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While it is not the same cruise as you have booked, if you go through this thread you will see most of the daily schedules and menus from our recent Northern Isles (Norway/Iceland/Scotland) on Rotterdam, the sister ship to Nieuw Statendam on which you are sailing. It will give you a feel for what will be happening. https://boards.cruisecritic.co.uk/topic/2876762-almost-live-northern-isles-on-rotterdam-august-28th-2022/

https://www.hollandamerica.com/en_US/cruise-ships.html

I don't blame op @Shelton1986.for not coming back. Talk about having your dreams shattered! OP first you need to spend a few nights going through cruise line websites, some of which are easier to navigate than others. You will then see that most cruise lines are like migratory animals that move to and from certain common locations throughout the year. Such as most some ships are in the Caribbean during the October to April period. They travel to the Caribbean from wherever they have been sailing in the summer. Some from Alaska, some from Europe (Baltic, Med,) some from East Coast USA/Canada. Likewise they return to their summer sailing seasons after spending winter in the Caribbean. Some ships are in Asia/Aus/NZ during Northern Hemisphere winter and again travel to there in the autumn and then move on to their summer season location. Perhaps these are the sort of sailing you could look at, but do you want to spend 7 consecutive days at sea getting from place to place? (To all the 'experts' - I fully understand that this is a generalisation, but if OP has a dream, please at least encourage him and point him in the right direction. Perhaps if the name of the forum was changed to Cruise Help rather than the poorly but sometimes aptly named Cruise Critic)

No standing, but depending on ship you may need to visit outside. Current safety drill consists of watching the safety video on the TV, visiting and checking in at your lifeboat assembly station, and listening to the Captain's safety briefing over the PA speaker system, which is given just before sailaway.

The staff were checking boarding times before granting access to the terminal.

Yes, the airport is very well signed. You need to head to Departures 3 so you will take an elevator up one floor. There are plenty of elevators. If you arrive to Arrivals 1 it may be a bit of a walk to the elevators, but it is inside and comfortable. Here is a link to the website for staxi. https://www.staxi.nl/en/pickup-locations/schiphol-airport-pickup/ If you scroll down the page you will see the instructions for meeting your driver. The driver may call you, but he uses Whatsapp for the call, so no cost to you (just stay inside the terminal to ensure the wifi signal!) I was a little apprehensive when I booked them, but after our experience from the airport to Rotterdam, I went ahead and booked them for the return journey at the end of our cruise. I booked with 'Cash Payment to driver' p.s. the Rotterdam is a great ship! You will surely enjoy it. p.p.s. Verifly is worth the effort! It certainly speeds up the boarding process in Rotterdam.

