Well, in the last week or so, we have been very busy making changes to our future cruises. For the current situation, we are still on the Koningsdam until 22 March. We have two wonderful Circle Hawaii voyages and an incredible 35-day Hawaii, Tahiti and the Marquesas voyage before we debark. On the 22nd, we basically walk across the pier and board the Zaandam for another 6 weeks of Mexico before flying home. Now, that brings us up to our recent planning. For starters, the big driver was the decision to cancel the 2026 Grand World Voyage on the Volendam. I was booked from 7 September 2025 until 20 June 2026 on the Volendam. The biggest reason was our friend Florin Dragomir is one of the Hotel General Managers onboard. The first thing that happened that got our attention about possibly baling was the understandable itinerary change driven by the situation in the region of the Red Sea and Suez Canal. It was a very poorly done replan in my opinion, without much thought put into it leaving it well shy of actually being a Grand World Voyage but, we were going to stay on nonetheless because of Florin and his team. Then, someone in corporate decided that the World Voyage would be split between the two Hotel General Managers… That was the deal breaker! Not a smart decision as far as I was concerned… So, that started a flurry of activity about what to do for our future traveling on Holland America Line. The first decision was easy, still get on the Volendam on 7 September 2025 and stay on until the end of the 45-day Legendary Mediterranean Voyage which ends 21 November. We decided from there we would do the South America season on the Oosterdam. Since it will have already departed on the 17th of November, we will fly from Newark to Lima, Peru on the 21st and do some cool stuff until the Oosterdam arrives on the 27th. Then we are off and running, lots of South America, including 3 trips through Antarctica. That takes us to 8 April where we debark the Oosterdam in Fort Lauderdale and board the Koningsdam on my birthday, April 10th. Then it’s off through the Panama Canal on our way to Vancouver, Canada where we will switch ships, once again, to the Nieuw Amsterdam to get in a bit of Alaska until we debark at the end of May to fly home and ready ourselves for the next adventure… Just a hint, it will be 238 days in Asia for the entire 2026-2027 Asia season! More later…
Volendam Adventures: Canada & New England,
Mediterranean
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
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 2pm
SUN 19OCT25 Barcelona Spain 8am 11pm
MON 20OCT25 At Sea
TUE 21OCT25 Florence/Pisa (Livorno) Italy 7am 7pm
WED 22 OCT25 Rome (Civitavecchia) Italy 7am overnight
THU 23OCT Rome (Civitavecchia) Italy 5pm dep
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 At Sea
MON 10NOV25 Algiers Algeria 7am 2pm
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
Oosterdam
Adventures; South America & Antarctica
