UPDATE! You really didn’t think that this mega voyage would stay stagnant, did you? The first change came about when someone at Holland America Line as about a year late in deciding to recreate their 150th Anniversary Voyage on the Rotterdam in reverse…. Result, our last voyages on the Rotterdam were cancelled… we filled in most of the void with cruises back on the Nieuw Statendam. Then, after I got home from a simply magnificent voyage on the Zaandam, I decided I just could wait until 22 October to sail again, so I added 4 weeks onto the beginning of the voyage on the Nieuw Statendam… What I ended up with was 112 days on the Nieuw Statendam, moving directly over to the Rotterdam for 63 days and then back on the Nieuw Statendam for 21 days…. 196 days before we regroup, repack and sail on the Zuiderdam to Europe for 71 days…. Nice…. The Itinerary has been updated.
Well, here I go
again!!!! You didn’t think I was going to quit because of this
pandemic, did you? My future plans are again affected by the COVID
19 virus but after the experience gained on our 6 plus month voyages just
completed, we think we have a good plan. Once again, I decided to
hold off doing the World Voyage until 2024. Having done 19 Grand Voyages,
including 12 World Voyages, I’m not pushed to go that route at this
time… risk management. I don’t want to be in a position
where I am put off the ship on the other side of the world because of a
positive test… Better times are ahead. That brings me to
our current plan…. Once again, Ann & Cathy Scott will join me on
a new Holland America Line adventure totaling almost 250 days. Once
again, we have a three-ship solution. Working around charters or dry
docks can be a challenge for staying at sea for long periods without
interruption. In this case, we will be joining the Nieuw Statendam on 22
October 2022 and enjoy her Caribbean voyages until 14 January 2023 when we
slide over, seamlessly, to the ms Rotterdam…. We will sail until 15 April,
once again enjoying the sunny, blue Caribbean waters on the
Rotterdam. Once we debark in Fort Lauderdale, we return home for a
major repack. We will trade in our swimsuits for clothes for cooler
climates. We will board the ms Zuiderdam on the day the World Voyage
completes in Fort Lauderdale and head to Europe…. It will be an
exciting voyage exploring beautiful locations all the way up to the Polar
Cap…. It will be another amazing adventure on the ms Zuiderdam,
reminiscent of our fabulous European voyages in 2019…. We are
already working hard preparing for this wonderful adventure… even have new
cameras in hand. Getting excited already! Holland America
Line is definitely back!!!
Ms Nieuw Statendam
SAT 24SEP22 Overnight
in Quebec City, Canada
SUN 25SEP22 Sail from
Quebec City, Canada 4:00pm
MON26SEP22 Cruising Gulf
of St. Lawrence
TUE27SEP22
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada 8:00am 5:00pm
WED28SEP22 Sydney,
Nova Scotia 8:00am 4:00pm
THU29SEP22 Halifax, Nova
Scotia 8:00am 4:00pm
FRI30SEP22 Saint John,
New Brunswick 11:00am 7:00pm
SAT01OCT22 Bar Harbor,
Maine 8:00am 5:00pm
SUN02OCT22 Boston,
Mass 7:00am 4:00pm
MON03OCT22 Bar Harbor,
Maine 7:00am 3:00pm
TUE04OCT22 Halifax,
Nova Scotia 9:00am 6:00pm
WED05OCT22 Sydney, Nova
Scotia 11:00am 6:00pm
THU06OCT22 Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island 9:00am 6:00pm
FRI07OCT22 Cruising Gulf
of St. Lawrence
SAT08OCT22 Quebec
City, Quebec, Canada arrive 7:00am
SUN09OCT22 Quebec
City, Quebec, Canada depart 4:00pm
MON10OCT22 Saguenay,
Quebec, Canada 8:00am 5:00pm
TUE11OCT22 Sea Day
WED12OCT22 Gaspe,
Quebec, Canada 7:00am 3:00pm
THU13OCT22 Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island 9:00am 6:00pm
FRI14OCT22 Sydney,
Nova Scotia 8:00am 4:00pm
SAT15OCT22 Halifax,
Nova Scotia 8:00am $;00pm
SUN16OCT22 Saint John,
New Brunswick, Canada 11:00am 7:00pm
MON17OCT22 Portland,
Maine 11:00am 11:00pm
TUE18OCT22 Boston,
Mass 8:00am 4:00pm
WED19OCT22 Sea Day
THU20OCT22 Sea Day
FRI21OCT22 Port
Canaveral, Florida 8:00am 6:00pm
SAT 22OCT22 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, US 7:00am 4:00pm
SUN 23OCT22 Sea Day
MON 24OCT22 Grand
Turk, Turks and Caicos 8:00am 4:00pm
TUE 25OCT22 San Juan,
Puerto Rico 1:00pm 11:00pm
WED 26OCT22 St.