Good morning and welcome to the October 2022 edition of Dry Docks, Charters and Groups Onboard thread. The Dry Dock situation continues to be a puzzle. There are gaps in many of the sailing schedules, but the dates and the length of the gaps gives uncertainty as to whether some of them are Dry Docks or just Charters that have not been identified. I have posted these dates on the Dry Dock section of the post, but if anyone has further information of a dry dock or undiscovered charter then please post on this thread so that I can update the information. Please note that the sailings listed are taken from various sources so it is possible that the itinerary does not coincide with the currently published HAL itinerary. As usual, if you have information about groups charters or dry docks then please post here and I will update in the next file. New information since last update is shown in RED. PLANNED DRY DOCKS (or Itinerary not found online) Eurodam 04 April 2023 – 09 April 2023 / 18 February 2023 – 04 March 2023 ? Koningsdam 25 March 2023 – 13 April 2023 ? Nieuw Amsterdam 19 March 2023 – 09 April 2023 ? Nieuw Statendam 05 November 2023 – 26 November 2023 ? Oosterdam 08 October 2023 – 20 October 2023 ? Westerdam 19 January 2023 – 03 February 2023 ? Zuiderdam 01 December 2022 – 15 December 2022 ? LAST COMPLETED DRY DOCK Eurodam 15 March 2021 – 24 March 2021 Brest, FR. (08 April 2018 - 17 April 2018) Koningsdam 02 December 2018 - 09 December 2018 Nieuw Amsterdam 07 December 2017 - 19 December 2017 Nieuw Statendam Noordam 08 February 2022 – 02 March 2022 (29 September 2019 – 13 October 2019) Oosterdam 22 March 2021 – 08 April 2021 Brest, FR. (21 March 2018 - 02 April 2018) Rotterdam VII Volendam 08 February 2022 – 11 March 2022 Cadiz, ES. (18 – 31 October 2019) Westerdam 04 – 15 January 2020 (14 April 2017 - 26 April 2017) Zaandam 08 February 2022 – 01 April 2022 (21 - 30 September 2020) Zuiderdam 01 – 09 December 2019 (23 October 2017 – 04 November 2017) CHARTERS (i.e. full ship charters) Eurodam: Koningsdam: 29 October 2022 – 05 November 2022 : Sea of Cortez : Legendary R & B Cruise 28 October 2023 – 04 November 2023 : Mexican Riviera : Legendary R & B Cruise Nieuw Amsterdam: 30 October 2022 – 06 November 2022 : Caribbean : Malt Shop Memories Cruise 15 January 2023 – 22 January 2023 : Caribbean : Sandy Beaches Cruise 22 January 2023 – 29 January 2023 : Caribbean : Country Music Cruise 29 January 2023 – 05 February 2023 : Caribbean : Soul Train Cruise 19 February 2023 – 26 February 2023 : E. Caribbean : Olivia Cruise 26 February 2023 – 05 March 2023 : E Caribbean : Olivia Cruise 05 March 2023 – 12 March 2023 : Caribbean : JoCo Cruise 02 April 2023 – 09 April 2023 : Caribbean : $150k Ultimate Slots (?) 11 November 2023 – 18 November 2023 : W. Caribbean : Gaither Homecoming TBC Nieuw Statendam: 28 January 2023 – 04 February 2023 : E. Caribbean : Legendary R & B Cruise 14 January 2024 – 21 January 2024 : E. Caribbean : ???? 28 January 2024 – 04 February 2024 : W. Caribbean : Legendary R & B Cruise Noordam: Oosterdam: 01 May 2023 – 08 May 2023 : Iberian Peninsula : Dave Koz Group Charter #1 08 May 2023 – 15 May 2023 : Iberian Peninsula : Dave Koz Group Charter #2 15 May 2023 – 22 May 2023 : Iberian Peninsula : Dave Koz Group Charter #3 Rotterdam VII : Volendam: Westerdam: 28 May 2023 – 04 June 2023 : Alaska : All Star Irish Cruise Zuiderdam: Zaandam : 13 October 2024 – 20 October 2024 : Mexican Riviera : Olivia Cruise Charter GROUPS ONBOARD Eurodam: 9 November 2022 – 19 November 2022 : Panama Canal : Cont Ed Grp + $25k