August 2022 Update: HAL Dry Docks, Charters & Groups Onboard

[VMax1700]

Good morning and welcome to the August 2022 edition of Dry Docks, Charters and Groups.

The Dry Dock situation continues to be a puzzle.  Volendam and Zaandam were in Cadiz for longer than 3 weeks.  There does not appear to be a gap in Nieuw Amsterdam's schedule during 2022/2023 for her overdue dry dock and Nieuw Statendam is getting close to dry dock time.

On the Charters front, there continues to be gaps in sailing schedules, but I cannot find any information on what is happening to the ships during those gaps.

I would expect a substantial increase in Group bookings over the coming months as the Groups find their appetite for cruising and HAL enjoys the benefits of a block booking and probably substantial deposits.

Please note that the sailings listed are taken from various sources so it is possible that the itinerary does not coincide with the currently published HAL itinerary. 

As usual, if you have information about groups charters or dry docks then please post here and I will update in the next file.

 

New information since last update is shown in RED.

 

PLANNED DRY DOCKS (or Itinerary not found online)

Eurodam 04 April 2023 – 09 April 2023 ?

Koningsdam 25 March 2023 – 13 April 2023 ?

Zuiderdam 01 December 2022 – 15 December 2022 ?

 

 

LAST COMPLETED DRY DOCK

Eurodam		15 March 2021 – 24 March 2021 Brest, FR. (08 April 2018 - 17 April 2018)
Koningsdam		02 December 2018 - 09 December 2018
Nieuw Amsterdam		07 December 2017 - 19 December 2017
Nieuw Statendam
Noordam		08 February 2022 – 02 March 2022 (29 September 2019 – 13 October 2019)
Oosterdam		22 March 2021 – 08 April 2021 Brest, FR. (21 March 2018 - 02 April 2018)
Rotterdam VII
Volendam		08 February 2022 – 11 March 2022 Cadiz, ES. (18 – 31 October 2019)
Westerdam		04 – 15 January 2020 (14 April 2017 - 26 April 2017)
Zaandam		08 February 2022 – 01 April 2022 (21 - 30 September 2020)
Zuiderdam		01 – 09 December 2019 (23 October 2017 – 04 November 2017)

 

 

 CHARTERS  (i.e. full ship charters)

 

Eurodam:

 

Koningsdam:

29 October 2022 – 05 November 2022 : Sea of Cortez : Legendary R & B Cruise

28 October 2023 – 04 November 2023 : Mexican Riviera : Legendary R & B Cruise

 

Nieuw Amsterdam:

30 October 2022 – 06 November 2022 : Caribbean : Malt Shop Memories Cruise

15 January 2023 – 22 January 2023 : Caribbean : Sandy Beaches Cruise

22 January 2023 – 29 January 2023 : Caribbean : Country Music Cruise

29 January 2023 – 05 February 2023 : Caribbean : Soul Train Cruise

19 February 2023 – 26 February 2023 : E. Caribbean : Olivia Cruise

26 February 2023 – 05 March 2023 : E Caribbean : Olivia Cruise

05 March 2023 – 12 March 2023 : Caribbean : JoCo Cruise

 

Nieuw Statendam:

28 January 2023 – 04 February 2023 : E. Caribbean : Legendary R & B Cruise

Noordam:

 

Oosterdam:

01 May 2023 – 08 May 2023 : Iberian Peninsula : Dave Koz Group Charter #1

08 May 2023 – 15 May 2023 : Iberian Peninsula : Dave Koz Group Charter #2

15 May 2023 – 22 May 2023 : Iberian Peninsula : Dave Koz Group Charter #3

 

Rotterdam VII :

 

Volendam:

 

Westerdam:

28 May 2023 – 04 June 2023 : Alaska : All Star Irish Cruise

Zuiderdam:

 

 

GROUPS ONBOARD

 

Eurodam:

06 August 2022 – 13 August 2022 : Alaska : The Urban Alternative Group

20 August 2022 – 27 August 2022 : Alaska : Continuing Education Group

09 November 2022 – 19 November 2022 : Panama Canal : Cont Ed Grp + $25k Slots Tournament

28 December 2022 – 04 January 2023 : Caribbean : Turning Point Ministries Group

15 January 2023 – 25 January 2023 : Panama Sunfarer : Continuing Education Group

05 February 2023 - 15 February 2023 : Panama Sunfarer : Quilting Group

01 July 2023 – 08 July 2023 : Alaska : Insight for Living Ministries Group

08 July 2023 – 15 July 2023 : Alaska : World Help Global Impact Group

09 September 2023 – 16 September 2023 : Alaska : Quilt Group

 

Koningsdam:

06 August 2022 – 13 August 2022 : Alaska : Calvary Community Church Group

17 Sept 2022 – 24 Sept 2022 : Alaska : British Columbia Genealogical Society Group

07 January 2023 – 14 January 2023 : Mexican Riviera : $25k Slots Tournament

14 January 2023 – 31 January 2023 : Hawaii : Knitting Group

 

  

Nieuw Amsterdam: 

02 April 2023 – 09 April 2023 : W. Caribbean : $150k Ultimate Slots Tournament

07 May 2023 – 21 May 2023 : Great Alaskan Explorer : Knitting Group

 

 

Nieuw Statendam:

