Other Things You'll Want to Know - February 4, 2019

CND subscribers also read about:

• Carnival's Mardi Gras already breaking records
• Oprah dedicates Nieuw Statendam (video below)
• Carnival having a relationship with Michaels

Details appeared in the February 4 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Other Things You'll Want to Know - January 30, 2019

CND subscribers also read about:

• Holland America is going live-stream Oprah dedicating Nieuw Statendam.
• Royal Caribbean says they are seeing strengthening in the China market.
• New chairman for CLIA Europe

Details appeared in the January 30 issue of Cruise News Daily.

Cutting Rudi's Ribbon

When Holland America's Nieuw Statendam debuted last week, it came with a special restaurant - so special the line even had a ribbon cutting for it.

Nieuw Statendam is the first of Holland America's ships to have a dedicated space for Rudi's Sel de Mer. The first Sel de Mer debuted as a pop-up restaurant when Koningsdam debuted in 2016. It was such a runaway hit with passengers, Holland America decided to create pop-ups of the premium restaurant fleetwide.

The complete story appeared in the December 13 issue of Cruise News Daily. 

Rudi Sodamin and staff at the opening of Rudi's Sel de Mer aboard Nieuw Statendam

Rudi's Sel de Mer aboard Nieuw Statendam

Photos courtesy of Holland America Line. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - December 4, 2018

CND subscribers also read about:

• An additional terminal in Galveston
• Nieuw Statendam's official tonnage is just under the limit
• Royal Caribbean declares a dividend

Details appeared in the December 4 issue of Cruise News Daily. 

As of Today, Holland America Has a Nieuw Statendam

The frenzy of shipyards finishing up ships, handing them over, taking orders and starting construction on others continued today when Fincantieri delivered Nieuw Statendam to Carnival Corp and Holland America at their Marghera yard.

The complete story appeared in the November 29 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Nieuw Statendam at Fincantieri's Marghera yard. 

Photo courtesy of Holland America Line. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission. 

At the Top

When Holland America's Nieuw Statendam leaves the Fincantieri yard in December, the 99,500-ton ship will be commanded by Captain Sybe de Boer.

Yesterday, the line announced the ship's initial senior officers. Together the officers have a combined 80 years of service to Holland America.

Details appeared in the September 26 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Rocking the Boat

Holland America added another step in their Music Walk aboard the ships when they announced today they have partnered with Rolling Stone to create the Rolling Stone Rock Room.

The Rock Room will be to classic rock what B.B. King's Blues Club is to the blues, for example, aboard the ships.

The complete story appeared in the September 13 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Nieuw Statendam Completes Sea Trials

The 99,500-ton Nieuw Statendam is back at Fincantieri's Marghera yard after successfully completing two sets of sea trials in the Adriatic earlier this month.

Details appeared in the August 28 issue of Cruise News Daily. 

We have a shorter version of this video on our YouTube site. 

She Liked It So Well She Got Herself a Ship

Last summer Oprah Winfrey went on her first cruise ever, and she took along a whole boatload of fans on Eurodam to Alaska. She liked it so well, she's scheduled a “Girls' Getaway” three-night cruise to the Bahamas aboard Nieuw Statendam in January.

One other bit of news: Holland America said that Oprah will be the godmother of Nieuw Statendam and christen the ship at a later date.

The complete story appeared in the June 13 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

The Ship with Something Extra

Holland America Line announced last week that when Nieuw Statendam is delivered in December, it will have something extra they weren't originally planning. Fincantieri has managed to build eight more staterooms into it than sister ship Koningsdam has.

Overall the 99,500-ton ship will have 1,339 staterooms and suites, including staterooms for solo cruisers, and family staterooms that accommodate up to five. 

The complete story appeared in the March 19 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Floating near Venice

Fincantieri launched Holland America's Nieuw Statendam today at their Marghera yard near Venice.

A number of ceremonial events occurred today in anticipation of the ship actually being towed out of the dry dock on December 21.

The complete story appeared in the December 6 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Anne Marie Bartels, one of the line's most traveled passengers, was chosen as the madrina.

The madrina christened the ship before flooding the dry dock.

Water rushing into the dry dock and touching the ship's hull for the first time.

Photos courtesy of Fincantieri. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.

Open voor Zaken

How many people know exactly what they will be doing on a given day in the first quarter of 2019? Or even in December 2018? If you were one of the first to book Holland America's Nieuw Statendam today, you know what you'll be doing.

The line opened the books today for the inaugural season for their second Pinnacle-class ship, and announced that the ship will be homeported at Port Everglades for the 2018-2019 winter season, so its inaugural voyage will be a 14-day transatlantic crossing from Rome to Ft. Lauderdale.

The complete story appeared in the May 17 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Nieuw Statendam about to Take Shape

Dry dock work began today for the sister to Koningsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, at Fincantieri's Marghera yard today, when the keel was laid.

Details appeared in the March 20 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Photos courtesy of Fincantieri. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without permission. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - July 11, 2016

CND subscribers also read about:

• Fincantieri cutting the first steel for Nieuw Statendam.
• The medical examiner's ruling in the death of the 8-year-old boy who was pulled from the pool aboard Anthem of the Seas.

Details appeared in the July 11 edition of Cruise News Daily.