Amsterdam, Maasdam, MS Eurodam, Noordam, Oosterdam, Prinsendam,
Rotterdam, Ryndam, Statendam, Veendam, Volendam, Westerdam,
Zaandam, Zuiderdam
Holland America Line leads the cruise industry premium niche by offering virtually unlimited cruise and CruiseTour options that span the globe and satisfy every traveler's appetite for exploration. Over the course of the company's rich history as first a shipping and passenger line and subsequently a cruise line, Holland America Line's fleet has carried nearly 10 million passengers, either to new lives in the New World or to exotic locales for vacations of a lifetime. Holland America Line marked its 130th anniversary in 2003.
With 12 luxury ships sailing to more than 280 ports of call and all seven continents, and more ships and tours being added each year, Holland America Line's commitment to providing the best in cruise vacations is confirmed by awards and accolades from leaders in the tourism industry.
With more than 130 years of experience, Holland America Line is recognized as the undisputed leader in the cruise industry's premium segment. Its 13 ships sail to more than 280 ports of call on all seven continents, ranging from popular Caribbean and Alaska itineraries to exotic cruises to the far corners of the world.
Over the course of the company's long history, first as a cargo- and passenger-shipping carrier, and subsequently a leisure-cruise line, Holland America Line has carried more than 9 million passengers from Europe to the New World and to vacation destinations across the globe.
Holland America Line leads the cruise industry premium niche by offering virtually unlimited cruise and CruiseTour options that span the globe and satisfy every traveler's appetite for exploration. Over the course of the company's rich history as first a shipping and passenger line and subsequently a cruise line, Holland America Line's fleet has carried nearly 10 million passengers, either to new lives in the New World or to exotic locales for vacations of a lifetime. Holland America Line marked its 130th anniversary in 2003.
With 12 luxury ships sailing to more than 280 ports of call and all seven continents, and more ships and tours being added each year, Holland America Line's commitment to providing the best in cruise vacations is confirmed by awards and accolades from leaders in the tourism industry.
With more than 130 years of experience, Holland America Line is recognized as the undisputed leader in the cruise industry's premium segment. Its 13 ships sail to more than 280 ports of call on all seven continents, ranging from popular Caribbean and Alaska itineraries to exotic cruises to the far corners of the world.
Over the course of the company's long history, first as a cargo- and passenger-shipping carrier, and subsequently a leisure-cruise line, Holland America Line has carried more than 9 million passengers from Europe to the New World and to vacation destinations across the globe.
Accomodations
As our guest, your comfort is our priority. The moment you step aboard one of our five-star cruise ships, a white-gloved steward will escort you to your stateroom where you will find all the comforts of home, as well as a few of the surprises that have made Holland America Line the world's leading premium cruise line. Throughout your cruise with us, attentive cabin stewards provide discreet, unobtrusive service, replenishing ice and arranging fresh fruit, turning down beds and delivering pillow chocolates. Anticipating your every wish, our gracious crew members dedicate themselves to providing you the best onboard experience possible.
On average, our accommodations are 25 percent larger than on other ships in our category, providing more space and privacy to enhance your cruise vacation. All staterooms include self-controlled air conditioning; a telephone and closed circuit TV; luxurious soaps, shampoos and lotions; music channel system; and 24-hour complimentary room service.
Suite Amenities
Guests who choose suite accommodations enjoy several additional amenities** including in-suite afternoon tea and savory hors d'oeuvres - all with the Captain's compliments.
Neptune Lounge
The exclusive Neptune Lounge offers Deluxe Verandah Suite and Penthouse Suite guests a private retreat where they can relax, read and socialize throughout their cruise. Guests may take advantage of personalized services from the lounge's concierge, who will gladly make reservations for shore excursions, car rentals, the Pinnacle Grill dining experience and more. Part of Holland America's Signature of Excellenceinitiative, the Neptune Lounge is currently available on nine of our ships and will soon be added to all ships in our fleet.
