The art is being installed as you can see. Work in the public areas is in full swing and one can hardly imagine that some of these empty spaces will be turned into such elegant rooms.

Reason to Sail #18: Indulge in one of our signature desserts.

Four Holland America Line ships won Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) Awards for making important marine observations that aid in weather forecasting and analysis. The VOS program is an important source of marine weather data from coastal, offshore, and high seas areas for the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service. Announced by…   read more of “Four HAL Ships Win…”

Liz Vernon from Holland America Line sent in these fabulous photos from HAL’s rooftop shore excursion in Stockholm, Sweden. Here are a couple of photos from the shore excursion I took in Stockholm recently on the Eurodam’s Baltic Treasures cruise. The walk on the rooftop tour takes you to the top of the Old Parliament…   read more of “Walking on…”

Here’s officer Richie to the rescue. Richie, as you can see, is the safest officer on Nieuw Amsterdam! Mary Moore is a blog contributor based at the yard.

This is me “exhausted” on Saturday, after taking tons of pictures during the crew’s embarkation day. I was relaxing in one of the Silk Den lounge chairs because as you can see, my feet are huge after a very long day. We have to wear these covers on our shoes while on board the ship…   read more of “Relaxing After a…”

Reason to Sail #19: Enjoy an ice cream cone … and some quality family time.

Hotel Manager Bert van Mackelenbergh is off Statendam for a little while and in Italy visiting Nieuw Amsterdam. Of course we asked him to send some of his fabulous photos! Here are some shots of the Lido pool area.