Day 3 onboard Holland America's Rotterdam brought our second straight sea day as we continue making our way toward Willemstad, Curaçao on this “CBA” run through the ABC islands. Yesterday I talked about the two busiest bars on the ship, and back in the previous segment I covered the usual…

Day 2 of this second segment was a sea day, and the first of two back-to-back sea days as Rotterdam makes her way toward our first port of call on this itinerary, Willemstad, Curaçao. We’re scheduled to arrive there at noon on Monday, March 16. As I mentioned in the…

Poof. Just like that it’s time for the second leg of this back-to-back cruise aboard Holland America’s Rotterdam. If you’re just jumping in here, the previous segment was a 12-day Panama Canal sailing. This next cruise is a 9-day ABC itinerary… well technically a CBA itinerary since we’re visiting the…

It’s the final day of this 12-day adventure aboard Holland America’s Rotterdam, and we’re spending it at sea as we make our way back to our homeport of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Like I do in all of my cruise reports, the final day is when I give…

Day 11 of this 12-day Panama Canal cruise finds us at our final port stop, George Town, Grand Cayman. If you’ve been here before, or if you’ve followed along with my cruise reports over the years, you already know this is a tender port. There’s no dock for the ship…

Day 10 aboard Rotterdam and it’s another sea day. And when you’re on a sea day on a cruise ship, especially one like Holland America, the honest truth is there isn’t always a whole lot to report on because a lot of people spend the day doing exactly what sea…

After an incredible day yesterday transiting part of the Panama Canal and soaking in one of the most fascinating engineering marvels in the world, today brings us somewhere that feels like the complete opposite end of the travel spectrum: Puerto Limón, Costa Rica. Now when many people think of Costa…

Day nine aboard Holland America’s Rotterdam finally brought the moment many people booked this cruise for in the first place: our partial transit of the Panama Canal. If you’ve never experienced the canal before, it’s one of those things that’s hard to fully appreciate until you actually see it happen.…

Day seven aboard Holland America’s Rotterdam and we’re inching closer to the highlight of this cruise: our partial transit of the Panama Canal tomorrow. But before we get to Panama, today brought us to Cartagena, Colombia, where Rotterdam docked right at 7:00 a.m. Plenty of guests were up bright and…

Day six aboard Holland America’s Rotterdam brought us another sea day as we continue making our way toward our next port of call, Cartagena, Colombia, where we’ll spend a few hours exploring the city on Saturday. Sea days are always a good opportunity to talk about topics that come up…