Sunday, August 4, 2024

Planning for the Future...

UPDATE!

Well, I’ve been home for just over a week…  Time to put out the next schedule!  My travels begin at the end of October when I fly to San Diego, boarding the Koningsdam on November 2nd.  We will sail on the Koningsdam until March 22nd when we switch ships to the Zaandam until May 3rd.  It should be another great voyage filled with lots of Mexico, Coastal California, Hawaii and a bit of French Polynesia…  Can’t wait!

Well, I can’t believe I decided to give the full schedule of upcoming voyages…  After our sailings on the Koningsdam and Zaandam in 2024-25, I will be boarding the Volendam on 21 September 2025 and staying onboard until May 17th 2026…  Yep, that’s a long one!  This will encompass a 45-day Legendary Voyage to the Mediterranean, a 30-day Legendary Voyage to the Amazon and to top it all off, the 132-day 2026 Grand World Voyage… Just keep traveling!



2024 - 2025 Koningsdam and Zaandam

Koningsdam

Nov 02                San Diego, California                                   5 pm dep

Nov 03                Avalon, California   Tender                         7 – 5

Nov 04                At Sea

Nov 05                San Francisco /  Overnight                         9 am

Nov 06                San Francisco departure                             10 pm

Nov 07                At Sea

Nov 08                Ensenada, Mexico                                       8 – 5

Nov 09                San Diego                                                      7 – 5

Nov 10/11          At Sea

Nov 12                Puerto Vallarta, Mexico                              8 – 5

Nov 13                Mazatlán, Mexico

Nov 14                Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Tender               7 – 3

Nov 15                At Sea

Nov 16                San Diego                                                      7 – 5

Nov 17                Avalon, California   Tender

Nov 18                At Sea

Nov 19/20          San Francisco/Overnight                            9 – 10 pm

Nov 21                At Sea

Nov 22                Ensenada, Mexico                                       8 – 5

Nov 23                San Diego                                                      7 – 5

Nov 24                At Sea

Nov 25                Cabo San Lucas – Tender                            Noon – 6

Nov 26                Pichilingue (La Paz) Mexico                        8 – 5

Nov 27                Loreto, Mexico  Tender                               8 – 5

Nov 28/29          At Sea

Nov 30                San Diego                                                      7 – 5

Dec 01                 At Sea

Dec 02                 Cabo San Lucas – Tender                            11 – 6

Dec 03                 Pichilingue (La Paz) Mexico                        8 – 5

Dec 04                Loreto, Mexico  Tender                               8 – 11

Dec 05                At Sea

Dec 06                 Mazatlan, Mexico                                        8 – 5

Dec 07                 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico                              8 – 5

Dec 08/09           At Sea

Dec 10                 San Diego                                                      7 – 5

Dec 11/12           At Sea

Dec 13                 Manzanillo, Mexico                                     10 – 6

Dec 14                 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico                              8 – 5

Dec 15                 Mazatlán, Mexico                                        8 – 5

Dec 16                 At Sea

Dec 17                 Loreto, Mexico   Tender                              8 – 10 pm

Dec 18                 Pichilingue (La Paz) Mexico                        8 – 5

Dec 19                 Cabo San Lucas   Tender                              7 – 1

Dec 20                 At Sea

Dec 21                 San Diego                                                      7 – 5

Dec 22                 At Sea

Dec 23                 Cabo San Lucas   Tender                              11 – 6

Dec 24                 Mazatlán                                                       8 – 5

Dec 25                 Puerto Vallarta                                             8 – 8

Dec 26/27           At Sea

Dec 28                 San Diego                                                      7 – 5

Dec 29                 At Sea

Dec 30                Cabo San Lucas   Tender                              11 – 6

Dec 31                 Mazatlán                                                       8 – 5

Jan 01                 Puerto Vallarta                                             8 – 8

Jan 02/03            At Sea

Jan 04                 San Diego                                                      7 – 5 pm

