{"id":60919,"date":"2021-05-03T12:42:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T16:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/ms-rotterdam\/ramping-up-to-rotterdam-a-visit-to-the-shipyard\/"},"modified":"2022-11-11T15:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T21:49:17","slug":"ramping-up-to-rotterdam-dry-dock-inspection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/whats-new\/ramping-up-to-rotterdam-dry-dock-inspection\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramping Up to Rotterdam: A Visit to the Shipyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week Brand Ambassador Seth Wayne flew to Italy to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/en_US\/cruise-ships\/ms-rotterdam\/0.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rotterdam<\/a> at the Fincantieri shipyards in Marghera and Trieste. Seth was at Marghera before the ship left for sea trials and made way to Trieste for a quick dry dock before returning back to Marghera. Not only did he spend time on the ship, he also spent time under it! Enjoy the photos, and be sure to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sethonhal\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seth&#8217;s Facebook page<\/a> to see videos of him walking through the ship with Stan Kuppens, as well as talking to several members of the ship&#8217;s senior team (including Captain Timmers). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM3.jpg\" alt=\"Rotterdam\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141716\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM4.jpg\" alt=\"Rotterdam\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141717\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_141712\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM_1.jpg\" alt=\"Rotterdam&#039;s azipod.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"555\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141712\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-141712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rotterdam&#8217;s azipod.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_141713\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM_2.jpg\" alt=\"The blocks holding up the ship. \" width=\"1000\" height=\"675\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141713\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-141713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The blocks holding up the ship.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_141714\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM_Bowthrusters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM_Bowthrusters.jpg\" alt=\"Rotterdam&#039;s bow thrusters. \" width=\"1000\" height=\"551\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141714\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-141714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rotterdam&#8217;s bow thrusters.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_141718\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM5.jpg\" alt=\"The Lido Pool area\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141718\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-141718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lido Pool area is coming along quickly.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_141719\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM6.jpg\" alt=\"The Dining Room. \" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141719\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-141719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Dining Room looks nearly ready to welcome guests.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_141720\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM7.jpg\" alt=\"World Stage \" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141720\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-141720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World Stage is almost ready for showtime!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_141721\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RODM8.jpg\" alt=\"The new Half Moon Bar. \" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141721\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-141721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Half Moon Bar.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Stay tuned for another edition of Ramping Up to Rotterdam next month as we grow closer to delivery at the end of July!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week Brand Ambassador Seth Wayne flew to Italy to visit Rotterdam at the Fincantieri shipyards in Marghera and Trieste. Seth was at Marghera before the ship left for sea trials and made way to Trieste for a quick dry dock before returning back to Marghera. Not only did he spend time on the ship, he also spent time under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1876,"featured_media":60920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,40],"tags":[4191],"class_list":["post-60919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fleet-features","category-whats-new","tag-cruise-ship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1876"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67987,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60919\/revisions\/67987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}