Thomas, U.S.V.I. 8:00am 5:00pm
THU 27OCT22 Sea Day
FRI 28OCT22 Half Moon
Cay, Bahamas 8:00am 3:00pm
SAT 29OCT22 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, US 7:00am 4:00pm
SUN 30OCT22 Half Moon
Cay, Bahamas 8:00am 3:00pm
MON 31OCT22 Sea Day
TUE 01NOV22 Grand
Turk, Turks and Caicos 8:00am 5:00pm
WED 02NOV22 Amber
Cove, Dominican Republic 8:00am 5:00pm
THU 03NOV22 Sea Day
FRI 04NOV22 Key West,
Florida, US 3 8:00am 5:00pm
SAT 05NOV22 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, US 7:00am 4:00pm
SUN 06NOV22 Half
Moon Cay, Bahamas 8:00am 3:00pm
MON 07NOV22 Sea Day
TUE 08NOV22 Ocho Rios,
Jamaica 8:00 am 5:00pm
WED 09NOV22
Georgetown, Cayman Islands 8:00am 5:00pm
THU 10NOV22 Sea Day
FRI 11NOV22 Key West,
Florida 8:00am 5:00pm
SAT 12NOV22 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, US 7:00am 4:00pm
SUN 13NOV22 Half
Moon Cay, Bahamas 8:00am 3:00pm
MON 14NOV22 Sea Day
TUE 15NOV22
Oranjestad, Aruba 7;00am 4:00pm
WED
16NOV22 Willemstad, Curacao 7:00am 4:00pm
THU 17NOV22 Sea Day
FRI 18NOV22 Sea Day
SAT 19NOV22 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, US 7:00am 4:00pm
SUN 20NOV22 Sea Day
MON 21NOV22 Grand
Turk, Turks & Caicos 8:00am 4:00pm
TUE 22NOV22 San Juan,
Puerto Rico 1:00pm 11:00pm
WED 23NOV22 St.
