2017
Dates: Saturday, 04 March 2017 - Saturday, 11 March 2017 (7 nights)
Cruise Line: Holland America
Ship: ms Westerdam
Location: Mexican Peninsula
Ports
Itinerary
| Date | Location | Arrival | Departure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 04 Mar 17 | San Diego, California | 4:30pm | |
| Sunday 05 Mar 17 | At Sea | ||
| Monday 06 Mar 17 | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico | 11:00am | 7:00pm |
| Tuesday 07 Mar 17 | Loreto, Mexico | 11:00am | |
| Wednesday 08 Mar 17 | Loreto, Mexico | 3:00pm | |
| Thursday 09 Mar 17 | Scenic Cruising in Bahia Magdalena | 3:30pm | 6:00pm |
| Friday 10 Mar 17 | At Sea | ||
| Saturday 11 Mar 17 | San Diego, California | 7:00am |
Milestones
First sailing of the “whole boat”: This was the first year that the cruise chartered an entire ship, as opposed to be a portion of the passengers on a regularly-scheduled itinerary.
First sailing on the West Coast.
First “Land Concert”
Announced: January 22, 2016.
Bookings opened: January 29, 2016.
Bookings closed: “on Feb. 23rd—or when we run out of cabins, whichever comes first.”
First guest announcement: July 14, 2016
Attendance: 1,700 (may or may not include Staff and Performers), according to 2017 Management Q&A session
Percentage of ship's passengers: 100%
Schedule
Official Schedule: Released February 23, 2017 (9 days prior to departure)
- PDF or
Shadow Cruise Spreadsheet: A place to organize ideas and people with links to event specific information. Please note that this is not requesting space for your event, just an idea of when you will be requesting space, so we can maybe try and plan around each other and not heavily stack on a particular day (Sea Monkey(Δ) document)
Shore Excursions Booklet, released on January 12, 2017
Onboard Documents:
- 2017 Guidebook (the blue book from first day) (.pdf)
- Daily Sea Monkey(Δ) newsletters (aka “When & Where”)
- Other documents:
- Collection of menus, newsletters, and more, SharpLetters
- Collection of other handouts (excursion and port info, debarkation, specials, etc)
See Theme Days
See also: 2017 Activities
Artists
Jim Boggia: cancelled January 10, 2017
Ed Brubaker: cancelled January 26, 2017
N.K. Jemisin: cancelled March 1, 2017
Peter Sagal: cancelled February 9, 2017
Adam Savage: cancelled September 30, 2016
Matthew Weiner: cancelled January 10, 2017
Live Podcasts
- Craig's List Podcast
- The Dork Forest
- Gosh Darn Fiasco
- The JV Club
- Peanuts Gallery
- Sawbones
- Song Exploder
- Unattended Consequences
- We Got This with Mark and Hal
- Welcome to Night Vale
Coding note: determine how to organize Podcasts, if at all
Notes
Ukulele Booklet by Molly Lewis