Holland America Line's newest cruise ship, ms Nieuw Statendam, is arriving this December and the line just shared some information that will set her apart from sister ship ms Koningsdam. The second Pinnacle-class ship arrives in December 2018 and will cater to 2,666 passengers, slightly more than Koningsdam, and will…

We are just one year away from the launch of Holland America Line’s newest cruise ship, ms Nieuw Statendam. Scheduled to be delivered in December 2018, this Pinnacle-class ship is sister to the newest member of the HAL fleet, ms Koningsdam. [caption id="attachment_12292" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Holland America Line's ms Nieuw…

The third oldest Vista-class cruise ship in the Holland America Line fleet received several upgrades and additional passenger capacity after a recent dry dock. The ms Westerdam spent 12 days in Palermo, Italy where the transformation took place. She went in being able to accommodate 1,916 passengers and emerged with…

Holland America Line is going to Cuba for the first time in more than 30 years. They’re the latest cruise line to gain approval to sail to the island nation since the Obama administration loosened up the rules for traveling to Cuba in March 2016. One of the caveats of…

Holland America Line's private island in the Bahamas, Half Moon Cay,  is turning 20 this year. Two decades ago, the cruise line bought the island, which was then known as Little San Salvador, for a mere $6M. Since then it has developed 50 of the island's 2,400 acres with the remainder…

My favorite cruise ship recently emerged from drydock with some exciting changes. The “Big E,” or Holland America Line's ms Eurodam, spent 14-days in the Bahamas getting several new concepts that the Seattle-based cruise line announced earlier in the year as part of a $30M fleet renovation project. Many of…