Thomas, U.S.V.I. 8:00am 5:00pm
THU 24NOV22 Sea Day
FRI 25NOV22 Half
Moon Cay, Bahamas 8:00am 3:00pm
SAT 26NOV22 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, US 7:00am 4:00pm
SUN 27NOV22 Half
Moon Cay, Bahamas 8:00am 3:00pm
MON 28NOV22 Sea Day
TUE 29NOV22 Grand
Turk, Turks & Caicos 8:00am 4:00pm
WED 30NOV22 Amber
Cove, Dominican Republic 8:00am 5:00pm
THU 01DEC22 Sea Day
FRI 02DEC22 Key West,
Florida 8:00am 5:00pm
SAT 03DEC22 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, US 7:00am 4:00pm
SUN 04DEC22 Half
Moon Cay, Bahamas 8:00am 3:00pm
MON 05DEC22 Sea Day
TUE 06DEC22 Ocho Rios,
Jamaica 8:00am 5:00pm
WED 07DEC22
Georgetown, Cayman Islands 8:00am 5:00pm
THU 08DEC22 Sea Day
FRI 09DEC22 Key West,
Florida 8:00am 5:00pm
SAT 10DEC22 Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, US 7:00am 4:00pm
SUN 11DEC Sea Day
MON 12DEC Sea Day
TUE 13DEC22
Willemstad, Curacao
WED 14DEC22
Oranjestad, Aruba 7:00am 3:00pm
THU 15DEC22 Sea Day
FRI 16DEC22 Half
Moon Cay, Bahamas 8:00am 3:00pm
SAT 17DEC Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, US 7:00am 4:00pm
SUN 18DEC22 Sea Day
MON 19DEC22 Sea Day
TUE 20DEC22
Oranjestad, Aruba 8:00am 11:00pm
WED 21DEC22
Kralendijk, Bonaire 8:00am 11:00pm
THU 22DEC22
Willemstad, Curacao 7;00am 8:00pm
FRI 23DEC22 Sea Day
SAT 24DEC22 Amber
Cove, Dominican Republic 8:00am 5:00pm
SUN 25DEC22 Grand
Turk, Turks & Caicos 8:00am 2:00pm
MON 26DEC22 Half
Moon Cay, Bahamas 8:00am 4:00pm
TUE 27DEC22 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, US 7:00am 4:00pm
WED 28DEC22 Sea Day
THU 29DEC22 Sea Day
FRI 30DEC22
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten 8:00am 4:00pm
SAT 31DEC22 Castries
Saint Lucia 8:00am 4:00pm
SAT 31DEC22 Scenic
Cruising Soufriere Bay
SUN 01JAN23
Bridgetown, Barbados 8:00am 4:00pm
MON 02JAN23
Fort-De-France, Martinique 8:00am 4:00pm
TUE 03JAN23 Basseterre,
St. Kitts & Nevis 8:00 4:00pm
WED 04JAN23 St.
Thomas, U.S.V.I. 8:00 4:00pm
THU 05JAN23 Sea Day
FRI 06JAN23 Half
Moon Cay, Bahamas 8:00am 3:00pm
SAT 07JAN23 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, US 7:00am 4:00pm
SUN 08JAN23 Sea Day
MON 09JAN23 Grand
Turk, Turks & Caicos 8:00am 4:00pm
TUE 10JAN23 San Juan,
Puerto Rico 1:00pm 11:00pm
WED 11JAN23 St.
Thomas, U.S.V.I. 8:00 5:00pm
THU 12JAN23 Sea
Day
FRI 13JAN23 Half
Moon Cay, Bahamas 8:00am 3:00pm
SAT 14JAN23 Debark
Ship Fort Lauderdale, Florida 7:00am
Ms Rotterdam
SAT 14 JAN23 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, 7:00am4pm
SUN 15JAN23 Sea Day
MON 16JAN23 Sea Day
TUE 17JAN23
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten 8:00am4:00pm
WED 18JAN23 Castries,
Saint Lucia 8:00am 4:00pm
WED 18JAN23 Scenic
Cruising Soufriere Bay
THU 19JAN23
Bridgetown, Barbados 8:00am5:00pm
FRI 20JAN23
Fort-De-France, Martinique 7:00am 4:00pm
FRI 20JAN23 Daylight
passing Mount Pelee
SAT 21JAN23
Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis 8:00am 5:00pm
SUN 22JAN23 St.
