Let's see how this works out.

The question is very simple.

Which ships have you cruised on ?

This might be an interesting topic.

Please post your list below.

Let's hope it becomes a flaming topic.

Bernard, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PS: My list is: Westerdam, Ryndam 2x, Noordam, Rotterdam VI, Maasdam 2X, Statendam and soon the Amsterdam.

Oceanic
Royal Viking Sun
Vistafjord x2
QE2

Old Maasdam
Queen Elizabeth I
ss France
ss Rotterdam (x 25)
old Volendam
old Veendam (x5)
ss Statendam (x12)
ss Nieuw Amsterdam (x2)
ms Westerdam (x2)
ms Nieuw Amsterdam
ms Noordam
ms Statendam
ms Veendam (x2)
ms Maasdam (x3)
ms Rotterdam (x4)
Atlantic (x2)
QE2
NCL Majesty
Nordic Prince (x2)
ms Amsterdam
nest will be the Worlc Cruise on the ms ROTTERAM in January for 82-days.

You can tell what Line I favor!!!!!

Let's get the ss Rotterdam back to Holland!

Starting in '77

Old Statendam - did the Atlantic on her enroute to her stretching.
Stretched Statendam
Rotterdam V
Rotterdam V1 - 2 Trans-Atlantic
Noordam
Nieuw Amsterdam
Westerdam
Volendam
Ryndam
Maasdam
I guess we total 20 Cruises but my Log is lost to me tonight - my filing system leaves much to be desired!

Also 8 T-A Crossings (1 on QE2) prior to '77.

Sea days are important so Panama Canal (Ft. Lauderdale to Vancouver). Hawii and T-A are favourites. That's not to say that we didn't enjoy all the others.....Cruising is our favourite vacation.

We're working on 2001!

HAL IS A GREAT LINE.

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Originally posted by Green:
Starting in '77

Old Statendam - did the Atlantic on her enroute to her stretching.
Stretched Statendam
Rotterdam V
Rotterdam V1 - 2 Trans-Atlantic
Noordam
Nieuw Amsterdam
Westerdam
Volendam
Ryndam
Maasdam
I guess we total 20 Cruises but my Log is lost to me tonight - my filing system leaves much to be desired!

Also 8 T-A Crossings (1 on QE2) prior to '77.

Sea days are important so Panama Canal (Ft. Lauderdale to Vancouver). Hawii and T-A are favourites. That's not to say that we didn't enjoy all the others.....Cruising is our favourite vacation.

We're working on 2001!
G

HAL IS A GREAT LINE.

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Green - were you having a "Senior's Day". The old Statendam was never stretched - it was the Westerdam you were on across the Atlantic for stretch!!

Royal Princess;
Monarh of the Seas;
Crown Princess;
Zenih (x3);
Ocean Princess;

But the best are:

Statendam (x5)
Ryndam (x4)
Veendam (x5)
Noordam
Maasdam (3)
Rotterdam (x4)
Zaandam (x2)

Those "dam" ships are IMO, the best.

geno-r, I hope that you are not trying to provoke WW3 when you ask this question. It gives rise to controversial issues and depends on an individuals point of view.

I am working class/ middle class, reasonably well educated, but not to University standards. This probably sets the scene for my opinions.

Now concerning the Nordic Empress situation, this was a repeat to Bermuda with RCI, a line that I held in high regard.
Immediately on sailing from New York there were a number of things occurring on board that I had never experienced before.
The ship was very noisy,with babies crying in the cabins.
Young children in the 8-12 age bracket were running in the aisles outside the cabins until the late hours.
Going to dinner, we had to sidestep around teenage groups slouched on the stairs whose attitude virtually challenged us to make an issue of it.
At second seating dinner, we encountered a large number of extremely slovenly dressed adults with table manners no better than caveman standards.

It got worse. It was impossible to use the pool. It was a mass of children all day.

The Captains dinner was a fiasco. Many passengers as usual had taken time to dress in their best finery. Others who hadn't ,appeared at the same tables with dirty running shoes, albeit they had put on clean T shirts and most of the males had troubled to shave.

And so it continued. We could only consider a high percentage on this cruise to be to riffraff. Why this sudden change over such a short period. We just couldn't figure out. We do however realise that it was the right of these passengers to do their own thing. Our resolve was to stay away from RCI in future and try to be more educated in selecting our cruises.