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[Lanedre]

I am going to see the Westerdam here in Aalesund this Thursday
And I almost forgot that Queen Mary 2 is coming on Wednesday 
I hope the good weather still is here on Thursday, have been only three days with sun in the last two weeks  

[The Ferry Man]

Some pictures of the Pride of Bilbao coming into Portsmouth yesterday:



What's that I see on the horizon?

[VirtualSkipper]

The weather was crappy, but the ship was beautiful.

I went to the IJmuiden locks on a special occasion which I have mentioned before.
Because more ships were there at the site, I'm going to make this a...

IJMUIDEN SPECIAL! 

here are the pics:

[oceandream]

Constellation??
That cant be right
She was here a short time ago 

[Lanedre]

Some pictures from Aalesund this week

On Tuesday it was Oriana





On Wednesday Queen Mary 2 and Maasdam









Next to QM2s funnel you can see the yacht Daydream



Bridge





And last from Wednesday



Westerdam on Thursday





Unfortunately it didn't leave before midnight in the dark

[VirtualSkipper]

Constellation??
That cant be right
She was here a short time ago 

I think you confused her with the Millenium as they are of the same class.
I also have taken a look on the cruise schedule of Willemstad and I only saw the Millenium which last visited Willemstad in late April.

Here is the schedule:
http://www.liveincuracao.com/index.php?p=37

[VirtualSkipper]

If the weather holds up in the weekend than I'll be able to see the Westerdam which I didn't got the chance to see her before.

BUT, if the weather is really good (ALL DAY LONG), than I'm going to visite the SS Rotterdam!! 
But I have to say again, it all depends on the weather.

[Nathan|C]

I've been trying some artistic rubbish

(http://img8.imageshack.us/i/prideofhull.png/)

[pdpx7]

I'm possibly going to New York Harbor this weekend. If I do illl post the pics

[larsdehaan]

who has ever heard of a large vessel named the ''queen victoria''?

[VirtualSkipper]

I saw her twice 

[Ralphy]

she is often in the solent, so i have seen her to many times to count

[larsdehaan]

i saw her yesterday in oslo

[deltaecho]

the MSC Fantasia was docked in Barcelona last week when i was there. i will try to upload a pic later this week. i didnt get right up to it. i was on a bridge that went over the water

[Ballast]

Spotted these American and Canadian flagged tugs today in Hamilton, ON. Canada 

Quality got killed after resizing with a free program 

[IRI5HJ4CK]

Great pic MJ

What's the weather been like?

Jack.

[metman]

'Queen Victoria' is Cunard's latest in-service cruise liner, their latest ship is the 'Queen Elizabeth' which is due in service very soon.

Metman

[Nathan|C]

Queen Elizabeth - Queen Vista No23

[Ballast]

Spotted this Canadian lifeboat today, stationed in Meaford at Georgian bay, Canada 

[The Ferry Man]

Nice 

[Ralphy]

Spotted this Canadian lifeboat today, stationed in Meaford at Georgian bay, Canada  

i wounder why the RNLI lifeboats don't have a recue zones low to the water, im sure it would be very useful.

[Ballast]

Most of the Dutch lifeboats, except the ones stationed on the north coast, have some kind of construction on the stern, to lift the person horizontal out of the water due to hyperthermia  

[VirtualSkipper]

I'm about to release the newest pictures of last Saturday.

Yes, sorry I post them kind of late but I was a bit busy this week, so I now have the time to release them    

Btw, there are LOADS of them!  
(Because I'm going to do 2 appart posts  )

[VirtualSkipper]

Today we go back in time to the late 60's on Holland's pride:

SS Rotterdam!  

I shall give you all a guided tour through the parts of the ship I have been.  

My dad and I had a ticket reservation on 14:00 and we were right on time  




Here I stand on the stern of the ship with the first picture I have made while being on the ship.


The Promonade on Promonade Deck, also an odd smell of salami was noticed here


The Grand Staircase on Promonade deck



Upper Promonade Deck towards the stern


Upper Promonade Deck towards the bow



Here we stand on this little foredeck just above the bowdeck



Here we stand on the bow





Boat Deck which is just behind the Upper Promonade Deck



Here we stand on the Bridge deck which is above the Upper Promonade deck and before the Sun Deck.



Now we go into the bridge itself





Here we go through the radio and wireless rooms







Here we went towards the stern on the Boat deck


And from that part of the deck we climbed up to the Sun Deck




Now we go our we towards the engine rooms through several rooms
(Smoking Room on Upper Promonade deck)

(Grand Ball Room)

(Dining Room on B Deck)

(Pool on D Deck)


Now we go our way into the engine rooms




(A piston for one of the stabilizers)

(And here we are in the shaft alley)


(one of her steam turbines and boiler rooms)



(This is what appears to be some kind of motherboard)


After this we took a hall which leads to a staircase which goes to the upper decks


Eventually we came out on the upper promonade deck and than we found our way out off the ship.
Here are the last few photographs of the ship




We stayed 2 hours on this ship...

After we got off the ship, we were heading straight for the Westerdam.  

I hope you all have liked the tour and if not, no returns  

[VirtualSkipper]

Yep, after our adventure on the SS Rotterdam we went straight for the Westerdam 

Here are the pics