{"id":61381,"date":"2022-10-24T15:03:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T19:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/caribbean\/private-island-half-moon-cays-25th-season-officially-opens\/"},"modified":"2022-11-22T13:55:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T19:55:48","slug":"half-moon-cay-bahamas-best-private-island-25th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/whats-new\/half-moon-cay-bahamas-best-private-island-25th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Island Half Moon Cay\u2019s 25th Season Officially Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a Panama Canal transit, Nieuw Amsterdam arrived today at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/en_US\/ports\/half-moon-cay-bahamas.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Half Moon Cay<\/a>, the first ship to visit on the 25th anniversary season of Holland America Line\u2019s private island. The ship\u2019s team marked the opening of the season with a special beachside display.<\/p>\n<p>In this season that also marks our 150th anniversary as a line, seven Holland America Line ships will explore the traditions and tranquility of the Caribbean \u2014 including the two newest Pinnacle Class ships \u2013 on itineraries roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The island-hopping adventures sail through April 2023 and feature five to 14-day itineraries to the eastern, western and southern regions, including sailings that spend a day discovering the Panama Canal. All Caribbean cruises include a call at Half Moon Cay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HalfMoonCay_0D3A4824-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HalfMoonCay_0D3A4824-2.jpg\" alt=\"Half Moon Cay\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-143664\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Half Moon Cay: Best Private Island and Highest-Rated Caribbean Port<\/strong><br \/>\nPorthole Cruise Magazine, Travel Weekly and TravelAge West have repeatedly named Half Moon Cay the industry\u2019s best private island, and it is consistently ranked the highest-rated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/en_US\/cruise-destinations\/caribbean-cruises.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caribbean<\/a> port by Holland America Line guests. The quintessential and quaint sanctuary has evolved into a playground for cruise guests, and features the finest beach in the Caribbean, a natural 700-acre lagoon, two-story villas and private cabanas, delicious dining venues like Lobster Shack, a children\u2019s waterpark and a variety of shore excursions for nature lovers, adventure-seekers and explorers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two Pinnacle Class Ships in the Caribbean<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring the 2022-2023 season, Rotterdam and Nieuw Statendam \u2014 Holland America Line\u2019s two newest ships \u2014 will explore the islands of the Caribbean, offering more guests the opportunity to experience the tropics from the privacy of a verandah stateroom. Plus, family and single staterooms, unique to Pinnacle Class ships, provide additional configurations to meet the needs of guests. The two ships also feature all Holland America Line <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/en_US\/onboard-activities\/cruise-entertainment.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Music Walk<\/a> venues and specialty restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>After spending today at Half Moon Cay, Nieuw Amsterdam sails to Fort Lauderdale where it will homeport for the Caribbean season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a Panama Canal transit, Nieuw Amsterdam arrived today at Half Moon Cay, the first ship to visit on the 25th anniversary season of Holland America Line\u2019s private island. The ship\u2019s team marked the opening of the season with a special beachside display. In this season that also marks our 150th anniversary as a line, seven Holland America Line ships [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1876,"featured_media":68248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,40],"tags":[4204,4191],"class_list":["post-61381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry","category-whats-new","tag-cruise-booking","tag-cruise-ship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1876"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61381"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68301,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61381\/revisions\/68301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}