Fri 21NOV25 New York (Manhattan) NY fly to Lima Peru
Thu 27NOV25 Callao (Lima) Peru overnight – we join the
ship
Fri 28NOV25 Callao (Lima) Peru overnight
Sat 29NOV25 Callao (Lima) Peru 6pm dep
Sun 30NOV25 General San Martin (Pisco) Peru 7am 4pm
Mon 01DEC25 At Sea
Tue 02DEC25 At Sea
Wed 03DEC25 Coquimbo (La Serena), Chile 8am 4pm
Thu 04DEC25 San Antonio (Santiago), Chile 7am 5pm
Fri 05DEC25 At Sea
Sat 06DEC25 Puerto Montt, Chile 8am 5pm
Sun 07DEC25 Puerto Chacabuco, Chile Tender 11am 7pm
Mon 08DEC25 Cruising Chilean Fjords
Tue 09DEC25 Scenic cruising Sarmiento Channel
Wed 10DEC25 Strait of Magellan Cruising Only
Wed 10DEC25 Punta Arenas, Chile Tender 6am 6pm
Wed 10DEC25 Cockburn Channel Cruising Only
Wed 10DEC25 Beagle Channel Cruising Only
Thu 11DEC25 Daylight cruising Glacier Alley
Thu 11DEC25 Ushuaia, Argentina 12n 8pm
Fri 12DEC25 Scenic Cruising Cape Horn
Sat 13DEC25 Stanley/Falkland
Is/Islas Malvina Tender 8am 6pm
Sun 14DEC25 At Sea
Mon 15SDEC25 At Sea
Tue 16DEC25 Montevideo, Uruguay 8am 6pm
Wed 17DEC25 Buenos Aires, Argentina Overnight 8am
Thu 18DEC25 Buenos Aires, Argentina Overnight
Fri 19DEC25 Buenos Aires, Argentina 7pm
Sat 20DEC25 Montevideo, Uruguay 8am 7:30pm
Sun 21DEC25 Punta del Este, Uruguay Tender 8am 4pm
Mon 22DEC25 At Sea
Tue 23DEC25 Puerto Madryn, Argentina 9am 6pm
Wed 24DEC25 At Sea
Thu 25DEC25 Stanley/Falkland Is/Islas Malvina Tender
8am 5pm
Fri 26DEC25 At Sea
Sat 27DEC25 Antarctic Experience 8am to 6pm
Sun 28DEC25 Antarctic Experience 8am to 6pm
Mon 29DEC25 Antarctic Experience 8am to 6pm
Tue 30DEC25 Antarctic Experience 8am to 6pm
Wed 31DEC25 At Sea
Thu 01JAN26 Drake Passage and Cape Horn Cruising Only
Fri 02JAN26 Ushuaia, Argentina 9am 3:30pm
Fri 02JAN26 Daylight cruising Glacier Alley
Fri 02JAN26 Beagle Channel, cruising only
Sat 03JAN26 Punta Arenas. Chile, Tender 10am 10pm
Sat 03JAN26 Strait of Magellan, cruising only
Sun 04JAN26 Scenic cruising Sarmiento Channel
Sun 04JAN26 Scenic cruising Amalia or Brujo Gla,
cruising only
Mon 05JAN26 Scenic cruising Chilean Fjords
Tue 06JAN26 Puerto Chacabuco, Chile, Tender 8am to 3pm
Wed 07JAN26 Puerto Montt, Chile, Tender 8am 5pm
Thu 08JAN26 At Sea
Fri 09JAN26 San Antonio (Santiago) Chile 7am to 6pm
Sat 10JAN26 At Sea
Sun 11JAN26 Puerto Montt, Chile, Tender 8am to 5pm
Mon 12JAN26 Puerto Chacabuco, Chile, Tender 10am to
6pm
Tue 13JAN26 Cruising Chilean Fjords
Wed 14JAN26 Scenic cruising Amalia or Brujo Gla
cruising onky
Wed 14JAN26 Scenic cruising Sarmiento Channel
Thu 15JAN26 Strait of
Magellan, cruising only
Thu 15JAN26 Punta Arenas, Chile, Tender 6am 6pm
Thu 15JAN26 Cockburn Channel, cruising only
Thu 15JAN26 Beagle Channel, cruising only
Fri 16JAN26 Daylight cruising Glacier Alley
Fri 16JAN26 Ushuaia, Argentina 1pm 8pm
Sat 17JAN26 Cape Horn and Drake Passage, cruising only
Sun 18JAN26 At Sea
Mon 19JAN26 Antarctic
Experience 8am to 6pm
Tue 20JAN26 Antarctic Experience 8am to 6pm
Wed 21JAN26 Antarctic Experience 8am to 6pm
