Has anyone here sailed on Holland America's Oosterdam?
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From: Marcia on 12 Aug 2010 14:08 peter wrote: > X-no-archive: yes On 8/11/10 10:18 PM, in article > 4c6305a0$0$7154$607ed4bc(a)cv.net, "Tom K" <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote: > >> She mentioned >>> Celebrity, but I think she said the ships are smaller. I'm not locked >>> into anything yet, which is why I am again asking questions...and if you >>> remember my last cruise, you know I have lots of them!!! ;-) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Marcia >> >> Celebrity has a sister cruise line called Azamara. That line has 2 >> small ships. All the Celebrity brand ships are large, however. > > Not true. Oosterdam's pax capacity is 1848. Celebrity has Infinity (2034), > Millennium (2034) and Mercury (1840) on Alaska itineraries. Azamara Club > doesn't offer Alaska cruises. > As I wrote in another post, I did check out the Celebrity web site, and their Seattle sailings only go through Tracy Arm. As much as I liked the fjord, we really want to see Glacier Bay this time. Thanks, Marcia
From: Marcia on 12 Aug 2010 14:09 Charles wrote: > In article <i3vvqd$96k$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Marcia > <Marcia(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: > >> One of my first questions was going to be about a fridge. While I don't >> drink wine, I had some bottles of juice in the fridge on Princess. >> There was something about an ice bucket that I read on the HAL website, >> which would be fine. I also didn't remember reading about safes in the >> room like Princess has. Did your HAL cabin have a safe? >> >> Thanks for that info. > > The fridge info was not quite right. > > All cabins on the newer HAL ships, Vista class and above, have a fridge > in the cabin. The Oosterdam has a fridge in every cabin. On the older > smaller HAL ships the Verandah cabins have a fridge, inside and outside > cabins can have one brought in for $2 a day. > > HAL cabins have safes. > Yay, thanks. :-) Marcia
From: Marcia on 12 Aug 2010 14:11 number6 wrote: > On Aug 11, 3:26 pm, Marcia <Mar...(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: >> number6 wrote: >>> On Aug 11, 2:29 am, Marcia <Mar...(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: >>>> I'm hoping to go on another Alaska cruise WITH my fiance this time, and >>>> we're probably going with Holland America instead of Princess. I've >>>> read their beds are comfortable and there are tubs in the bathroom >>>> instead of tiny showers. Any opinions of that ship? >>>> Thanks, >>>> Marcia >>> Very nice ship easy to get around ... If you can - get one of the >>> stern balconies ... they are huge and I found it very pleasant sailing >>> away watching the wake ... >> Are those just regular veranda rooms or suites? I kind of like being >> mid ship because my fiance isn't the best sailer in the world and it's >> more stable. We'll see. >> >> Thanks, >> Marcia > > The corner ones are the suites ... those in the center are just > verandas ... > if the verandas are huge ... those on the suites are humungous ... > Best stability is present on the lower decks ... but the better > accomodations IMO are on the upper decks ... I love the feeling of > openness the stern balcony brings ... We will check that out, thanks. I loved our balcony on the Sapphire. We were on the Baja deck, so it was way more private than the ones below us that we could look down into. Do you know the layout of the other verandas? Marcia
From: number6 on 12 Aug 2010 15:45 On Aug 12, 2:11 pm, Marcia <Mar...(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: > number6 wrote: > > On Aug 11, 3:26 pm, Marcia <Mar...(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: > >> number6 wrote: > >>> On Aug 11, 2:29 am, Marcia <Mar...(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: > >>>> I'm hoping to go on another Alaska cruise WITH my fiance this time, and > >>>> we're probably going with Holland America instead of Princess. I've > >>>> read their beds are comfortable and there are tubs in the bathroom > >>>> instead of tiny showers. Any opinions of that ship? > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Marcia > >>> Very nice ship easy to get around ... If you can - get one of the > >>> stern balconies ... they are huge and I found it very pleasant sailing > >>> away watching the wake ... > >> Are those just regular veranda rooms or suites? I kind of like being > >> mid ship because my fiance isn't the best sailer in the world and it's > >> more stable. We'll see. > > >> Thanks, > >> Marcia > > > The corner ones are the suites ... those in the center are just > > verandas ... > > if the verandas are huge ... those on the suites are humungous ... > > Best stability is present on the lower decks ... but the better > > accomodations IMO are on the upper decks ... I love the feeling of > > openness the stern balcony brings ... > > We will check that out, thanks. I loved our balcony on the Sapphire. > We were on the Baja deck, so it was way more private than the ones below > us that we could look down into. Do you know the layout of the other > verandas? I know the one we were on ... the highest deck had total privacy ... but we could look down on the deck below somewhat ... they do fan out some ...
From: Marcia on 12 Aug 2010 16:13
number6 wrote: > On Aug 12, 2:11 pm, Marcia <Mar...(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: >> number6 wrote: >>> On Aug 11, 3:26 pm, Marcia <Mar...(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: >>>> number6 wrote: >>>>> On Aug 11, 2:29 am, Marcia <Mar...(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: >>>>>> I'm hoping to go on another Alaska cruise WITH my fiance this time, and >>>>>> we're probably going with Holland America instead of Princess. I've >>>>>> read their beds are comfortable and there are tubs in the bathroom >>>>>> instead of tiny showers. Any opinions of that ship? >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Marcia >>>>> Very nice ship easy to get around ... If you can - get one of the >>>>> stern balconies ... they are huge and I found it very pleasant sailing >>>>> away watching the wake ... >>>> Are those just regular veranda rooms or suites? I kind of like being >>>> mid ship because my fiance isn't the best sailer in the world and it's >>>> more stable. We'll see. >>>> Thanks, >>>> Marcia >>> The corner ones are the suites ... those in the center are just >>> verandas ... >>> if the verandas are huge ... those on the suites are humungous ... >>> Best stability is present on the lower decks ... but the better >>> accomodations IMO are on the upper decks ... I love the feeling of >>> openness the stern balcony brings ... >> We will check that out, thanks. I loved our balcony on the Sapphire. >> We were on the Baja deck, so it was way more private than the ones below >> us that we could look down into. Do you know the layout of the other >> verandas? > > I know the one we were on ... the highest deck had total privacy ... > but we could look down on the deck below somewhat ... they do fan out > some ... > > Great, thanks for the info. Marcia |