03 August 2022 – 27 August 2022 : Canada New England & Iceland : Knitting Group

07 September 2022 – 17 September 2022 : Newfoundland & New England : Continuing Education Group

02 October 2022 – 08 October 2022 : Canada & New England : Continuing Education Group

22 October 2022 – 29 October 2022 : Eastern Caribbean : $25k Slots Tournament

12 November 2022 – 19 November 2022 : Caribbean : Quilting Group

10 December 2022 – 17 December 2022 : Southern Caribbean : The Nation Cruise

04 February 2023 – 11 February 2023 : Caribbean : Zach Williams Group

06 May 2023 – 14 May 2023 : European Splendour : Continuing Education Group

12 July 2023 – 26 July 2023 : Midnight Sun : Knitting Group

09 August 2023 – 23 August 2023 : British Isles : Knitting Group

 

Noordam:

21 August 2022 – 28 August 2022 : Glacier Discovery Northbound : Continuing Educ Group

11 February 2023 – 25 February 2023 : Australia & N. Zealand : Road Scholar Group

11 March 2023 – 25 March 2023 : Australia & New Zealand : Road Scholar Group

 

Oosterdam:

19 November 2022 – 06 December 2022 : Panama & Inca Discovery : Knitting Group

02 February 2023 – 24 February 2023 : South America & Antarctica : Knitting Group

 

Rotterdam VII:

28 August 2022 – 11 September 2022 : Northern Isles : Knitting Group

02 October 2022 – 15 October 2022 : Baltics : Knitting Group

30 November 2022 – 11 December 2022 : S. Caribbean : $50k Slots Tournament

28 December 2022 – 04 January 2023 : W. Caribbean : Collingsworth Family Group

25 January 2023 – 04 February 2023 : S. Caribbean : $25k Slots Tournament

29 July 2023 – 12 August 2023 : Northern Isles : Quilt Group

 

Westerdam:

25 September 2022 – 02 October 2022 : Alaska Explorer : $25k Slots Tournament

05 December 2022 – 19 December 2022 : Indonesian Discovery : Quilt Seminar

14 February 2023 – 27 February 2023 : Indonesian Discovery : Quilt Group

10 April 2023 – 24 April 2023 : Japan & Russia : Knitting Group

24 April 2023 – 07 May 2023 : North Pacific Crossing : Knitting Group

04 June 2023 – 11 June 2023 : Alaska : Continuing Education Group

16 July 2023 – 23 July 2023 : Alaska : Behold Israel Inspiration Cruise

 

Volendam:

14 August 2022 – 28 August 2022 : British Isles : Knitting Group

28 August 2022 – 10 September 2022 : European Explorer : Knitting Group

 

Zaandam:

03 September 2022 – 10 September 2022 : Canada & NE Discovery : Road Scholar Group

10 September 2022 – 17 September 2022 : Canada & NE Discovery : Gospel Music Celebration

17 September 2022 – 24 September 2022 : Canada & NE Discovery : Road Scholar Group

 

 

Zuiderdam:

11 June 2023 – 02 July 2023 : Spitzbergen : Knitting Group

 

 

If anyone has any further information, please post it here and I will include it in the next update.

Thanks!

 

E & O.E.

 

1 August 2022

[VMax1700]

Here is the Word file, if you wish to download it.

 

HAL (ship-date) dry docks August 2022.docx

[erewhon]

Thank you for posting this important  information.

[puppycanducruise]

Thanks for the info, very useful.

[oaktreerb]

Thanks for the updates..

[Mandalay1903]

On 8/1/2022 at 8:13 AM, VMax1700 said:

If anyone has any further information, please post it here and I will include it in the next update.

Thanks!

Thank you, #VMax1700, for continuing to assemble this information. I find it useful (and reassuring) when booking and monitoring our travel.

 

Question for you. There seems to be a gap in the Westerdam's schedule on the HAL site from 1/19/2023 to 2/3/2023. Both of these dates have the ship in Singapore, but I don't see any itineraries even when using the Sold Out filter. I was under the impression that this was to be a dry dock scheduled for Westerdam. Do you have any information?

[wldflr]

Add to Groups Onboard:

Phil Coulter's  25th Annual Tranquility Cruise

January 14-25, 2023

Rotterdam

 

This is an Irish music group and they tend to take over the Crow's Nest almost every night for private parties.

[AFNavigator]

On 8/1/2022 at 10:13 AM, VMax1700 said:

Volendam:

14 August 2022 – 28 August 2022 : British Isles : Knitting Group

28 August 2022 – 10 September 2022 : European Explorer : Knitting Group

Not much knitting going on on the Volendam during those weeks unless it is being done by Ukrainian refugees...

[blueridgemama]

I believe the Eurodam is going into dry dock in February 2023 as my March cruise was pushed back a week because of it.

do you have any idea what they are planning to do in the dry dock or is there a site that addresses dry docks?

 

[Nang]

There seems to be a gap in the Nieuw Statendam's schedule from 6-25 Nov 2023. It finishes/starts again in Civi. Is this a dry dock?

 

[VMax1700]

13 minutes ago, Nang said:

There seems to be a gap in the Nieuw Statendam's schedule from 6-25 Nov 2023. It finishes/starts again in Civi. Is this a dry dock?

 

 

This is mentioned in the updated listing which was posted on 1st October

 

 

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