November 2021 - 11 Night Southern Caribbean Wayfarer (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip) Cruise on Rotterdam
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September 2019 - 12 Night Colors Of Canada & New England (Quebec City To New York) Cruise on Zuiderdam
Oosterdam
Sail date: June 11, 2017
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Enjoyed the Lumberjack show.
Walk up to Castle Hill, where Russia sold (not leased!) Alaska to the US.
If you take the post-cruise tour of Seattle prior to going to the airport, you'll get a ticket to the Space Needle and go to Pike Place Market. Go to Piroshky, Piroshky and get a lemon twist pastry. Oh. My. Goodness!
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Loved the Oosterdam, but then I always enjoy the HAL ships. BEST cabin! Inside, #1123...on the main deck, all the way at the back, only share a wall with one other cabin, it is remarkably big! I paced off about four feet from the end of the bed to the closets, plus there is a table, a banquette-type love seat, and a chair.
All for me. Loved it. Feel like following the Oosterdam and booking that cabin each time.
Alaska is delightful, especially Sitka and Ketchikan. However, I surely enjoyed visiting the Mendenhall glacier in Juneau. Took the whale-watching excursion in Victoria and saw many whales!
The piano quintet in the Lincoln Center Stage was phenomenonally good. I made almost every one of their performances. If you enjoy strings, you are in for a treat.
Great ship and and a great route! Really want to do it again. ;^)