Tag: Around the Ship

It’s that time again, spring cleaning! Leslie Hockett, Zaandam’s future cruise consultant, sent in this interesting picture of crew members cleaning and painting Zaandam’s funnel.

Thanks to Marc Thompson, Noordam’s manager of on-board marketing, for sending in this note and photos. Noordam’s Royal celebrations started very early with a British inspired breakfast served to guests in the rather fitting ‘Queen’s Lounge.’ Whilst enjoying the BBC broadcast live on the big screen, guests took the opportunity to show their support for…   read more of “And Finally ……”

Zaandam held a jewelry fashion show hosted by Merabella Manager Dejanco Timovski (aka Danny), showcasing the Merabella Jewelry Collection. Here is a picture of the event and Danny surrounded by sparkling Zaandam beauties. Taromi Lourdes Joseph is Zaandam’s human resources manager.

The World Cruise 2011 is now over, ending in Fort Lauderdale on April 26, but I have some pictures to share with you. Here are some photos of the Indonesian themed event held on Amsterdam. We had an Indonesian Lunch with pallets, Indonesian Tea Time in the dining room and the Indonesian Crew Show in…   read more of “Indonesian Heritage…”

Enjoy these photos of Maasdam’s new look.

Yesterday as we left Cadiz, Spain, we had a theme called “Roaring 20s”, one of the themed evenings for the Grand World Cruise this year. The Dining Room and Crow’s Nest were decorated with black and white colors to match the theme. Guests and crew also dressed with black shirts, pinstriped vests, gangster hats for…   read more of “Reliving the…”

On April 16 in Cartagena, Spain, Nieuw Amsterdam had a very special visit from 414 of Amsterdam’s Grand World Voyage guests. As stated in my previous blog post, guests arrived at the ship at 10:00 a.m., where they were welcomed by the Captain and officers of ms Nieuw Amsterdam. They boarded the ship for a…   read more of “Amsterdam Guests…”

We had a video team on board Zaandam to shoot scenes for a new training video that will be out in the near future about guests with disabilities. Here are some pictures from the video shoot. Enjoy!