Jan 05                  At Sea

Jan 06                  Cabo San Lucas   Tender                              Noon – 6

Jan 07                  Pichilingue (La Paz) Mexico                        8 – 5

Jan 08                  Loreto, Mexico  Tender                               8 – 5

Jan 09/10            At Sea

Jan 11                  San Diego, California                                   7 – 3 pm

Jan 12 – 16         At Sea

Jan 17                  Hilo, Hawaii                                                   8 – 6

Jan 18                  Kahului, Maui                                               8 – 8 pm

Jan 19                  Honolulu, Hawaii                                          7 -11 pm

Jan 20                  Nawiliwili, Kauai, Hawaii              8 – 5

Jan 21                  Kona, Hawaii   Tender                                 8 – 6

Jan 22/26            At Sea

Jan 27                  Ensenada, Mexico                                       3 – 11:59 pm

Jan 28                  San Diego                                                      7 – 3

Jan 29-Feb 02    At Sea

Feb 03-04           Honolulu, Hawaii / Overnight                    8 – 11 pm          

Feb 05                 Nawiliwili, Kauai, Hawaii              8 – 6 pm

Feb 06                 Kahului, Maui                                               8 – 8 pm

Feb 07                 Kona, Hawaii   Tender                                 8 – 6

Feb 08                 Hilo, Hawaii                                                   7 – 5

Feb 09-13           At Sea

Feb 14                 Ensenada, Mexico                                       2 pm – 10 pm

Feb 15                 San Diego – Lisa & Jim board                     7 – 4 pm

Feb 16-20           At Sea

Feb 21                 Kona, Hawaii      Tender                               8 – 7 pm

Feb 22                 Kahului, Maui                                               8 – 8

Feb 23-24           Honolulu, Hawaii / Overnight                    8 – 5pm

Feb 25                 Nawiliwili, Kauai                                           8 – 5

Feb 26-27           At Sea

Feb 28                 Cross International Dateline

Mar 01                Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) Kiribati          8 – 5

Mar 02                Cross the Equator/cruising only

Mar 02-03          At Sea

Mar 04-05          Raiatea, Society Islands, French

Polynesia / Overnight                                  8 – 5

Mar 06-07          Papeete, French Poly/Overnight               8 – 5

Mar 08-09          Bahia d Opunoha, Moorea, French

                             Polynesia / Overnight / Tender                 8 – 5

Mar 10                At Sea

Mar 11                Fakarava, Tuamotu / Tender                      8 – 5

Mar 12                At Sea

Mar 13                Taiohae, Nuku Hiva, FP/ Tender                8 – 5

Mar 14-16          At Sea

Mar 17                Crossing the Equator, cruising only

Mar 18-21          At Sea

Mar 22                San Diego / Move to Zaandam                 7 – 5

Zaandam

Mar 22                San Diego                                                      7 - 5

Mar 23                At Sea

Mar 24                Cruising Bahia Magdalena                         10 – 1 pm

Mar 25                Cabo San Lucas / Tender                            8 – 5

Mar 26                Pichilingue (La Paz) Mexico                        8 – 5- 11 pm

Mar 27                Loreto, Mexico  / Tender                            7 – 3

Mar 28                Mazatlán, Mexico                                        11 – 5

Mar 29                Puerto Vallarta, Mexico                              8 – 5

Mar 30                Manzanillo, Mexico                                     8 – 4

Mar 31-Apr 01   At Sea

Apr 02                 San Diego                                                      7 – 3pm

Apr 03                 At Sea

Apr 04                 Cabo San Lucas/Tender                              11 – 6pm

Apr 05                 Pichilingue (La Paz) Mexico                        8 – 5pm

Apr 06                 Loreto, Mexico/ Tender                              8 – 11pm

Apr 07                 At Sea

Apr 08                 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico                              7 – 6 pm

Apr 09                 Mazatlán, Mexico                                        7 – 6pm

