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April 27, 2004
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First Look around Westerdam
Holland America's Westerdam entered service last Sunday (April 25).
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The 82,000-grt Westerdam was
named in Venice Sunday. |
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The ship will sail in Europe
this summer and fall before repositioning to Ft. Lauderdale in December
for a winter series of 7-night cruises to the eastern and western
Caribbean. |
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Westerdam in the third in the
Vista-class series. A new addition on this series is the Superior
Veranda Suites which offer a much larger amount of space than the Deluxe
Veranda Staterooms. |
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The three-deck-high atrium
gives a feeling of spaciousness without being overwhelming. Each ship in
the Vista-class series has a different centerpiece suspended from the
top of the atrium. Westerdam's is a crystal representation of one of
Holland America's first transatlantic liners, carrying out the interior
theme of Dutch history in America. |
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Westerdam's piano bar is
brightly colored, but like in so many interior photos, this photos show
the colors to be a bit more vibrant than they are in reality.
Westerdam's colors are more muted than Zuiderdam's the first ship in the
series. |
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The Lido pool's centerpiece
is another animal grouping by celebrated sculptor Susannah Holt who here
depicts a group of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins. |
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