"Maasdam" Europe Travelogue by seagoingJLW

Europe Travel Guide: 816,413 reviews and 1,687,077 photos

Lower Promenade Deck

Visited Lisboa, Cadiz, Casablanca, Gibraltar, Cagliari in Sardinia, Palermo in Sicily, La Goulette (Tunis) in Tunisia, Valetta in Malta, Ancona, Italy and Venice.

Here I am on HAL's Maasdam's wonderful wraparound deck. All of the Holland America ships have this Lower Promenade Deck that really goes all the way around.

Flowers

Fresh Flowers everywhere

Holland America is famous for having fresh flowers everywhere.

Front Office

Purser's Desk

Irwin is at the Purser's Desk on the Maasdam.

Piano Bar

Randall Barnes

The Piano Bar on the Maasdam with Randall Barnes presiding. What a great entertainer he is!!

Dining Room

This is the beautiful balconied dining room. Notice that the ceiling is all Murano glass.

Orchestra at Dinner

The orchestra plays at dinner.

Casino

Gaming

Here's the onboard casino.

Cabin

All the comforts of Home

Here's Irwin in our cabin.

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egonwegh Sep 27, 2006 at 12:52 AM Report Abuse

Hard to believe that some people would pay others to relieve them of their task of working in a library! (This comes from a librarian ...)
travelgourmet Dec 2, 2004 at 11:47 PM Report Abuse

The Ocean Princess was not that steady a ship. I had travelled twice on the Ocean Princess in the 80's. I heard it had gone down in the 90's, reporting no casualties.
Dumpymotel Sep 8, 2004 at 6:19 PM Report Abuse

Hi -- How did you like the song of norway ? on a scale of 1-10? I know it was an older ship but I've heard good things about it.
nigelw6443 Jul 29, 2003 at 8:42 AM Report Abuse

Ahh! I worked on this one too in Victoria, B.C.
Sophie1980 Mar 30, 2003 at 5:47 PM Report Abuse

I've only been on 1 cruise so far, (around the Caribbean), but it was a great way to travel, and I hope to do it again sometime. Your photos reminded me of my trip!
Trina2383 Jan 29, 2003 at 7:20 AM Report Abuse

wonder pictures and info! THanks!!!
Leipzig Dec 20, 2002 at 1:45 AM Report Abuse

Beautiful photos on travelogues! Very informative timeline for Northern Europe ! Well done
genispp Sep 14, 2002 at 9:40 AM Report Abuse

Great page and beautiful travelogues
javarach Aug 9, 2002 at 3:26 PM Report Abuse

Really interesting as I am going on a tour of the ship soon
JudyinPA Apr 24, 2002 at 3:40 PM Report Abuse

Wonderful Eruopean history and great cruises