Apr 10-11           At Sea

Apr 12                 San Diego                                                     7 – 3 pm

Apr 13                 At Sea

Apr 14                 Cabo San Lucas / Tender                            Noon – 6pm

Apr 15                 Pichilingue (La Paz) Mexico                        8 – 5

Apr 16                 Loreto, Mexico / Tender                             8 – 5 pm

Apr 17-18           At Sea

Apr 19                 San Diego                                                      7 – 4 pm

Apr 20                 Ensenada, Mexico                                       7 – 5

Apr 21                 At Sea

Apr 22-23           San Francisco / Overnight                          7 – 8 pm

Apr 24                 At Sea

Apr 25                 Santa Barbara / Tender                               7 – 5

Apr 26                 San Diego                                                      7 – 3

Apr 27                 At Sea

Apr 28                 Cabo San Lucas / Tender                            11 – 6pm

Apr 29                 Mazatlan, Mexico                                        8 – 5pm

Apr 30                 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico                              8 – 8 pm

May 01-02          At Sea

May 03                San Diego Disembark                   7 – 3 pm

Adventures on the Volendam

SUN 07SEP25 Boston 3pm

MON 08SEP25 Portland ME 7am 1pm

TUE 09SEP25 Halifax NS 10am 6pm

WED 10SEP25 Sydney NS 9:30am 5pm

THU 11SEP25 Charlottetown PEI 7am 4pm

FRI 12SEP25 St. Lawrence Seaway (cruising)

SAT 13SEP25 Quebec City 9am 6pm

SAT 13SEP25 St Lawrence Seaway (cruising)

SUN 14SEP25 Montreal 7am 3pm

SUN 14SEP St Lawrence Seaway (cruising)

MON 15SEP Quebec City 7am 4pm

TUE 16SEP St Lawrence Seaway (cruising)

WED 17SEP25 Charlottetown PEI 10am 8pm

THU 18SEP25 Sydney NS 9am 5pm

FRI 19SEP25 Halifax NS 8am 4pm

SAT 20SEP25 Portland, ME 1pm 10pm

SUN 21SEP25 Boston 3pm

MON 22SEP25 Rockland Maine 7am 2pm

TUE 23SEP25 Halifax NS 9am 6pm

WED 24SEP25 Sydney NS 9:30am 5pm

THU 25SEP25 Charlottetown, PEI 7am 4pm

FRI 26SEP25 St. Lawrence Seaway (cruising)

SAT 27SEP25 Quebec City 9am 6pm

SAT 27SEP25 St Lawrence Seaway (cruising)

SUN 28SEP25 Montreal 7am 3pm

MON 29SEP25 Quebec City 7am 4pm

TUE 30SEP25 St. Lawrence Seaway (cruising)

WED 1OCT25 Charlottetown PEI 10am 6pm

THU 2OCT25 Sydney NS 8am 4pm

FRI 3OCT25 Halifax NS 8am 4pm

SAT 4OCT25 Eastport Maine 10am 5pm

SUN 5OCT25 Portland Maine 9am 6pm

MON 6OCT 25 At Sea

TUE 7OCT25 New York (Manhattan) 7am 4:30pm

WED 8OCT25 At Sea

THU 9OCT25 At Sea

FRI 10OCT25 At Sea

SAT 11OCT25 At Sea

SUN 12OCT25 At Sea

MON 13OCT25 Ponta Delgada, Portugal 8am 5pm

TUE 14OCT25 At Sea

WED 15OCT25 At Sea

THU 16OCT25 Lisbon Portugal 8am 5pm

FRI 17OCT25 Strait of Gibraltar (Cruising)