Childrens Activities
With supervised fun for our young guests, the entire family can have the cruise vacation of their dreams. Club HAL provides a wide variety of exciting kid friendly facilities and activities for kids ages 5 to 12. Participating youngsters receive an activity program delivered to their stateroom and a Club HAL t-shirt.
Age-appropriate
Club HAL cruise activities are designed to be kid friendly and age appropriate. Examples include storytelling, arts and crafts, ice-cream sundae or pizza parties, ship tours and Bingo for young kids ages 5 to 7. For 'tweens, ages 8 to 12, there's miniature golf, Ping-Pong, theme parties, on-deck sports events and scavenger hunts.
Supervision
You can feel at ease knowing that your kid's onboard experience is safe and managed. All activities are supervised by permanent, full-time Club HAL Youth Program Directors and staff. Club HAL Youth Program Directors hold degrees in education, childhood development, recreation, leisure studies or related fields.
Extended hours
Club HAL After Hours is available on all ships from 10:00 - 12:00pm. For a minimal fee, kids can have fun at Club HAL while their parents are enjoying other evening activities.
Additional family services
Holland America Line is dedicated to making your family's cruise vacation memorable and happy for each member of your family. We serve a wide variety of kid-pleasing food, including special sandwiches, tacos, hamburgers, hot dogs and pizza. Baby food, high chairs and booster seats may be requested in advance of boarding. Baby-sitting services are available for a small surcharge. Special kid friendly birthday parties can also be arranged with advance notice.
Signature of Excellence Youth and Teen Areas
Our new Youth and Teen Centers on ships with Signature of Excellence enhancements (the ms Rotterdam, ms Ryndam, and ms Zaandam.) offer programs for kids ages 3 to 17.
Dining
How better to enhance your onboard experience than to provide incomparable cuisine in a variety of wonderful ways. Bountiful buffets and dress-up dinners, hors d'oeuvres on your verandah or a picnic on the beach are just a few of the dining options awaiting you aboard a Holland America Line cruise vacation.
With more than 500 different food items on a typical 7-day cruise, Holland America Line offers the most extensive menus at sea. Enjoy modern Continental cuisine, regional specialties appropriate to each cruising area and traditional favorites. Our chefs are all members of the prestigious Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs gourmet society.
Yes, your mouth will water at the aroma of so many delicious options. But your other senses will delight as well - fine dining has always been the tradition on our cruise ships with signature touches like elegant china, starched linens, silver and fresh flowers to enhance your meals.
With so many tastes to tempt you and venues to enjoy, you're sure to experience the many pleasures world-class dining can offer.
In addition to breakfast, lunch and five-course dinner meals, you can enjoy: afternoon tea; a stir-fry or pasta buffet; an ice cream bar; hot hors d'oeuvres during the cocktail hours; an evening espresso or cappuccino; and the traditional late-night snack (one of which will be our Dutch Chocolate Extravaganza). Or, try the Terrace Grill, located outside, featuring hamburgers and hot dogs as well as a taco bar and a daily special. And, of course, complimentary room service is available 24 hours a day. Casual dining is available in the Lido Restaurant every night.
Luxury dining awaits you in the Pinnacle Grill. Part of Holland America Line's Signature of Excellence initiative, the Pinnacle Grill is reservations-only dining featuring the highest quality meat and fish, an extensive wine list and luxurious appointments including Bvlgari china, Riedel stemware and Frette linens. The Pinnacle Grill is available on all ships in our fleet. Reservations may be made on board by contacting the restaurant manager; suite guests have reservation preference. There will be a minimal restaurant charge.
Holland America Line ships offer open seating for breakfast and lunch. There are four sittings for dinner on our ships. Dinner times are 5:45 pm (First Upper), 6:15 pm (First Lower), 8:00 pm (Main Upper) and 8:30 pm (Main Lower). For all Alaska cruises, dinner times are 5:30 pm (Early Upper), 6:00 pm (Early Lower), 7:45 pm (Main Upper) and 8:15 pm (Main Lower).* You may request any sitting time, table size and with whom you wish to sit. All such requests should be made through your travel agent in advance of sailing. Requests will be confirmed or waitlisted at the time of booking. Table numbers and table size are on request only and will be assigned by the Matre d' on board.