Thomas. U.S.V.I. 8:00 5:00pm
MON 23 JAN23 Sea Day
TUE 24JAN23 Half Moon
Cay, Bahamas 9:00am3:00pm
WED 25JAN23 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida 7:00am
WED 25JAN23 Sail from
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 4:00pm
THU 26JAN23 Half Moon
Cay, Bahamas 8:00 3:00pm
FRI 27JAN23 Grand
Turk, Turks and Caicos 10:00am5:00pm
SAT 28JAN23 Amber
Cove, Dominion Republic 8:00am5:00pm
SUN 29JAN23 Sea Day
MON 30JAN23
Willemstad, Curacao 7:00am11:00pm
TUE 31JAN23
Oranjestad, Aruba 7:00am11:00pm
WED 01FEB23 Sea Day
THU 02FEB23 Ocho Rios,
Jamaica 7:00am4:00pm
FRI 03FEB23 Sea Day
SAT 04FEB23 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, US 7:00am 4:00pm
SUN 05FEB23 Sea Day
MON 06FEB23 Sea Day
TUE 07FEB23
Philipsburg, Sint Marten 8:00am 4:00 pm
WED 08FEB23 Castries,
Saint Lucia 8:00am 4:00pm
WED 08FEB23 Scenic
Cruising Soufriere Bay
THU 09FEB23
Bridgetown, Barbados 8:00am 5:00pm
FRI 10FEB23
Fort-De-France, Martinique 7:00am 4:00pm
FRI 10FEB23 Daylight
passing Mount Pelee
SAT 11FEB23
Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis 8:00am 5:00pm
SUN 12FEB23 St.
Thomas, U.S.V.I. 8:00am 5:00pm
MON 13FEB23 Sea Day
TUE 14FEB23 Half Moon
Cay, Bahamas 9:00am 3:00pm
WED 15FEB23 Debark
Ship Fort Lauderdale, Florida 7:00am 4pm
THU 16FEB23 Half Moon
Cay, Bahamas 8:00am 3pm
FRI 17FEB23 Grand
Turk, Turks and Caicos 10:00am 3:00pm
SAT 18FEB23 Amber
Cove, Dominican Republic 8:00am 5:00pm
SUN 19FEB23 Sea Day
MON 20FEB23
Kralendijk, Bonaire 8:00am 11:00pm
TUE 21FEB23
Willemstad, Curacao 8:00am 11:00pm
WED 22FEB23
Oranjestad, Aruba 8:00am 5:00pm
THU 23FEB23 Sea Day
FRI 24FEB23 Sea Day
SAT 25FEB23 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 7:00am 4:00pm
SUN 26FEB23 Sea Day
MON 27FEB23 Sea Day
TUE 28FEB23
Philipsburg, Sint Martin 8:00am 4:00 pm
WED 01MAR23 Castries,
Saint Lucia 8:00am 4:00pm
WED 01MAR23 Scenic
Cruising Soufriere Bay
THU 02MAR23
Bridgetown, Barbados 8:00am 5:00pm
FRI 03MAR23
Fort-De-France, Martinique 7:00am 4:00pm
FRI 03MAR23 Daylight
Passing Mount Pelee
SAT 04Mar23
Basseterre, St \kitts and Nevis 8:00am 5:00pm
SUN 05MAR23 St Thomas,
USVI 8:00am 5:00pm
MON 06MAR23 Sea Day
TUE 07MAR23 Half Moon
Cay, Bahamas 9:00am 3:00pm
WED 08MAR23 Fort
Lauderdale 7:00am 4:00pm
THU 09MAR23 Sea Day
FRI 10MAR23 Grand
Turk, Turks and Caicos 8:00am 5:00pm
SAT 11MAR23 Amber
Cove, Dominican Republic 8:00am 5:00pm
SUN 12MAR23 Sea Day
MON 13MAR23
Kraiendijk, Bonaire 8:00am 11:00pm
TUE 14MAR23
Willemstad, Curacao 8:00am 11:00pm
WED 15MAR23
Oranjestad, Aruba 7:00am 3:00pm
THU 16MAR23 Sea Day
FRI 17MAR23 Half Moon
Cay, Bahamas 10:00am 3:00pm
SAT 18MAR23 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida 7:00am
Ms Nieuw Statendam
SAT 18MAR23 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida 4:00pm
SUN 19MAR23 Half Moon
Cay, Bahamas 8:00am 3:00pm
