Views From the Yard: Pieter Rijkaart

Pieter Rijkaart

I had an opportunity to get on board Eurodam last week, and I am pleased to share my impressions. All decks are now in place on the ship, and it was quite exciting to be able to walk through the various public areas and imagine how they will look once they are finished — even though at the moment they are still all bare steel and no interior outfitting is in place.

On the lower cabin decks, the first cabin walls already have been erected and the prefabricated bathroom units are in their final locations.

When walking outside on the open decks, I was impressed to see the large amount of Sun Deck space these ships have to offer compared to the Vista-class ships. The open deck space above the Crow’s Nest is enormous, as is the new deck space above the new restaurant and bar in the center of the ship in front of the funnels. And the aft Lido pool deck is quite a bit larger than on Noordam, our most recent Vista ship.

Eurodam really offers plenty of extra outside sunbathing space.