SAT 18OCT25 Cartegena Spain 8am 5pm

SUN 19OCT25 Valencia Spain 8am 5pm

MON 20OCT25 Barcelona Spain 8am 11pm

TUE 21OCT25 At Sea

WED 22 OCT25 Portofino Italy 8am 5pm

THU 23OCT Rome (Civitavecchia) Italy 7am 9pm

FRI 24OCT Naples Italy 8am 6pm

SAT 25OCT25 At Sea

SUN 26OCT25 Crete (Heraklion) Greece Noon 8pm

MON 27OCT25 At Sea

TUE 28OCT Cairo/Giza (Alexandria) Egypt 8am overnight

WED 29OCT Cairo/Giza Egypt 10pm

THU 30OCT25 At Sea

FRI 31OCT25 Santorini Greece 8am 5pm

SAT 01NOV25 Ephesus/Kusadasi Turkey 7am 6pm

SUN 02NOV25 The Dardanelles (Cruising)

SUN 02NOV25 Istanbul Turkey 4pm overnight

MON 03NOV25 Istanbul Turkey 11pm dep

TUE 04NOV25 At Sea

WED 05NOV25 Athens (Piraeus) Greece 8am 5pm

THU 06NOV25 At Sea

FRI 07NOV25 Valletta Malta 8am 5pm

SAT 08NOV25 La Goulette Tunisia 8am 4pm

SUN 09NOV25 Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy 8am 5pm

MON 10NOV25 At Sea

TUE 11NOV25 Gibraltar UK Territory 2pm 11pm

WED 12NOV25 Cadiz Spain 8am 6pm

THU 13NOV25 At Sea

FRI 14NOV25 Funchal Madeira Portugal 8am 5pm

SAT 15NOV25 At Sea

SUN 16NOV25 At Sea

MON 17NOV25 At Sea

TUE 18NOV25 At Sea

WED 19NOV25 At Sea

THU 20NOV25 At Sea

Fri 21NOV25 New York (Manhattan) NY 7am 5pm

SAT 22NOV25 At Sea

SUN 23NOV25 At Sea

MON 24NOV25 Fort Lauderdale 7am 3pm

TUE 25NOV25 At Sea

WED 26NOV25 At Sea

THU 27NOV25 St Maarten 8am 3pm

FRI 28NOV25 St Lucia 8am 5pm

SAT 29NOV25 Barbados 8am 5pm

SUN 30NOV25 At Sea

MON 01DEC25 Devil’s Island French Guiana 8am 3pm

TUE 02DEC25 Amazon River Cruising

WED 03DEC25 Macapa Brazil 8am 5pm

WED 03DEC25 Amazon River Cruising

THU 04DEC25 Amazon River Cruising

FRI 05DEC25 Santarem Brazil 8am 5pm

SAT 06DEC25 Boca da Valeria Brazil 8am 2pm

SUN 07DEC25 Manaus Brazil 10am overnight

MON 08DEC25 Manaus Brazil 4pm

TUE 09DEC25 Parintins Brazil 8am 5pm

WED 10DEC25 Alter do Chao Brazil 8am 4pm

THU 11DEC25 Amazon River Cruising

FRI 12DEC25 At Sea

SAT 13DEC25 At Sea

SUN 14DEC25 At Sea

MON 15DEC25 Trinidad 8am 5pm

TUE 16DEC25 At Sea

WED 17DEC25 Curacao 8am 11pm

THU 18DEC25 Aruba 8am 5pm

FRI 19DEC25 At Sea

SAT 20DEC25 At Sea

SUN 21DEC Fort Lauderdale 7am 3pm

MON 22DEC25 At Sea

TUE 23DEC25 At Sea

WED 24DEC25 St John US Virgin Islands 9am 6pm

THU 25DEC25 At Sea

FRI 26DEC25 Trinidad 8am 5pm

SAT 27DEC25 Grenada 8am 5pm

SUN 28DEC25 Roseau Dominica 8am 5pm

MON 29DEC25 St Lucia 7am 5pm

TUE 30DEC25 St Maarten 10am 6pm

