Boarding the Holland America Amsterdam is like coming home for Cruise Specialists clients; there are familiar, friendly faces waiting to greet you, navigating the elegant rooms comes as a second nature and the cuisine is as savory as ever. Many of us think of the Amsterdam … [Read more...]
Ship Tour: American Duchess
“I’ve never seen a ship this big here. I couldn’t imagine they can fill it,” one curious bystander said as he peered up at American Duchess, an elegant paddle wheeler moored to the grassy banks of Levee Park in Red Wing, Minnesota. I had the opportunity to tour the … [Read more...]
Holland America Line Introduces New Ship: Nieuw Statendam
Bookings are open for the Premiere Voyage and 2018-19 inaugural Caribbean cruise season of Holland America Line’s Nieuw Statendam. Due for delivery Dec. 1, 2018, the second Pinnacle Class ship in the fleet currently is under construction at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in … [Read more...]
Four Things To Like About Koningsdam
Holland America Line’s forthcoming flagship, Koningsdam, is nearly complete. Early next year, she’ll set sail on her maiden voyage, becoming the newest and largest ship in the Holland America fleet of blue-hulled “dam ships.” But while she may bear a similar resemblance to her … [Read more...]
Why A Smaller Cruise Ship Will Steal Your Heart
We’ll freely admit it: We used to be big ship cruisers. We’d stand on the railing of our megaship, cocktail in-hand, and watch as a ship less than a quarter of our size pulled up next to us. The size differential was so great that we could actually see into the funnel of the … [Read more...]