Slots Tournament 28 December 2022 – 04 January 2023 : Caribbean : Turning Point Ministries Group 15 January 2023 – 25 January 2023 : Panama Sunfarer : Continuing Education Group 05 February 2023 - 15 February 2023 : Panama Sunfarer : Quilting Group 01 July 2023 – 08 July 2023 : Alaska : Insight for Living Ministries Group 08 July 2023 – 15 July 2023 : Alaska : World Help Global Impact Group 02 September 2023 – 09 September 2023 : Alaska : Continuing Education Group 09 September 2023 – 16 September 2023 : Alaska : Quilt Group 23 September 2023 – 30 September 2023 : Alaska : Quilt Group Koningsdam: 17 Sept 2022 – 24 Sept 2022 : Alaska : British Columbia Genealogical Society Group 07 January 2023 – 14 January 2023 : Mexican Riviera : $25k Slots Tournament 14 January 2023 – 31 January 2023 : Hawaii : Knitting Group 15 July 2023 – 22 July 2023 : Alaska : Continuing Education Group Nieuw Amsterdam: 02 April 2023 – 09 April 2023 : W. Caribbean : $150k Ultimate Slots Tournament 07 May 2023 – 21 May 2023 : Great Alaskan Explorer : Knitting Group 13 August 2023 – 20 August 2023 : Alaska : Continuing Education Group Nieuw Statendam: 02 October 2022 – 08 October 2022 : Canada & New England : Continuing Education Group 22 October 2022 – 29 October 2022 : Eastern Caribbean : $25k Slots Tournament 12 November 2022 – 19 November 2022 : Caribbean : Quilting Group 10 December 2022 – 17 December 2022 : Southern Caribbean : The Nation Cruise 04 February 2023 – 11 February 2023 : Caribbean : Zach Williams Group 06 May 2023 – 14 May 2023 : European Splendour : Continuing Education Group 02 July 2023 – 09 July 2023 : Baltics : Continuing Education Group 12 July 2023 – 26 July 2023 : Midnight Sun : Knitting Group 09 August 2023 – 23 August 2023 : British Isles : Knitting Group Noordam: 11 February 2023 – 25 February 2023 : Australia & N. Zealand : Road Scholar Group 11 March 2023 – 25 March 2023 : Australia & New Zealand : Road Scholar Group 14 May 2023 – 21 May 2023 : Alaska : Continuing Education Group Oosterdam: 19 November 2022 – 06 December 2022 : Panama & Inca Discovery : Knitting Group 02 February 2023 – 24 February 2023 : South America & Antarctica : Knitting Group Rotterdam VII: 02 October 2022 – 15 October 2022 : Baltics : Knitting Group 30 November 2022 – 11 December 2022 : S. Caribbean : $50k Slots Tournament 28 December 2022 – 04 January 2023 : W. Caribbean : Collingsworth Family Group 14 January 2023 – 25 January 2023 : Southern Caribbean : Phil Coulter Tranquility Cruise 25 January 2023 – 04 February 2023 : S. Caribbean : $25k Slots Tournament 29 July 2023 – 12 August 2023 : Northern Isles : Quilt Group Westerdam: 05 December 2022 – 19 December 2022 : Indonesian Discovery : Quilt Seminar 14 February 2023 – 27 February 2023 : Indonesian Discovery : Quilt Group 10 April 2023 – 24 April 2023 : Japan & Russia : Knitting Group 24 April 2023 – 07 May 2023 : North Pacific Crossing : Knitting Group 04 June 2023 – 11 June 2023 : Alaska : Continuing Education Group 18 June 2023 – 25 June 2023 : Alaska : Quilting Group 16 July 2023 – 23 July 2023 : Alaska : Behold Israel Inspiration Cruise 30 July 2023 – 06 August 2023 : Alaska : Kosherica Kosher cruise. Volendam: Zaandam: Zuiderdam: 11 June 2023 – 02 July 2023 : Spitzbergen : Knitting Group 02 September 2023 – 09 September 2023 : Canada & New England : Road Scholar Group 16 September 2023 – 23 September 2023 : Canada & New England : Road Scholar Group If anyone has any further information, please post it here and I will include it in the next update. Thanks! E & O.E. 1 October 2022

