Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted August 7, 2023 #1 Share Posted August 7, 2023 We are on the Nieuw Statendam , which is a full ship. Staff is friendly, We had dinner last night in Canaletto which was excellent. Music Walk is hopping every evening. I am impressed. 26 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 0106 Posted August 7, 2023 #2 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Happy to hear your positive report. We will be on the NS for the first time in March. We are looking forward to visiting Norway on the Rotterdam next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted August 7, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted August 7, 2023 4 minutes ago, 0106 said: Happy to hear your positive report. We will be on the NS for the first time in March. We are looking forward to visiting Norway on the Rotterdam next year. You will love it . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNSJ Posted August 7, 2023 #4 Share Posted August 7, 2023 52 minutes ago, Gail & Marty sailing away said: We are on the Nieuw Statendam , which is a full ship. Staff is friendly, We had dinner last night in Canaletto which was excellent. Music Walk is hopping every evening. I am impressed. Considering your total experience with HAL, this is good to hear, We join you onboard in October of this year. Thanks again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted August 7, 2023 #5 Share Posted August 7, 2023 See you on Wednesday! Glad to read that the 'kinder count' is dropping for next week. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windsailer Posted August 7, 2023 #6 Share Posted August 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Gail & Marty sailing away said: We are on the Nieuw Statendam , which is a full ship. Staff is friendly, We had dinner last night in Canaletto which was excellent. Music Walk is hopping every evening. I am impressed. Did Canaletto have the old or new menu? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbiSox Posted August 7, 2023 #7 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Nieuw Statendam is one of my favorite ships. I love the Dutch Cafe, and the gelato bar! Wish all the ships offered these options. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mary229 Posted August 7, 2023 #8 Share Posted August 7, 2023 After sailing the Koningsdam I booked the NS with trepidation. I absolutely loved it. Now my favorites are the Zaandam and the NS. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Haljo1935 Posted August 7, 2023 #9 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Thanks for posting and happy to hear you had a positive experience - we are on NS in Oct, Nov & March.😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted August 7, 2023 Author #10 Share Posted August 7, 2023 59 minutes ago, Windsailer said: Did Canaletto have the old or new menu? It's changing to the new menu on 8/9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted August 7, 2023 Author #11 Share Posted August 7, 2023 52 minutes ago, Mary229 said: After sailing the Koningsdam I booked the NS with trepidation. I absolutely loved it. Now my favorites are the Zaandam and the NS. It's fun going on a traditional Holland America ship and then going on a Pinnacle class ship. Both are good/fun. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Pete Cruiser Posted August 7, 2023 #12 Share Posted August 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Gail & Marty sailing away said: We are on the Nieuw Statendam , which is a full ship. Staff is friendly, We had dinner last night in Canaletto which was excellent. Music Walk is hopping every evening. I am impressed. Good to hear this. We understand Presty, from the Zuiderdam World Cruise, is one of the MDR mangers. Also Rudi Solomin was recently onboard. The Stat has great itineraries as it doesn't repeat very often, making it ideal for longer back to back cruising. We know at least one man who has been onboard since Ft Lauderdale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartgrove Posted August 7, 2023 #13 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Is Captain Noel O'Driscoll the current Master? If so, he is one of the most personable captains on HAL. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrufy Posted August 7, 2023 #14 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Going on our first HAL ship, the Nieuw Statendam in January. Glad to hear so many of you love the ship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodakboiler Posted August 7, 2023 #15 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Captain is Eric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlsSalt Posted August 7, 2023 #16 Share Posted August 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Mary229 said: After sailing the Koningsdam I booked the NS with trepidation. I absolutely loved it. Now my favorites are the Zaandam and the NS. How is the NS fundamentally different from the Konigsdam? K-dam was one and done for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mary229 Posted August 7, 2023 #17 Share Posted August 7, 2023 11 minutes ago, OlsSalt said: How is the NS fundamentally different from the Konigsdam? K-dam was one and done for us. The flow of human foot traffic seems much less congested, it is lighter and brighter and when I was on it, never seemed to suffer bottlenecks for dining or tenders. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mary229 Posted August 7, 2023 #18 Share Posted August 7, 2023 34 minutes ago, Heartgrove said: Is Captain Noel O'Driscoll the current Master? If so, he is one of the most personable captains on HAL. Yes, he is. I am not one who remembers names very well but his I do. Nice person 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted August 7, 2023 Author #19 Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, St Pete Cruiser said: Good to hear this. We understand Presty, from the Zuiderdam World Cruise, is one of the MDR mangers. Also Rudi Solomin was recently onboard. The Stat has great itineraries as it doesn't repeat very often, making it ideal for longer back to back cruising. We know at least one man who has been onboard since Ft Lauderdale. Yes Presty is here. Edited August 7, 2023 by Gail & Marty sailing away 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Sea Dog Posted August 7, 2023 #20 Share Posted August 7, 2023 After Sailing on the Kdam and Rdam looking forward to joining the fun on Sept 17. SSD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising-along Posted August 7, 2023 #21 Share Posted August 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Heartgrove said: Is Captain Noel O'Driscoll the current Master? If so, he is one of the most personable captains on HAL. 28 minutes ago, Mary229 said: Yes, he is. I am not one who remembers names very well but his I do. Nice person Captain O'Driscoll is one of the best! He did our vow renewal on the NS in 2019 and we sailed with him again last year. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackduck59 Posted August 7, 2023 #22 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Thanks for starting a "they're doing great" thread. It is a welcome change from all the whining threads and complain for the sake of complaining threads. We will be embarking on our first HAL cruise in about 2 weeks. We enter with open minds and thankful we don't know how it "used to be". Hopefully what is will be very good and this may be our new best cruise, who knows. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Oceansaway17 Posted August 7, 2023 #23 Share Posted August 7, 2023 7 hours ago, Gail & Marty sailing away said: We are on the Nieuw Statendam , which is a full ship. Staff is friendly, We had dinner last night in Canaletto which was excellent. Music Walk is hopping every evening. I am impressed. oh nice to hear this. I thought music walk is going away or was it just one thing. I will be on NS next June from Copenhagen doing Norway and Iceland. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C 2 C Posted August 7, 2023 #24 Share Posted August 7, 2023 We cruised on N Statendam for 10 weeks and loved it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahi mahi Posted August 7, 2023 #25 Share Posted August 7, 2023 We did the 14 day Norway on NS last month, North Cape from Copenhagen. We had a fantastic time, loved every minute of it! Ate in the MDR every night except one dinner in Tamarind (also great) and there is really no need to go to specialty restaurants as the food was outstanding. Loved that they brought fresh fish on in ports. Cruise and travel director Clare Adams was really good as was Amanda the entertainment director. Don't miss the fun in Ocean Bar during the daily happy hour! We were told by Clare that HAL is bringing back some classical music starting this month and I believe it has already started on this ship, something we used to look forward to on previous cruises. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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