Rare Alphen Posted May 4 #1 Share Posted May 4 (edited) The 3 latest Holland America Line vessels named Rotterdam, are in Rotterdam port today, May 4th 2024. Currently the MS Rotterdam VII and the Fred Olsen’s Borealis (former MS Rotterdam VI) are moored on the Rotterdam cruise terminal, only a stone throw away from the SS Rotterdam V, now a hotel in Rotterdam. Rotterdam VII and Borealis moored together, visible on the webcam. With some work, someone would probably be able to get all 3 of the ships in one photo shot! Edited May 4 by Alphen 12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakridger Posted May 4 #2 Share Posted May 4 How fun! Thanks for the info! ~Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HeinBloed Posted May 4 #3 Share Posted May 4 Three generations of ROTTERDAM in Rotterdam, The Netherlands: V, VI (BOREALIS), VII 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted May 4 #4 Share Posted May 4 We'll be on V & VII in Aug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted May 4 #5 Share Posted May 4 Thanks for the pictures! Wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikitikitavii Posted May 4 #6 Share Posted May 4 5 hours ago, Alphen said: The 3 latest Holland America Line vessels named Rotterdam, are in Rotterdam port today, May 4th 2024. Currently the MS Rotterdam VII and the Fred Olsen’s Borealis (former MS Rotterdam VI) are moored on the Rotterdam cruise terminal, only a stone throw away from the SS Rotterdam V, now a hotel in Rotterdam. Rotterdam VII and Borealis moored together, visible on the webcam. With some work, someone would probably be able to get all 3 of the ships in one photo shot! We sailed Rotterdam V back in 1997 on an Alaska cruise, our one and only HAL cruise, so far. We are booked on the Nieuw Statendam for the April 2025 Transatlantic, from Ft. Lauderdale to Rotterdam! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted May 4 #7 Share Posted May 4 32 minutes ago, ski ww said: We'll be on V & VII in Aug So will us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navybikermom Posted May 4 #8 Share Posted May 4 I will be there next week. What webcam are you viewing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDARCH Posted May 4 #9 Share Posted May 4 6 hours ago, ski ww said: We'll be on V & VII in Aug We will be doing the same next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Alphen Posted May 5 Author #10 Share Posted May 5 15 hours ago, Navybikermom said: I will be there next week. What webcam are you viewing? You can look from start to finish; Entrance to the Waterway, leading up to Rotterdam; And two live views of the actual docking location: 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted May 5 #11 Share Posted May 5 Thanks for posting the web cams. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmac40 Posted May 5 #12 Share Posted May 5 Yes-we were lucky to see them on Saturday when we disembarked from Rotterdam (number 7!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HeinBloed Posted May 21 #13 Share Posted May 21 (edited) All three on one video. Edited May 21 by HeinBloed 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted May 21 #14 Share Posted May 21 Thanks for posting, interesting to see all three at the same time. It will be our turn in Aug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhannah Posted May 21 #15 Share Posted May 21 That's so cool. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Himself Posted May 21 #16 Share Posted May 21 WOW! That is really a rare occurrence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailingdutchy Posted May 21 #17 Share Posted May 21 Thank you very much for posting this Jeroen @Alphen. That must have been very special , possibly there must have been a lot of tooting back and forwards when the 3 ships met at arrival and / or departures ! I have had connections with all 3 of the Rotterdam ships , as a young boy growing up in The Hague I was witness with my brothers near the city of Rotterdam when in 1958 the than Queen Juliana baptized the Rotterdam V which than after the bottle of champagne broke on her hull slid gracefully into the Nieuwe Waterweg ( September 13 or 18 ,1958 ! ) In 2023 I finally had a chance to walk onto the now Hotel ship SS Rotterdam for the very first time , she is still beautiful ! After we started cruising we have been a couple of times on the Rotterdam VI on Trans Atlantic cruises and going to the Baltic Sea , we loved being on her , she truly was the flag ship that had something special . Last but not least we were booked to go on the very first cruise on the Rotterdam VII when Covid broke out and all of a sudden everything was cancelled but than finally had the pleasure to do the 2023 Anniversary cruise when on April 18 , 2023 we came into Rotterdam exactly 150 years after the company officially was formed. This was a very nice cruise with a number of dignataries on board and numerous celebrations . Greetings from Canada Tony , sailingdutchy 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Alphen Posted May 22 Author #18 Share Posted May 22 (edited) 19 hours ago, sailingdutchy said: Thank you very much for posting this Jeroen @Alphen. That must have been very special , possibly there must have been a lot of tooting back and forwards when the 3 ships met at arrival and / or departures ! I have had connections with all 3 of the Rotterdam ships , as a young boy growing up in The Hague I was witness with my brothers near the city of Rotterdam when in 1958 the than Queen Juliana baptized the Rotterdam V which than after the bottle of champagne broke on her hull slid gracefully into the Nieuwe Waterweg ( September 13 or 18 ,1958 ! ) In 2023 I finally had a chance to walk onto the now Hotel ship SS Rotterdam for the very first time , she is still beautiful ! After we started cruising we have been a couple of times on the Rotterdam VI on Trans Atlantic cruises and going to the Baltic Sea , we loved being on her , she truly was the flag ship that had something special . Last but not least we were booked to go on the very first cruise on the Rotterdam VII when Covid broke out and all of a sudden everything was cancelled but than finally had the pleasure to do the 2023 Anniversary cruise when on April 18 , 2023 we came into Rotterdam exactly 150 years after the company officially was formed. This was a very nice cruise with a number of dignataries on board and numerous celebrations . Greetings from Canada Tony , sailingdutchy 😄 Thanks Tony, I also have special link with all 3 Rotterdam's. We both have cruised on Rotterdam VI and the new Rotterdam VII, but I also was honored to get to visit the SS Rotterdam while she was still actively cruising in 1983. The Dutch Navy ship I was stationed on, met the SS Rotterdam in the Caribbean and we were docked together in La Guaria, Venezuela. I was lucky to be among several Dutch crew members who were invited to take a tour on board SS Rotterdam, including a visit to the bridge, a very nice gesture by the SS Rotterdam crew! Greetings from both of us ! Edited May 22 by Alphen 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvaark Posted September 1 #19 Share Posted September 1 We used Rotterdam V in 1995 to Alaska, Rotterdam VI in 2014 in the Carribean, and next month we'll do Rotterdam VII. However, it's very unlikely we'll still be around for Rotterdam VIII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted September 1 #20 Share Posted September 1 Rotterdam V was my first HAL cruise in Nov 1981, in Aug of this year we stayed on her for two days before our two week cruise on Rotterdam VII. There was a lot of tooting back & forth on the morning we departed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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