Greetings from Hotel New York, Rotterdam (former home of Holland America Line in Rotterdam). It seems a wonderfully atmospheric hotel and we are looking forward to tomorrow in Rotterdam and then boarding the Rotterdam on Sunday for our 14 day Northern Isles cruise to Norway, Iceland, Shetland and Scotland. During the next two weeks we will post bits and pieces about the ship, the food, the ports and the people. We are tired and it is time for bed here, so more to follow tomorrow. Stay tuned in!

Good morning and welcome to the August 2022 edition of Dry Docks, Charters and Groups. The Dry Dock situation continues to be a puzzle. Volendam and Zaandam were in Cadiz for longer than 3 weeks. There does not appear to be a gap in Nieuw Amsterdam's schedule during 2022/2023 for her overdue dry dock and Nieuw Statendam is getting close to dry dock time. On the Charters front, there continues to be gaps in sailing schedules, but I cannot find any information on what is happening to the ships during those gaps. I would expect a substantial increase in Group bookings over the coming months as the Groups find their appetite for cruising and HAL enjoys the benefits of a block booking and probably substantial deposits. Please note that the sailings listed are taken from various sources so it is possible that the itinerary does not coincide with the currently published HAL itinerary. As usual, if you have information about groups charters or dry docks then please post here and I will update in the next file. New information since last update is shown in RED. PLANNED DRY DOCKS (or Itinerary not found online) Eurodam 04 April 2023 – 09 April 2023 ? Koningsdam 25 March 2023 – 13 April 2023 ? Zuiderdam 01 December 2022 – 15 December 2022 ? LAST COMPLETED DRY DOCK Eurodam 15 March 2021 – 24 March 2021 Brest, FR. (08 April 2018 - 17 April 2018) Koningsdam 02 December 2018 - 09 December 2018 Nieuw Amsterdam 07 December 2017 - 19 December 2017 Nieuw Statendam Noordam 08 February 2022 – 02 March 2022 (29 September 2019 – 13 October 2019) Oosterdam 22 March 2021 – 08 April 2021 Brest, FR. (21 March 2018 - 02 April 2018) Rotterdam VII Volendam 08 February 2022 – 11 March 2022 Cadiz, ES. (18 – 31 October 2019) Westerdam 04 – 15 January 2020 (14 April 2017 - 26 April 2017) Zaandam 08 February 2022 – 01 April 2022 (21 - 30 September 2020) Zuiderdam 01 – 09 December 2019 (23 October 2017 – 04 November 2017) CHARTERS (i.e. full ship charters) Eurodam: Koningsdam: 29 October 2022 – 05 November 2022 : Sea of Cortez : Legendary R & B Cruise 28 October 2023 – 04 November 2023 : Mexican Riviera : Legendary R & B Cruise Nieuw Amsterdam: 30 October 2022 – 06 November 2022 : Caribbean : Malt Shop Memories Cruise 15 January 2023 – 22 January 2023 : Caribbean : Sandy Beaches Cruise 22 January 2023 – 29 January 2023 : Caribbean : Country Music Cruise 29 January 2023 – 05 February 2023 : Caribbean : Soul Train Cruise 19 February 2023 – 26 February 2023 : E. Caribbean : Olivia Cruise 26 February 2023 – 05 March 2023 : E Caribbean : Olivia Cruise 05 March 2023 – 12 March 2023 : Caribbean : JoCo Cruise Nieuw Statendam: 28 January 2023 – 04 February 2023 : E. Caribbean : Legendary R & B Cruise Noordam: Oosterdam: 01 May 2023 – 08 May 2023 : Iberian Peninsula : Dave Koz Group Charter #1 08 May 2023 – 15 May 2023 : Iberian Peninsula : Dave Koz Group Charter #2 15 May 2023 – 22 May 2023 : Iberian Peninsula : Dave Koz Group Charter #3 Rotterdam VII : Volendam: Westerdam: 28 May 2023 – 04 June 2023 : Alaska : All Star Irish Cruise Zuiderdam: GROUPS ONBOARD Eurodam: 06 August 2022 – 13 August 2022 : Alaska : The Urban Alternative Group 20 August 2022 – 27 August 2022 : Alaska : Continuing Education Group 09 November 2022 – 19 November 2022 : Panama Canal : Cont Ed Grp + $25k Slots Tournament 28 December 2022 – 04 January 2023 : Caribbean : Turning Point Ministries Group 15 January 2023 – 25 January 2023 : Panama Sunfarer : Continuing Education Group 05 February 2023 - 15 February 2023 : Panama Sunfarer : Quilting Group 01 July 2023 – 08 July 2023 : Alaska : Insight for Living Ministries Group 08 July 2023 – 15 July 2023 : Alaska : World Help Global Impact Group 09 September 2023 – 16 September 2023 : Alaska : Quilt Group Koningsdam: 06 August 2022 – 13 August 2022 : Alaska : Calvary Community Church Group 17 Sept 2022 – 24 Sept 2022 : Alaska : British Columbia Genealogical Society Group 07 January 2023 – 14 January 2023 : Mexican Riviera : $25k Slots Tournament 14 January 2023 – 31 January 2023 : Hawaii : Knitting Group Nieuw Amsterdam: 02 April 2023 – 09 April 2023 : W. Caribbean : $150k Ultimate Slots Tournament 07 May 2023 – 21 May 2023 : Great Alaskan Explorer : Knitting Group Nieuw Statendam: 03 August 2022 – 27 August 2022 : Canada New England & Iceland : Knitting Group 07 September 2022 – 17 September 2022 : Newfoundland & New England : Continuing Education Group 02 October 2022 – 08 October 2022 : Canada & New England : Continuing Education Group 22 October 2022 – 29 October 2022 : Eastern Caribbean : $25k Slots Tournament 12 November 2022 – 19 November 2022 : Caribbean : Quilting Group 10 December 2022 – 17 December 2022 : Southern Caribbean : The Nation Cruise 04 February 2023 – 11 February 2023 : Caribbean : Zach Williams Group 06 May 2023 – 14 May 2023 : European Splendour : Continuing Education Group 12 July 2023 – 26 July 2023 : Midnight Sun : Knitting Group 09 August 2023 – 23 August 2023 : British Isles : Knitting Group Noordam: 21 August 2022 – 28 August 2022 : Glacier Discovery Northbound : Continuing Educ Group 11 February 2023 – 25 February 2023 : Australia & N. Zealand : Road Scholar Group 11 March 2023 – 25 March 2023 : Australia & New Zealand : Road Scholar Group Oosterdam: 19 November 2022 – 06 December 2022 : Panama & Inca Discovery : Knitting Group 02 February 2023 – 24 February 2023 : South America & Antarctica : Knitting Group Rotterdam VII: 28 August 2022 – 11 September 2022 : Northern Isles : Knitting Group 02 October 2022 – 15 October 2022 : Baltics : Knitting Group 30 November 2022 – 11 December 2022 : S. Caribbean : $50k Slots Tournament 28 December 2022 – 04 January 2023 : W. Caribbean : Collingsworth Family Group 25 January 2023 – 04 February 2023 : S. Caribbean : $25k Slots Tournament 29 July 2023 – 12 August 2023 : Northern Isles : Quilt Group Westerdam: 25 September 2022 – 02 October 2022 : Alaska Explorer : $25k Slots Tournament 05 December 2022 – 19 December 2022 : Indonesian Discovery : Quilt Seminar 14 February 2023 – 27 February 2023 : Indonesian Discovery : Quilt Group 10 April 2023 – 24 April 2023 : Japan & Russia : Knitting Group 24 April 2023 – 07 May 2023 : North Pacific Crossing : Knitting Group 04 June 2023 – 11 June 2023 : Alaska : Continuing Education Group 16 July 2023 – 23 July 2023 : Alaska : Behold Israel Inspiration Cruise Volendam: 14 August 2022 – 28 August 2022 : British Isles : Knitting Group 28 August 2022 – 10 September 2022 : European Explorer : Knitting Group Zaandam: 03 September 2022 – 10 September 2022 : Canada & NE Discovery : Road Scholar Group 10 September 2022 – 17 September 2022 : Canada & NE Discovery : Gospel Music Celebration 17 September 2022 – 24 September 2022 : Canada & NE Discovery : Road Scholar Group Zuiderdam: 11 June 2023 – 02 July 2023 : Spitzbergen : Knitting Group If anyone has any further information, please post it here and I will include it in the next update. Thanks! E & O.E. 1 August 2022

I have been informed by HAL that this seasons sailings which are listed as sailing from Venice will instead sail from Trieste. I have not yet received confirmation as to where check in will be located.....Venice cruise terminal or Trieste (or both). snip of email...... The 2022 Oosterdam voyages have recently been amended to be sailing from Trieste, rather than Venice, & we are still in the process of updating our reservation systems & the website to reflect this. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Holland America Line will be providing transfers to Trieste for all guests, although pricing & times for these transfers are pending. We hope to have these by April 11th.