*The ms Prinsendam has two sittings; 6:00 pm (First) and 8:15 pm (Main).
The status of your seating request is listed on your Cruise Contract. A confirmation card with seating assignment and table numbers will be waiting for you in your stateroom upon boarding. If for some reason your dining request was not submitted before your cruise date, the Matre d' will assign you to the sitting that is available.
Special diets and meals, such as Kosher**, Passover Seder dinner, gluten-free, salt-free, fat-free, baby food, diabetic and other special dietary needs can be accommodated only if we are notified in advance. To arrange special diets, please contact the Ship Services Department at 800-541-1576 at least 60 days prior to departure. While we shall do our utmost to fulfill all requests, it may not always be feasible. Holland America Line reserves the right to substitute products when specified brands are not available. An additional charge, including shipping and handling, may be applied. Reconfirm any special requests with the Matre d' after you board.
Entertainment
Be amazed, be surprised, be thrilled. The Holland America Line fleet of premium cruise ships offers so many entertainment venues you're in for the night of your life... night after night. Following a day of site-seeing or an afternoon massage, enhance your onboard experience with evenings of foot-tapping entertainment, side-splitting laughs or romantic moonlit dancing.
Lounges
Choose to relax in one of the many sophisticated bars or lounges available on each cruise ship. We offer everything from wine and cocktails to espresso and hand-dipped chocolates. Whether you enjoy a quiet candle-lit corner or a rollicking good time, you're sure to find something to suit your taste.
On Stage
In our dramatic, multi-tiered show lounges you'll enjoy dazzling Las Vegas- and Broadway-style entertainment created by more Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Oscar nominees than any other cruise line. These spectacular shows feature vocalists, comedians, illusionists and variety performers. Colorful costumes, extraordinary music and talented performers all combine to create memorable evenings of dazzling entertainment.
Film
For film buffs our theaters serve up recently released comedies, dramas, thrillers and hot buttered popcorn. For our suite guests, choose from our vast movie library and enjoy a private showing on your in-suite DVD or VCR player. Don't forget 24-hour complimentary room-service.
Dancing
Join in the fun with swing, disco, fox trot, waltz and calypso music playing in our several lounges. Be sure to take to the dance floor in our signature Crow's Nest nightclub and observation lounge. Social Hosts are onboard most 14-day and longer cruise itineraries to share in memorable evenings of dancing entertainment.
Casino
Aboard each premium cruise ship in the Holland America Line fleet, you can enjoy the latest in Las Vegas style gaming in our friendly casinos. The casino offers a wide range of slots, from nickels to five-dollar machines, including video poker and the Megacash jackpot, the biggest progressive jackpot on the seven seas linked to over 50 cruise ships worldwide. Table games include favorites such as Blackjack and Craps as well as the latest games of Fun 21 and Three Card Poker. You can join in the fun of a slot tournament and Blackjack championship with a $20 entry fee that could let you win a huge cash prize! Our friendly dealers provide complimentary gaming lessons for novices, and credit lines for high rollers can be established prior to cruising. Players can join the Ocean Players Club to be eligible to receive complimentary beverages and other benefits; membership is free! For more information about the Ocean Players Club, cruise casino games, Megacash winners and credit lines please visit www.oceanplayersclub.com. There is something for everyone in our onboard casino, so come try your luck - you could walk away a big winner!
On Board Activities
Every day aboard a Holland America cruise ship brings a wealth of activities and indulgences, along with the freedom to partake in as many - or as few - as you please. With so many choices, there's a perfect onboard experience for everyone.
Active
When you're feeling athletic, there are pools for swimming and teak decks for strolling, a fully equipped Fitness Center and a wide variety of exercise classes. Deck games and dual-purpose tennis/volleyball courts offer more fun and fitness.