Thu 22JAN26 Antarctic Experience 8am to 6pm
Fri 23JAN26 At Sea
Sat 24JAN26 Stanley/Falkland Is/Islas Malvina Tender
8am 5pm
Sun 25JAN26 At Sea
Mon 26JAN26 Puerto Madryn, Argentina 8am to 5pm
Tue 27JAN26 At sea
Wed 28JAN26 Punta del Este, Uruguay, Tender 10am to
7pm
Thu 29JAN26 Montevideo,
Uruguay 7am to 6pm
Fri 30JAN26 Buenos Aires, Argentina, overnight 8am
Sat 31JAN26 Buenos Aires, Argentina, overnight
Sun 01FEB26 Buenos Aires, Argentina dep 6pm
Mon 02FEB26 Montevideo, Uruguay 8am to 11pm
Tue 03FEB26 Punta del Este, Uruguay, Tender 8am to 4pm
Wed 04FEB26 At Sea
Thu 05FEB26 Puerto Madryn, Argentina 9am to 5pm
Fri 06FEB26 At Sea
Sat 07FEB26 Stanley/Falkland
Is/Islas Malvina Tender 8am 5pm
Sun 08FEB26 At Sea
Mon 09FEB26 Antarctic Experience 8am to 6pm
Tue 10FEB26 Antarctic Experience 8am to 6pm
Wed 11FEB26 Antarctic Experience 8am to 6pm
Thu 12FEB26 Antarctic Experience 8am to 6pm
Fri 13FEB26 At Sea
Sat 14FEB26 Drake Passage and Cape Horn
Sun 15FEB26 Ushuaia, Argentina 9am to 3:30pm
Sun 15FEB26 Daylight cruising Glacier Alley
Sun 15FEB26 Beagle Channel, cruising only
Mon 16FEB26 Punta Arenas, Chile, Tender 10am to 10pm
Mon 16FEB26 Strait of Magellan, cruising only
Tue 17FEB26 Scenic cruising Sarmiento Channel
Tue 17FEB26 Scenic cruising Amalia or Brujo Gla
Wed 18FEB26 Cruising Chilean Fjords
Thu 19FEB26 Puerto Chacabuco,
Chile, Tender, 7am to 3pm
Fri 20FEB26 Puerto Montt, Chile, Tender, 8am to 5pm
Sat 21FEB26 At Sea
Sun 22FEB26 San Antonio (Santiago) Chile 7am to 5pm
Mon 23FEB26 At Sea
Tue 24FEB26 Puerto Montt,
Chile, Tender, 8am to 5pm
Wed 25FEB26 Puerto Chacabuco, Chile, Tender, 11am to
7pm
Thu 26FEB26 Cruising Chilean Fjords
Fri 27FEB26 Scenic cruising Sarmiento Channel
Sat 28FEB26 Strait of Magellan
Sat 28FEB26 Punta Arenas, Chile, Tender 6am to 6pm
Sat 28FEB26 Cockburn Channel
Sat 28FEB26 Beagle Channel
Sun 01MAR26 Daylight cruising Glacier Alley
Sun 01MAR26 Ushuaia, Argentina
12n to 8pm
Mon 02Mar26 Scenic cruising Cape Horn
Tue 03MAR26 Stanley/Falkland Is/Islas Malvina Tender
8am to 6pm
Wed 04MAR26 At Sea
Thu 05MAR26 At Sea
Fri 06MAR26 Montevideo, Uruguay 8am to 6pm
Sat 07MAR26 Buenos Aires, Argentina Overnight 8am
Sun 08MAR26 Buenos Aires Overnight
Mon 09MAR26 Buenos Aires, dep 6pm
Tue 10MAR26 Montevideo, Uruguay 8am to 6pm
Wed 11MAR26 At Sea
Thu 12MAR At Sea
Fri 13MAR26 Stanley/Falkland Is/Islas Malvina, Tender,
8am to 4:30pm
Sat 14MAR26 Scenic Cruising Cape Horn
Sun 15MAR26 Ushuaia, Argentina 7am to 3pm
Sun 15MAR26 Beagle Channel
Sun 15MAR26 Daylight cruising Glacier Alley
Mon 16MAR26 Strait of Magellan
Tue 17MAR26 Punta Arenas, Chile 8am to 5pm
Wed 18MAR26 Cockburn Channel
Thu 19MAR26 Strait of Magellan
Fri 20MAR26 Puerto Montt, Chile, Tender, 8am to 5pm
Sat 21MAR26 At Sea
Sun 22MAR26 San Antonio (Santiago) Chile 7am to 5pm
Mon 23MAR26 Coquimbo (La Serena) Chile 8am 4pm
Tue 24MAR26 At Sea
Wed 25MAR26 At Sea
Thu 26MAR26 General San Martin (Pisco) Peru 8am 5pm
Fri 27MAR26 Callao (Lima) Peru Overnight, 6am arr