MON 20MAR23 Sea Day
TUE 21MAR23 Georgetown,
Cayman Islands 9:00am 6:00pm
WED 22MAR23 Ocho Rios,
Jamaica 9:00am 5:00pm
THU 23MAR23 Sea Day
FRI 24MAR23 Key West,
Florida 10:00am 7:00pm
SAT 25MAR23 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida 7:00am 4:00pm
SUN 26MAR23 Half Moon
Cay, Bahamas 8:00am 3:00pm
MON 27MAR23 Sea Day
TUE 28MAR23 Oranjestad,
Aruba 2:00pm 11:59pm
WED 29MAR23 Willemstad,
Curacao 7:00am 4:00pm
THU 30MAR23 Sea Day
FRI 31MAR23 Sea Day
SAT 01APR23 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida 7:00am 4:00pm
SUN 02APR23 Sea Day
MON 03APR23 Grand
Turk, Turks and Caicos 8:00am 4:00pm
TUE 04APR23 San Juan,
Puerto Rico 8:00am 5:00pm
WED 05APR23 St Thomas
USVI 8:00am 5:00pm
THU 06APR23 Sea Day
FRI 07APR23 Half Moon
Cay, Bahamas 8:00am 3:00pm
SAT 08APR23 Fort
Lauderdale, Florida 7:00am
Ms Zuiderdam
FRI 12MAY23 Fort Lauderdale, Florida
5:00pm
SAT 13MAY23 – 18MAY23 Sea Days
FRI 19MAY23 Praia di Vitoria,
Terceira, Azores 8:00am 11:00pm
SAT 20MAY23 Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel,
Azores 7:00am 5:00pm
SUN 21MAY23 Sea Day
MON 22MAY23 Sea Day
TUE 23MAY23 Ringaskiddy (Cork) Ireland
10:00am 11:00pm
WED 24MAY23 Dunmore East (Waterford)
Ireland 7:00am 6:00pm
THU 25MAY23 Torquay (Torbay) England
10:00am 7:00pm
FRI 26MAY23 Le Have (Paris) France
7:00am 7:00pm
SAT 27 MAY23 Dover (London) England 8:00am
5:00pm
SUN 28MAY23 Rotterdam 7:00am 5:00pm
MON 29MAY23 Sea Day
TUE 30MAY23 Portland (Weymouth)
England 8:00am 11:00 pm
WED 31MAY23 St Peter Port, Guernsey
8:00am 8:00pm
THU 01JUN23 Falmouth, England 8:00am
4:00pm
FRI 02JUN23 Ringaskiddy (Cork) Ireland
8:00am 5:00pm
SAT 03JUN23 Dun Laoghaire (Dublin)
Ireland 7:00am 5:00pm
SUN 04JUN23 Liverpool,
England 8:00am 5:00pm
MON 05JUN23 Sea Day
TUE 06JUN23 Portree (Isle of Skye)
Scotland 8:00am 6:00pm
WED 07JUN23 Kirkwall, Scotland 8:00am
5:00pm
THU 08JUN23 Invergordon (Inverness)
Scotland 8:00am 5:00pm
FRI 09JUN23 South Queensferry
(Edinburgh) Scotland 8:00
SAT 10JUN23 South Queensferry
(Edinburgh) Scotland depart 1:00 pm
SUN 11JUN23 Rotterdam 7:00am
MON 12JUN23 Dover (London) England
7:00am 5:00pm
TUE 13JUN23 Sea Day
WED 14JUNE23 Bergen, Norway 7:00am
5:00pm
THU 15JUN23 Molde, Norway 8:00am
5:00pm
FRI 16JUN23 Trondheim, Norway 8:00am 5:00pm
SAT 17JUN23 Scenic Cruising Trondheim
Fjord/Crossing Artic Circle
SUN 18JUN23 Alta, Norway 12:00noon 11:00pm
MON 19JUN23 Hammerfest, Norway 7:00am 1:00pm
MON 19JUN23 Scenic Cruising North Cap
5:00pm 6:30pm
TUE 20JUN23 At Sea
TUE 21JUN23 Crossing Artic
Circle-Summer Soltice
THU 22JUN23 Seydisfjordur, Iceland
7:00am 4:00pm
FRI 23JUN23 Akureyre, Iceland 8:00am
5:00pm
FRI 23JUN23 Scenic Cursing Eyjafjordur
SAT 24JUN Isafjordur, Iceland 8:00am
4:00pm
SAT 24JUN23 Scenic Cruising
Isafjardurdjur
SUN 25JUN23 Reykjavik, Iceland 8:00am
MON 26JUN Reykjavik, Iceland 2:00am