Golf
Interested in a golf cruise? We're ready for you! In addition to golf excursions on shore, guests of ms Prinsendam may rent clubs and equipment onboard and get personalized lessons from professional instructors.
Enrichment Activities
In addition to our award-winning shore excursions, each Holland America cruise ship offers a wide variety of onboard personal enrichment activities. All ships offer our exclusive Explorations Speaker Series with guest lecturers on a vast array of topics including regional history, culture and art. Additionally, we offer interdenominational worship services and 24-hour email and Internet access.
As part of our Signature of Excellence initiative, our new Explorations Caf powered by The New York Times offers pastry and espresso, the Discovery Times Channel, books, music, maps and Internet research assistance. Our Culinary Arts Center is a state-of the art demonstration kitchen offering interactive cooking lessons, each limited to 16 guests.
Quiet Time
For quieter moments, visit the library or join a game of bridge in the card room. Enjoy conversation with new friends over an espresso. Our spacious ships offer plenty of cozy corners and traditional wooden deck chairs for those who wish to spend time reading, writing letters or watching the ever changing sea.
Art Tours and Auction
Art lovers will enjoy guided tours of the ships' multi-million dollar collections of art and antiques. In addition, Parkwest Galleries manages onboard auctions where guests may purchase works of art and arrange for in-home delivery.
Shopping
Just as the intriguing shops in the day's port of call fade into the horizon, a whole new world of shopping opens onboard Holland America Line cruise ships. Shop the onboard boutiques for duty-free treasures, including French fragrances and Swiss watches, fine liqueurs and designer goods.
Always Connected
We understand that even though you are with us for a cruise vacation, your onboard experience will be enhanced if you can connect with people back home. On Holland America Line, you can cruise anywhere in the world while accessing the rest of the world through only a few mouse clicks. Via the Internet you can stay in touch with loved ones, do business, access stock quotes or share vacation experiences in real time.
Each cruise ship in the Holland America fleet provides an Internet Center offering 24-hour email and Internet access. Printers are also available. Wireless "hot spots" (802.11b) are available on all ships for guests traveling with personal laptop computers with wireless capability. Guests may also rent wireless-equipped laptops onboard.
Vista-Class cruise ships - including ms Oosterdam, ms Westerdam and ms Zuiderdam - provide Internet access directly from guest rooms using the dial-up connector on personal laptop computers.
Guests needing to access their home or business e-mail service or other Internet services should remember to bring login username, password and relevant access information.
Spa & Salon
Choose the blissful pampering of a facial. Let the trained fingers of a massage therapist sooth your muscles while working fragrant oils into your skin. Enjoy therapeutic water treatments as you steam in a thermal suite or bathe in exotic herbs. All this while cruising to exotic destinations and enjoying other Holland America Line onboard experience indulgences.
Spas onboard Holland America Line cruise ships feature the beauty and wellness rituals of renowned Steiner Leisure, the global spa leader. With everything from the hydro-therapy pools to hair and nail care, our spas and salons leave you feeling pampered and refreshed.
For rejuvenation thru exercise, Holland America Line cruise ship spas offer fitness classes to help you achieve optimum health and vitality. Yoga, Pilates, spinning, aquarobics and cardio Ki-Bo circuit training are available for students of all levels. Take advantage of treadmills, stationary bikes, stairsteppers, rowing machines, weights and weight machines. And while you're working out, refresh your soul with soothing panoramic views of the ocean.
As part of our Signature of Excellenceinitiative, the spa and salon facilities on each of our premium cruise ships is being expanded and enhanced. Staffed with professionals from Steiner Leisure, the tranquil Greenhouse Spa and Salon invites guests to embrace sensory indulgence. The Greenhouse Spa and Salon is currently available on the ms Oosterdam, ms Prinsendam, ms Ryndam, ms Westerdam, ms Zaandam and ms Zuiderdam. Our spa and salon expansion will be competed throughout our fleet by Spring 2006.
Because appointment space is limited, you are encouraged to book spa appointments early upon boarding the ship for your ultimate cruise vacation.