She’s a beautiful ship, rode her for 32 days and brought her back to Ft Lauderdale I was most impressed with the artwork and I see that you captured my favorite painting, the young girl with her violin bowing to that majestic elephant I would stop and stare at it every night Thanks for sharing
Thanks, Linda and F Dowd. I really enjoyed my trip on the Koningsdam. This was only my 2nd time on a large cruise ship. First time was more than ten years ago. I have mostly gone on much smaller ones. All cruise ships provide excellent service. What I like most is the Lido Market, the buffet restaurant. They pretty much serve the same special menu as the main dining room. All the ship crew officers including the captain dine there. He would sit with the passengers and pointed at a whale breaching to us one morning. The restaurant is so popular, one often has difficulties finding seats. I also like the ubiquitous hand sanitizers and crew wiping the common areas. What I like least is the security every time we board the ship going through the metal detector. It's a sign of the time, I suppose. As Linda said, the library is small, but not just the library, many public venues have limited seating. The boarding and disembarkation procedures were rather smooth though I wish they would serve drinks and/or snacks while we waited to board. The airport transfers were very good too. Departure at the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport was terrible, but not something Holland America could do.
really nice ship. Awesome showers (high pressure, maintaining temp). No real negatives (other than at the buffet, if you get there near the end, it seemed like random stations would be entirely closed, when you'd figure they'd all still be open). Minor quibble though--nice ship, great service.
Thanks for posting. Going to be on the Koningsdam for a 24 day cruise in October. I have not been on HAL for 11 years. The last 6 cruises have been on Celebrity so I am looking forward to the change.
She’s a beautiful ship, rode her for 32 days and brought her back to Ft Lauderdale
I was most impressed with the artwork and I see that you captured my favorite painting, the young girl with her violin bowing to that majestic elephant
I would stop and stare at it every night
Thanks for sharing
What a beautiful ship it is
Very enjoyable video! Thank you.
Thanks, Linda and F Dowd. I really enjoyed my trip on the Koningsdam. This was only my 2nd time on a large cruise ship. First time was more than ten years ago. I have mostly gone on much smaller ones. All cruise ships provide excellent service. What I like most is the Lido Market, the buffet restaurant. They pretty much serve the same special menu as the main dining room. All the ship crew officers including the captain dine there. He would sit with the passengers and pointed at a whale breaching to us one morning. The restaurant is so popular, one often has difficulties finding seats. I also like the ubiquitous hand sanitizers and crew wiping the common areas. What I like least is the security every time we board the ship going through the metal detector. It's a sign of the time, I suppose. As Linda said, the library is small, but not just the library, many public venues have limited seating.
The boarding and disembarkation procedures were rather smooth though I wish they would serve drinks and/or snacks while we waited to board. The airport transfers were very good too. Departure at the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport was terrible, but not something Holland America could do.
really nice ship. Awesome showers (high pressure, maintaining temp). No real negatives (other than at the buffet, if you get there near the end, it seemed like random stations would be entirely closed, when you'd figure they'd all still be open). Minor quibble though--nice ship, great service.
Love this ship. Was on it last year - superb and am going on it again in November. But HAL bring back the library!
Great presentation and great taste in music! Kudos to you my friend!
Thanks for posting. Going to be on the Koningsdam for a 24 day cruise in October. I have not been on HAL for 11 years. The last 6 cruises have been on Celebrity so I am looking forward to the change.
Drink package and internet wifi