WED 31DEC25 Antigua 8am 5pm

THU 01JAN26 At Sea

FRI 02JAN26 Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands 7am 2pm

SAT 03JAN26 Half Moon Cay Bahamas 8am 4pm

SUN 04JAN26 Fort Lauderdale 11pm

MON 05JAN26 At Sea

TUE 06JAN26 At Sea

WED 07JAN26 At Sea

THU 08JAN26 Bridgetown, Barbados 8am 6pm

FRI 09JAN26 At Sea

SAT 10JAN26 Devils Island, French Guiana 10am 6pm

SUN 11JAN26 Crossing the Equator

MON 12JAN26 Icoaraci (Belem) Brazil

TUE 13JAN26 At Sea

WED 14JAN26 At Sea

THU 15JAN26 Recife, Brazil 8am 5pm

FRI 16JAN26 At Sea

SAT 17JAN26 At Sea

SUN 18JAN26 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Overnight 8am

MON 19JAN26 Rio de Janeiro 5pm

TUE 20JAN26 At Sea

WED 21JAN26 At Sea

THU 22JAN26 Punta del Este, Uruguay 8am 4pm

FRI 23JAN26 Buenos Aires, Argentina 8am 6pm

SAT 24JAN26 Montevideo, Uruguay 8am 5pm

SUN 25JAN26 At Sea

MON 26JAN26 At Sea

TUE 27JAN26 Stanley/Falkland Is/Islas Malvinas 8am 5pm

WED 28JAN26 At Sea

THU 29JAN26 Antarctic Experience 8am 6pm

FRI 30JAN26 Antarctic Experience 8am 6pm

SAT 31JAN26 Antarctic Experience 8am 6pm

SUN 01FEB26 Antarctic Experience 8am 6pm

MON 02FEB26 At Sea

TUE 03FEB26 Drake Passage and Cape Horn

WED 04FEB26 Daylight cruising Glacier Alley

THU 05FEB26 Punta Arenas, Chile 10am 8pm

THU 05FEB26 Strait of Magellan

FRI 06FEB26 Scenic cruising Amalia or Brujo Gla

FRI 06FEB26 Scenic cruising Sarmiento Channel

SAT 07FEB26 Cruising Chilean Fjords

SUN 08FEB26 Puerto Montt, Chile 8am 5pm

MON 09FEB26 At Sea

TUE 10FEB26 San Antonio (Santiago) Chile 7am 5pm

WED 11FEB26 At Sea

THU 12FEB26 At Sea

FRI 13FEB26 At Sea

 SAT 14FEB26 At Sea

SUN 15FEB26 Easter Island, Chile 8am 6pm

MON 16FEB26 At Sea

TUE 17FEB26 At Sea

WED 18FEB26 Scenic cruising Pitcairn Island 8am 12:00n

THU 19FEB26 At Sea

FRI 20FEB26 At Sea

SAT 21FEB26 Papeete, French Polynesia Overnight 8am

SUN 22FEB26 Papeete, French Polynesia 4am

SUN 22FEB26 Bahia d Opunoha, Moorea, French Poly 9am 10pm

MON 23FEB26 Raiatea, Society Islands, French Poly 8am 5pm

TUE 24FEB26 At Sea

WED 25FEB26 At Sea

THU 26FEB26 Cross International Dateline

SAT 28FEB26 Nuku alofa, Tonga 8am 5pm

SUN 01MAR26 At Sea

MON 02MAR26 At Sea

TUE 03MAR26 Auckland, New Zealand 6am 9pm

WED 04MAR26 Waitangi (Bay of Islands) New Zealand 7am 2pm

THU 05MAR26 At Sea

FRI  06MAR26 At Sea

SAT 07MAR26 Sydney, Australia Overnight 8am

SUN 08MAR26 Sydney, Australia 6pm

MON 09MAR26 At Sea