TUE 27JUN23 Sea Day
WED 28JUN23 Kirkwall, Scotland 8:00am
5:00pm
THU 29JUN23 South Queensferry
(Edinburgh), Scotland 9:00am 7:00pm
FRI 30JUN23 Invergordon (Inverness)
9:00am 8:00pm
SAT 01JUL23 Sea Day
SUN 02JUL23 Rotterdam 7:00am 4:00pm
MON 03JUL23 Sea Day
TUE 04JUL23 Maloy, Norway 9:00am
5:00pm
WED 05JUL23 Sea Day
THU 6JUL23 Akureyri, Iceland 8:00am
5:00pm
FRI 07JUL23 Isafjordur, Iceland 8:00am
5:00pm
SAT 08JUL23 Reykjavik, Iceland 8:00pm
SUN 09JUL23 Reykjavik, Iceland 7:00pm
MON 10JUL23 Grundarfjordur, Iceland
7:00am 5:00pm
TUE 11Jul23 Sea Day
WED 12JUL23 Cruising Prince Christian
Sound
THU 13JUL23 Qaqortoq, Greenland 8:00am
5:00pm
FRI 14JUL23 Nanortalik, Greenland
7:00am 1:00pm
SAT 15JUL23 Sea Day
SUN 16JUL23 Red Bay, Labrador 8:00am
6:00pm
MON 17JUL23 Sea Day
TUE 18JUL23 Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island 8:00am 5:00pm
WED 19JUL23 Sydney, Nova Scotia 8:00am
5:00pm
THU 20JUL23 Halifax, Nova Scotia
8:00am 5:00 pm
FRI 21JUL23 Bar Harbor, Maine 9:00am 7:00pm
SAT 22JUL23 Disembark in Boston,
Massachusetts 7:00am
Looks fabulous…and I’ll cross your paths on the Nieuw Statendam starting next February after 4 months on Zaandam ❤️👍can’t wait to depart next October on the Grand Africa 🤞🙌
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Almost 9 Months at seas sounds awesome. Cannot wait to follow along again for each update! Enjoy the summer!
ReplyDeleteI am noticing a trend where we get on the boat and join you then we get off the boat together.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great itinerary! Love the European sights. Looking forwards to your pictures and blog.
ReplyDeleteWe are thinking about the NS from Quebec to Ft Lauderdale on Oct 8th. Also like the Zuiderdam to Europe and back next summer.
ReplyDeleteThe update looks exciting for you and for us following along! Enjoy the rest of summer and I look forward to following along on the next adventure in September!!
ReplyDeletewhat an exciting itinerary. thanks god you had never been to these places. pardon my irony.
ReplyDeletemichael
what an exciting itinerary. so good that you had never been to these places......pardon my irony
ReplyDeleteUnder 3 weeks to go! Looking forward to your updates!
ReplyDeleteHi Jeff, looks a nice itinerary again special the part that you go to Greenland (we did it in July this summer)
ReplyDeleteWe look forward to see your blog icluding the comments.
Say hello to Ann and Cathy, we have met you on the Rotterdam this year when Cathy had Covid.
Kind Regards, Jeanet and Marcel from the Netherlands
Safe Travels heading to the port.
ReplyDeleteJeff and the Scotts - looking forward to seeing you on the Rotterdam Jan 14 - Feb 25. Ted and Barb from the 2020 Grand South America on the Volendam.
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