Cruise Log

Holland America Cruise Line - Our Favorite Cruise Line

    - MS Westerdam(decommissioned):

        -- 1-8 Jul 1995 - Western Caribbean Cruise: Ft Lauderdale, Key West,

        Cozumel,  Ocho Rios, Grand Cayman,

    - MS Veendam(decommissioned):

        -- 29 Jun - 6 Jul 1996 - Eastern Caribbean Cruise: Ft Lauderdale, Nassau,

        San Juan, St Thomas,

    - MS Maasdam(decommissioned):

       -- 2-9 July 2000 - Gems of the Baltic Sea: Stockholm, Tallinn,

        St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Visby

        -- 24 Jun - 1 July 2001 - Western Caribbean: Ft Lauderdale, Cozumel,

        Grand Cayman, Ocho Rios, Half Moon Cay

         -- 18-25 Jun 2005: Canada/New England: Montreal, Quebec City,

        Charlottetown PEI, Sydney Nova Scotia, Halifax, Bar Harbor, Boston

    - MS Zaandam:

         -- 15-22 July 2023: Canada/New England: Montreal, Quebec City,

        Charlottetown PEI, Sydney Nova Scotia, Halifax, Bar Harbor, Boston

    - MS Ryndam(Decommissioned):

        -- 21-29 Dec 2002 - Mexico Holiday Christmas: San Diego, Cabo San

        Lucas, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta

        -- 3-10 Jul 2011 - Norwegian Fjords: Rotterdam, Bergen, Alesund, Flam, Stavanger

    - MS Zuiderdam:

        -- 27 Dec 2003 - 3 Jan 2004: Western Caribbean New Year’s Cruise:

        Ft Lauderdale, Key West, Cozumel, Costa Maya, Half Moon Cay

        —15-25 Jan 2016: Panama Canal Sunfarer: Ft Lauderdale, Florida; 

        Half Moon Cay, Bahamas; Oranjestad, Aruba; Panama Canal, Panama; 

        Puerto Limon, Costa RIca

    - MS Oosterdam:

        -- 28 July - 4 Aug 2007: Alaska Wilderness Explorer: Seattle, Juneau,

        Hubbard Glacier, Sitka, Ketchikan, and Victoria BC

        —- 25 June - 5 July 2015: 11 Day Double Denali Land & Sea: Anchorage, AK;

        Denali National Park, AK; Seward, AK; Glacier Bay National Park, AK; 

        Haines, AK; Juneau, AK; Ketchikan, AK; Vancouver, Canada

    - MS Eurodam:       

        -- 27 Dec 2008 - 3 Jan 2009: Southern Caribbean New Years Cruise:

        Half Moon Cay, Bahamas; Oranjestad, Aruba; Willemstad, Curacao

        -- 26 Dec 2010 - 2 Jan 2011: Western Caribbean New Year’s Cruise:

        Belize City, Belize; Santo Tomas, Guatemala; Mahogany Bay, Honduras;

        Cozumel, Mexico

        -- 30 Dec - 6 Jan 2019 - Mexico New Year: San Diego, Cabo San

        Lucas, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta

    - MS Westerdam:

        -- 27 Dec 2009 - 3 Jan 2010 - Eastern Caribbean New Years Cruise:

        Ft Lauderdale; Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos; Mayaguez, Puerto Rico;

        St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.; Half Moon Cay, Bahamas

        -- 9 Sep 2023 - 1 Oct 2023 - Alaskan Explorer Cruise:

        Seattle, Washington; Juneau, Hubbard Glacier, Sitka, Ketchikan, Alaska;

        Victoria, British Columbia; Seattle, Washington

   - MS Nieuw Amsterdam:

       —- 18 Nov 2012 - 25 Nov 2012 - Eastern Caribbean Cruise:

       Ft Lauderdale; Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos; Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; 

       St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.; Half Moon Cay, Bahamas

       —- 27 Mar - 3 Apr 2016 - Tropical Caribbean Cruise:

       Ft Lauderdale; Half Moon Cay, Bahamas,; Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos; 

       Amber Cove, Dominican Republic

    - MS Amsterdam:

       —- 22 Dec 2014 - 5 Jan 2015 - Southern Caribbean Holiday Cruise:

       Ft Lauderdale; Half Moon Cay, Bahamas,; Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas; 

       Basseterre, St. Kitts; Castries, St Lucia; St. Georges, Grenada; Bridgetown, 

       Barbados; Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe; Philipsburg, St. Maarten;

       San Juan, Puerto Rico

       —- 23 Oct 2016 - 30 Oct 2016 -  Eastern Caribbean Cruise:

       Ft Lauderdale; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Philipsburg, St. Maarten.

    - MS Koningsdam:        

       —- 19 Feb 2017 - 2 Mar 2017: Southern Caribbean Cruise

        Half Moon Cay, Bahamas; Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos; Amber Cove, 

        Dominican Republic. Kralendijk, Bonaire; Willemstad, Curacao; Oranjestad, Aruba

       —- 13 Jan 2024 - 30 Jan 2024: Circle Hawaii Holiday Cruise: 

        San Diego, CA: Honolulu, Nawilwili, Kona, Hilo Kahului,and Ensenada, Mexico.  

       —- 24 Auh 2024 - 31 Aug 2024: Alaska Glacier Bay Cruise: 

        Vancouver, BC: Juneau, Glacier Bay, Skagway, and Ketchikan, Alaska.  

    - MS Rotterdam:        

       —- 8 - 19 Mar 2023: Southern Caribbean Cruise: 

        Half Moon Cay, Bahamas; Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos; Amber Cove, 

        Dominican Republic. Kralendijk, Bonaire; Willemstad, Curacao; Oranjestad, Aruba


AmaWaterways River  Cruises - Great company with great ships and crews on excellent itineraries 

    - AmaStella

         — 24-31 May 2017 - Melodies of the Danube:

         Budapest, Hungary; Bratislava, Slovakia; Vienna, Weissenkirchen, Durnstein, Melk,

         and Linz Austria; Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic; Passau and Vilshofen, Germany 


Princess Cruises - Good port selections, will take when Holland doesn’t go there

    - Sea Princess

         -- July 2006 - European Classic Capitals Cruise: London, Southampton,

        Amsterdam, Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsingborg


Royal Caribbean - Good for a party, small rooms

    - Monarch of the Seas

        --13-19 Jun 1999: Southern Caribbean: San Juan, St Thomas, Barbados,

        St Martin, Antigua


Norwegian Cruise Line - Our Least Favorite - “Freestyle Waiting”

    - Norwegian Majesty

        -- 7-14 April 2007 - Western Caribbean: Charleston, Grand Cayman,

        Cozumel, Key West :

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