Stern’s Guide to the Greatest Resorts of the World, Stern’s Guide to the
Cruise Vacation and The Indispensable Guide to Foreign Words and Phrases by Steven B. Stern (Sponsored by Stern’s Travel Guides, Ltd.)
HOLLAND AMERICA LINE
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AMSTERDAM: entered service 2000; 61,000 G.R.T.; 780’ x 105.8’; 1,380-passenger capacity; 690 cabins; European and international officers, Indonesian and Filipino crew; cruises Panama Canal, Alaska, South America, and South Pacific.
[Category B]*****+
EURODAM: entered service 2008; 86,273 G.R.T.; 936’ x 105.8’; 2,104-passenger capacity; 1,052 cabins; European and international officers, Indonesian and Filipino crew; Caribbean cruises during winter, European cruises during summer, and East Coast of U.S. and Canada during fall.
[Category B]*****+
MAASDAM: entered service 1993; 55,575 G.R.T.; 720’ x 101’; 1,258-passenger capacity; 629 cabins; European and international officers, Indonesian and Filipino crew; cruises the southern and eastern Caribbean, eastern Canada/New England, Canada, Panama Canal, and transatlantic.
[Category B]*****+
NIEUW AMSTERDAM: entered service 2010; 86,700 G.R.T.; 936’ x. 105.8’; 2,106-passenger capacity; 1,053 cabins; European and international officers, Indonesian and Filipino crew; Caribbean cruises during fall/winter and European cruises during summer.
([Category B]*****+
PRINSENDAM (formerly Royal Viking Sun and Seabourn Sun): entered service 1988; renovated 2008; 37,848 G.R.T.; 669’ x 106’; 793-passenger capacity; 398 cabins; European and international officers, Indonesian and Filipino crew; cruises Western Europe, Mediterranean, Baltic, Norwegian fjords, Black Sea, transatlantic, Caribbean, Panama Canal, South America, and Amazon River.
[Category B]*****+
ROTTERDAM: entered service 1997; 59,652 G.R.T.; 780’ x 105.8’; 1,316-passenger capacity (1,605 when every berth is filled); 658 cabins; European and international officers, Indonesian and Filipino crew; cruises Mediterranean, Baltic, transatlantic, Europe, Panama Canal, and a world voyage.
[Category B]*****+
RYNDAM: entered service 1994; 55,819 G.R.T.; 720’ x 101’; 1,270-passenger capacity; 631 cabins; European and international officers, Indonesian and Filipino crew; cruises Alaska, Mexico, and Caribbean.
[Category B]*****+
STATENDAM: entered service 1993; 55,851 G.R.T.; 720’ x 101’; 1,258-passenger capacity; 675 cabins; European and international officers, Indonesian and Filipino crew; cruises Alaska, Pacific Northwest, anama Canal, and Caribbean.
[Category B]*****+
VEENDAM: entered service 1996; 55,758 G.R.T.; 720’ x 101’; 1,350-passenger capacity; 629 cabins; European and international officers, Indonesian and Filipino crew; cruises western Caribbean, Panama Canal, Alaska, and South America.
[Category B]*****+
VOLENDAM and ZAANDAM: entered service 1999 and 2000, respectively; 61,396 G.R.T.; 780’ x 105.8’; 1,432-passenger capacity; 716 cabins; European and international officers, Filipino and Indonesian crew; Volendam cruises South Pacific, Australia/New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and Alaska; Zaandam cruises Hawaii and Alaska.
ZUIDERDAM, OOSTERDAM, WESTERDAM, and NOORDAM: entered service 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006, respectively; 81,811-82,500 G.R.T.; 935’ x 105.8’; 1,916-passenger capacity on Oosterdam, Zuiderdam, and Westerdam, 1,918 on Noordam; 958-959 cabins; European and international officers, Indonesian and Filipino crew; Zuiderdam cruises the Caribbean, Alaska, and Panama Canal; Oosterdam cruises Mexico, Panama Canal, and Europe; Westerdam cruises the Caribbean, Panama Canal, and Alaska; and Noordam cruises the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and transatlantic.
These ships are rated in 11 separate categories in the second half of chapter 14.