TUE 10MAR26 At Sea

WED 11MAR26 Townsville, Australia 8am 7pm

THU 12MAR26 Cairns, Australia 8am 6pm

FRI 13MAR26 At Sea

 SAT 14MAR26 Scenic Cruising Torres Strait

SUN 15MAR26 At Sea

MON 16MAR26 Darwin, Australia 8am 6pm

TUE 17MAR26 At Sea

WED 18MAR26 At Sea

THU 19MAR26 Komodo Island, Indonesia 7am 2pm

FRI 20MAR26 Benoa (Denpasar) Bali, Indonesia Overnight 7am

SAT 21MAR26 Benoa, (Denpasar) Bali, Indonesia 5pm

SUN 22MAR26 Papeete, French Polynesia 4am

SUN 22MAR26 Crossing the Equator

MON 23MAR26 At Sea

TUE 24MAR26 Singapore Overnight 8am

WED 25MAR26 Singapore 6pm

THU 26MAR26 At Sea (Gulf of Thailand)

FRI 27MAR26 Phu My Vietnam 6am 6pm

SAT 28MAR26 Nha Trang Vietnam 9am 6pm

SUN 29MAR26 At Sea

MON 30MAR26 Halong Bay (Hanoi) Vietnam 7am 8pm

TUE 31MAR26 At Sea (South China Sea)

WED 01APR26 Hong Kong Overnight 7am

THU 02APR26 Hong Kong 5pm

FRI  03APR26 At Sea (South China Sea)

SAT 04APR26 Kaohsiung Taiwan 8am 5pm

SUN 05APR26 Keelung (Taipei) Taiwan 10am Midnight

MON 06APR26 At Sea (Pacific Ocean)

TUE 07APR26 Naha Okinawa Japan 8am 7pm

WED 08APR26 Amami (Naze) Amami Oshima Japan 8am 7pm

THU 09APR26 At Sea (East China Sea)

FRI 10APR26 Nagasaki Japan Overnight 8am

SAT 11APR26 Nagasaki Japan 5pm dep

SUN 12APR26 At Sea (Pacific)

MON 13APR26 Shimizu Japan 8am 5pm

TUE 14APR26 Tokyo Japan Overnight 8am

WED 15APR26 Tokyo Japan 4:30 pm dep

THU 16APR26 At Sea (Pacific Ocean)

FRI 17APR26 Hakodate Japan 8am 5pm

SAT 18APR26 At Sea

SUN 19APR26 At Sea

MON 20APR26 At Sea (Cross the Int’l dateline)

TUE 21APR26 At Sea

WED 22APR26 At Sea

THU 23APR26 At Sea

FRI 24APR26 Kodiak Alaska 8am 5pm

SAT 25APR26 At Sea (Pacific)

SUN 26APR26 Sitka Alaska 8am 5pm

MON 27APR26 Ketchikan Alaska 8am 5pm

TUE 28APR26 At Sea

WED 29APR26 Seattle Washington 7am 6pm

THU 30APR26 At Sea (Pacific)

FRI 01MAY26 At Sea

SAT 02MAY26 At Sea

SUN 03MAY26 San Diego 7am 5pm

MON 04MAY26 At Sea

TUE 05MAY26 At Sea

WED 06MAY26 Manzanillo Colima Mexico 7am 4pm

THU 07MAY26 At Sea

FRI 08MAY26 Puerto Chiapas Mexico 10am 7pm

SAT 09MAY26 Acajutla El Salvaor 7am 3pm

SUN 10MAY26 At Sea

MON 11MAY26 Fuerte Amador (Panama City) Overnight 5pm

TUE 12MAY26 Fuerte Amador Enter the canal Balboa transit Cristobal 4am dep 7pm

WED 13MAY26 At Sea (Caribbean Sea)

THU 14MAY26 Cartagena Columbia 7am 1pm

FRI 15MAY26 At Sea

SAT 16MAY26 At Sea

SUN 17MAY26 Debark ship Fort Lauderdale, Florida 7am