ss Rotterdam "The Grande Dame" of the Holland-Amerika Lijn

[@Eivissaa]

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[@JimaBryant]

I sailed on the Rotterdam in 1964 as it was completing an around-the-world cruise. Wonderful experience! It's still one of my all-time favorite ships.

[@Eivissaa]

Well, you were lucky in those days. I worked my butt of in the dining room for a few guilders a month. Nevertheless, it was a great experience. Thanks for your reaction.

[@MrKit9]

I sailed on this magnificent work of art on its last Trans Atlantic voyage. We sailed through Hurricane Mitch. Impressive!

[@Eivissaa]

Thanks for your reaction. I experienced hurricane Flora near Hawaii on this ship, when i was 17 years old.

[@EdwardTravels]

Thanks for posting. We’ve sailed with Holland America and remember when this their pride and joy.

[@Eivissaa]

Nice to hear!

[@rfz77]

Thanks for the video! I visited her last week, very impressive!

[@Eivissaa]

You're welcome.

[@hansvandenbovenkamp3577]

Een jaar lang op gewerkt, wat een pracht schip, zoveel goede herinneringen. De klant was koning, hier heb ik geleerd te werken.

[@Eivissaa]

Mee eens! Bijna 2 jaar gewerkt hier, in de Civiele Dienst, 1963-1964.

[@shipsbells]

Thank you for posting this. I was wondering whether you had exclusive access to the ship since no one seems to be present till about 3:30 in.

[@Eivissaa]

It is a hotel and museum now...

[@diogocatalano9557]

Great vid. Thanks for sharing.

[@Eivissaa]

Thanks

[@CaladesMorts]

Another great video!

[@on-the-pitch-p3w]

It is a shame that it costed 220 million euro to renovate. This same money was really mend to build and renovate houses.

[@MrKit9]

And yet how many have housed within her bringing in tourist dollars?

[@sabresphere-7992]

@@MrKit9 Exactly, instead of the money ending up in housing corporation top dogs' pockets, plus it deserves to be preserved like any other wonderful piece of art. Beautiful as well as practical.