but I couldn't figure out who did.

 

Ruth, these are the PR photos that HAL sent out to a gizillion people. They are the photos that Sail spoke of and said she didn't know how to upload them. When I got them, turned out I couldn't either! When I made them small enough to upload, they were tiny.

 

So Lisa got Ziggy to work her magic and Voila!!!:D

[RuthC]

From Tinkers, to Evers, to Chance....

Good teamwork, folks! And thanks for the info, Heather. Now it makes sense.

[mllewis48]

Does anyone know if Captain Scott will be onboard in November? My wife and I renewed our wedding vows on our 25th anniversary during a Volendam cruise and Captain Scott performed the vows. Our next trip will be our Copper Medallion cruise and I mentioned to my wife that it would be wonderful to receive the award from Captian Scott and talk about when she cried during the renewal ceremony and almost had the captain getting misty. Plus we cruised on the old Noordam and from what I have read about the new Noordam it sounds wonderful.

 

I do have a concern crusing out of NY? Flying into LGA from Ohio and staying the evening prior? Can anyone give me the pros and cons.

 

Thanks

Mike from Ohio

[Candleonwater]

REALLY random question time...

 

In the footnotes for the photos you have: Tim Comstock, sound technician

 

ANY clue how I might be able to find out if this is some I used to know? I was looking for someone I knew back when I lived in South Beach, and I had heard he went into the cruise industry.

[jhannah]

Send him a letter in care of HAL HQ in Seattle. Address it to him on the Noordam and see if he replies or if the letter is returned to you.

[bepsf]

Does anyone know if Captain Scott will be onboard in November? My wife and I renewed our wedding vows on our 25th anniversary during a Volendam cruise and Captain Scott performed the vows. Our next trip will be our Copper Medallion cruise and I mentioned to my wife that it would be wonderful to receive the award from Captian Scott and talk about when she cried during the renewal ceremony and almost had the captain getting misty. Plus we cruised on the old Noordam and from what I have read about the new Noordam it sounds wonderful.

 

I do have a concern crusing out of NY? Flying into LGA from Ohio and staying the evening prior? Can anyone give me the pros and cons.

 

Thanks

Mike from Ohio

 

Call HAL Shipservices - they can tell you exactly which Captain, CD, HM, etc. are assigned to a particular sailing (barring unforseen circumstances...)

I'm an advocate of ALWAYS getting to the port of embarcation at least the day prior - why chance screwing up your cruise by possibly being late for whatever reason? Arriving relaxed and refreshed is worth the add'l $200-300/night in NYC...