Category: Holidays

Enjoy these photos from Amsterdam’s Halloween themed event.

Here are the winners from Amsterdam’s crew pumpkin carving contest. The crew carved the pumpkins on October 30th and then they were placed on display for guests to judge. Enjoy!

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! Some of the HAL ships sent in pictures of the preparation for their on board celebrations. Pras, Amsterdam’s Dining Room Manager, shared with us pictures from their Canadian Thanksgiving celebration. The dining room crew got into the spirit and posed for some serious (and no-so serious) pictures in their festive attire. Thanks…   read more of “Celebrating…”

Today is Labor Day in the United States, and all the banks, government offices and most businesses are closed for the national holiday. Your blog team is taking a well-deserved break today as well, but we’ll be back tomorrow with more Holland America Line-related content!

Thanks to Dimas Satrio Bayuaji, Ryndam‘s human resources clerk, for submitting this post. On August 16, Ryndam Indonesian crew members held the Indonesian Independence Day tournament games to celebrate the 67th Indonesian Independence Day. Games included tug of war, bakiak race and the sack Race. The games were lots of fun for both crew and…   read more of “Ryndam’s…”

Special thanks to A. Dony Suryonugroho, night auto officer aboard Zuiderdam, for submitting these photos from the ship’s recent Indonesian Independence Day celebration while in Ketchikan, Alaska.

Here are a few photos we took of ms Veendam officers and crew enjoying the complimentary sodas provided to them in honor of the Day of the Seafarer.

Yesterday in Greece, we welcomed the Marines from the Athens Embassy Security Guard Detachment of the U.S. Marine Corps to help us celebrate the Fourth of July. They came to assist us with our flag raising ceremony attended by many officers and staff. We then had a ‘backyard barbecue’ complete with s’mores! The Marines stayed…   read more of “Noordam Celebrates…”