Sat 28MAR26 Callao overnight
Sun 29MAR26 Callao (Lima) Peru, dep 2 pm
Mon 30MAR26 Salaverry (Trujillo) Peru 8am to 5pm
Tue 31MAR26 At Sea
Wed 01APR26 Manta, Ecuador 5am to 7pm
Thu 02APR26 At Sea
Fri 03APR26 Fuerte Amador, Panama, Overnight, 10am arr
Sat 04APR26 Fuerte Amador, Panama dep 5am
Sat 04APR26 Enter Panama Canal Balboa
Sat 04APR26 Cruising Panama Canal
Sat 04APR26 Exit Panama Canal Cristobal 8pm dep
Sun 05APR26 At Sea
Mon 06APR26 Georgetown, Cayman Islands, Tender 8am to
3pm
Tue 07APR26 At Sea
Wed 08APR26 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA 7am
Koningsdam Adventure: Panama Canal
Fri
10APR26 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, dep 3pm
Sat
11APR26 At Sea
Sun
12APR26 At Sea
Mon
13APR26 Cartagena, Columbia 7am to 1pm
Tue
14APR26 Enter Panama Canal Cristobal 6am Transit
Tue
14APR26 Exit Panama Canal Balboa 6pm
Tue
14APR26 Fuerte Amador, Panama Overnight 8pm
Wed
15APR26 Fuerte Amador, Panama 5pm
Thu
16APR26 At Sea
Fri
17APR26 Puntarenas (Puerto Caldera) Costa 8am to 5pm
Sat
18APR26 At Sea
Sun
19Apr26 Acajutla, El Salvador 8am to 6pm
Mon
20APR26 Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala 6am 5pm
Tue
21APR26 Puerto Chiapas, Mexico 7am to 3pm
Wed
22APR26 At Sea
Thu
23APR26 Manzanillo, Mexico 10am to 6pm
Fri
24APR26 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 8am to 6pm
Sat
25APR26 At Sea
Sun
26APR26 At Sea
Mon
27APR26 San Diego, California 8am
Pacific
Coastal Cruise
Mon
27APR26 San Diego, California 5pm dep
Tue
28APR26 At Sea
Wed
29APR26 San Francisco, California 8am to 6pm
Thu
30APR26 At Sea
Fri
01MAY26 At Sea
Sat
02MAY26 Vancouver disembark ship
Nieuw
Amsterdam Great Alaska Explorer
Sun
03MAY26 Sail from Vancouver 4pm
Mon
04MAY26 Scenic cruising the Inside Passage
Tue
05MAY26 Juneau, Alaska 1pm to 9pm
Wed
06MAY26 At Sea
Thu
07MAY26 Valdez, Alaska 7am to 3pm
Fri
08MAY26 Kodiak, Alaska 8am to 5pm
Sat
09MAY26 Anchorage, Alaska 8am to 5pm
Sun
10MAY26 At Sea
Mon
11MAY26 Icy Strait Point, Alaska 8am to 8pm
Tue
12MAY26 Glacier Bay, Cruising Only 7am to 4pm
Wed
13MAY26 Wrangell, Alaska 8am to 5pm
Thu
14MAY26 Ketchikan, Alaska 8am to 7pm
Fri
15MAY26 Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Ca 7am to 5pm
Sat
16MAY26 Scenic Cruising the Inside Passage
Sun
17May26 Vancouver, BC 7am to 4pm
Mon
18MAY26 Scenic Cruising the Inside Passage
Tue
19MAY26 Ketchikan, Alaska 6:30am to 3pm
Wed
20MAY26 Juneau, Alaska 10am to 9pm
Thu
21MAY26 Skagway, Alaska 5:30 to 9pm Fri
Fri
22MAY26 Glacier Bay 6am to 3pm
Sat
23MAY26 College Fjord 5pm to 8pm
Sun
24MAY26 Whittier, Alaska 1am to 7:30pm
Mon
25MAY26 Cruising Hubbard Glacier, 3pm to 6pm
Tue
26MAY26 Glacier Bay, cruising only 8:30am to 6:30pm
Wed
27MAY26 Skagway, Alaska 5:30am to 9pm
Thu
28MAY26 Juneau, Alaska 7am to 4:30pm
Fri
29MAY26 Ketchikan, Alaska 11am to 7pm
Sat
30MAY26 Scenic cruising the Inside Passage
Sun
31MAY26 Disembark Vancouver, BC, Canada
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