Holland America Cruise Line Announces Europe and Alaska Cruises for Summer 2011

Dec. 15, 2009 - PRLog -- Holland America Cruise Line has announced its cruise schedule for Europe and Alaska for the summer of 2011.

The new itinerary will see an increased number of European sailings from the cruise line’s home ports of Dover, UK and Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

In Europe, a total of seven ships will be cruising the Med, Baltic and Northern Europe regions, visiting ports such as Venice, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Athens and Amsterdam. The MS Noordam and the MS Nieuw Amsterdam, which will be launched in July 2010, will both sail the Mediterranean for the duration of the season.

The MS Ryndam and the MS Rotterdam will both offer Mediterranean and Northern Europe sailings, ranging from seven to 21 days, and will visit sites such as the Black Sea and the Holy Land. The MS Rotterdam will also be sailing on two historic nine-day transatlantic crossings in the middle of the season.

Other ships offering both Mediterranean and Northern Europe voyages include the MS Eurodam, the MS Prinsendam and the MS Maasdam, which will also sail on its traditional transatlantic itinerary from Boston, visiting Greenland and Iceland.

Richard D. Meadows of Holland America Line said: “We will offer more sailings in Europe in 2011 to meet the increase in demand for European itineraries.

“Our guests are finding a cruise to be the best value for their money in Europe and interest in Mediterranean and Northern Europe itineraries continues to grow.”

Meanwhile in Alaska, Holland America Line will run a total of 50 cruises from Seattle in the Summer 2011 season. The MS Amsterdam will sail 14-day Alaskan Adventure cruises, a new voyage that debuts from Seattle this coming summer.

The MS Volendam and MS Zuiderdam will sail around 38 round trips from Vancouver, while the MS Zaansam will also sail one Vancouver round trip in addition to its regular itinerary of seven-day cruises between the city and Seward. This itinerary, which cruises through the Inside Passage and the Alaskan Gulf, will also include the MS Statendam.

Bookings for these 2011 Alaska cruises will be taken by Holland America Line from April 2010, while the European cruises can be booked from late January 2010.

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