Talk about good luck! Congrats to Veendam guest Lori I. who recently won $75,000 during an onboard game of Bingo. If you’re a fan of the game, be sure to check the daily program when you get on board so you can check Bingo times and locations. If you win, send us your celebratory photo:…   read more of “Guest Wins $75,000…”

Belly Dancer Lorna Gow sailed on Noordam as part of the line’s On Location enrichment program. She blogged about her experience and shared it with us. Here’s her first entry. Thanks, Lorna! This was a big day for me; my first day waking up on board the ship, from a deep sleep in a very…   read more of “On Location:…”

This cool photo of Rotterdam crew members was taken at the Port of Rotterdam, and it won the May crew photo contest! Jules Seidel is Rotterdam’s human resources manager.

These pictures was taken while having tapas with a gorgeous view of this stunning old church in Alicante, Spain.

Adventure traveler and Dutch TV personality Charlotte Van Hoorn was on board Zaandam for an Alaska cruise and will be sharing her adventure with us. What fun to cheer on our own friend as she breezed through the tryouts for Dancing with the Stars: At Sea with her signature favorite, the Waltz. Paired with the…   read more of “Cruise Diary:…”

Thanks to blog fan Aad Hoogesteger for sending in these beautiful pictures of Ryndam sailing into Dover, England. On Saturday June 8 we were in Dover. I woke up early to see Ryndam coming in. These are some of the pictures I took. Enjoy …

Special thanks to Zuiderdam’s Techspert Krista who posted this on HAL’s Digital Workshop blog. Today I wanted to share some hints about searching in Windows 8. I loved searching in Windows 7. It was a fast and easy way to find anything I needed. Searching in Windows 8 is a little different, but just as…   read more of “Digital Workshop:…”

We were lucky enough to overnight in Venice on the Nieuw Amsterdam so I took a boat to Piazza San Marco to watch the people, listen to the musicians and take some pictures. It had rained about 8pm and one large puddle was left in the square. What luck that it was located in front of the church. Joanne…   read more of “Reflections from…”