ms Zuiderdam

ms Zuiderdam current position

ms Zuiderdam current location is at North West Atlantic Ocean (coordinates 21.14715 N / -72.27312 W) cruising at speed of 14.5 kn (27 km/h | 17 mph) en route to BS NAS > DO POP. The AIS position was reported 29 minutes ago.

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Current itinerary of ms Zuiderdam

ms Zuiderdam current cruise is 14 days, round-trip Eastern Tropical Caribbean, themed as "Christmas,Tropical". The itinerary starts on 14 Dec, 2024 and ends on 28 Dec, 2024.

Date / TimePort
14 Dec 15:00    Departing from Fort Lauderdale, Port Everglades, Florida hotels
16 Dec 08:00 - 17:00    Puerto Plata-Amber Cove, Dominicana
17 Dec 13:00 - 22:00    San Juan, Puerto Rico
18 Dec 07:00 - 16:00    St Thomas Island USVI, Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands
20 Dec 08:00 - 14:00    Half Moon Cay, Bahamas Carnival private island
21 Dec 07:00 - 15:00    Fort Lauderdale, Port Everglades, Florida
22 Dec 07:00 - 17:00    Nassau, Bahamas, New Providence Island
24 Dec 08:00 - 17:00    Puerto Plata-Amber Cove, Dominicana
25 Dec 07:00 - 17:00    Grand Turk Island, Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos
27 Dec 07:00 - 16:00    Half Moon Cay, Bahamas Carnival private island
28 Dec 07:00    Arriving in Fort Lauderdale, Port Everglades, Florida hotels

Specifications of ms Zuiderdam

Year of build2002  /  Age: 22
Flag state Netherlands
BuilderFincantieri (Marghera, Italy)
ClassHAL VISTA
Building costUSD 430 million
Engines (power)Wartsila-Sulzer (75.14 MW / 100764 hp)
Propulsion power35.24 MW / 47258 hp
Speed22 kn / 41 km/h / 25 mph
Length (LOA)285 m / 935 ft
Beam (width)32 m / 105 ft
Gross Tonnage82820 gt
Passengers1970 - 2364
Crew817
Passengers-to-space ratio35
Decks11
Cabins985
Decks with cabins7
Last Refurbishment2019
Sister-shipsMS Noordam, MS Oosterdam, MS Westerdam, P&O Arcadia
Christened byJoan Lunden
OwnerCarnival Corporation & PLC
OperatorHolland America Line

ms Zuiderdam Itineraries

DateItineraryDeparture PortPrice from
2024 Nov 09 25 days, one-way from Boston to Fort Lauderdale Boston $2079
2024 Nov 23 11 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Wayfarer Fort Lauderdale $1094
2024 Nov 23 21 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Wayfarer Southern Seafarer Fort Lauderdale $1774
2024 Dec 04 10 days, round-trip Southern Caribbean Seafarer Fort Lauderdale
2024 Dec 04 17 days, round-trip Southern Caribbean Seafarer Eastern Caribbean Fort Lauderdale
2024 Dec 14 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Fort Lauderdale
2024 Dec 14 14 days, round-trip Eastern Tropical Caribbean Fort Lauderdale
2024 Dec 21 7 days, round-trip Tropical Caribbean Holiday Fort Lauderdale $1449
2024 Dec 21 14 days, round-trip Tropical Eastern Caribbean Fort Lauderdale
2024 Dec 28 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Holiday Fort Lauderdale
2025 Jan 04 38 days, one-way from Fort Lauderdale to Sydney Fort Lauderdale $7144
2025 Jan 04 56 days, one-way from Fort Lauderdale to Singapore Fort Lauderdale $10514
2025 Jan 04 125 days, round-trip Grand World Voyage Fort Lauderdale $22354
2025 Feb 11 42 days, one-way from Sydney to Cape Town Sydney $7679
2025 Mar 01 49 days, one-way from Singapore to Piraeus-Athens Singapore $8609
2025 Mar 25 45 days, one-way from Cape Town to Fort Lauderdale Cape Town $7724
2025 Apr 19 20 days, one-way from Piraeus-Athens to Fort Lauderdale Piraeus-Athens $3374
2025 May 09 15 days, one-way from Fort Lauderdale to Quebec City Fort Lauderdale $1159
2025 May 24 7 days, one-way from Quebec City to Boston Quebec City $889
2025 May 31 7 days, one-way from Boston to Quebec City Boston $854
2025 May 31 14 days, round-trip Canada New England Unesco Sites Collector Boston $1626
2025 Jun 07 7 days, one-way from Quebec City to Boston Quebec City $879
2025 Jun 14 7 days, round-trip Canada New England Circle New Brunswick Boston $1059
2025 Jun 21 7 days, one-way from Boston to Quebec City Boston $899
2025 Jun 21 14 days, round-trip Canada New England Unesco Sites Collector Boston $1687
2025 Jun 28 7 days, one-way from Quebec City to Boston Quebec City $894
2025 Jul 05 7 days, one-way from Boston to Quebec City Boston $944
2025 Jul 05 14 days, round-trip Canada New England Unesco Sites Collector Boston $1801
2025 Jul 12 7 days, one-way from Quebec City to Boston Quebec City $974
2025 Jul 19 17 days, one-way from Boston to Rotterdam Boston $5139
2025 Jul 19 35 days, round-trip Voyage Of The Vikings Boston $8544
2025 Aug 05 18 days, one-way from Rotterdam to Boston Rotterdam $5089
2025 Aug 23 7 days, round-trip Canada New England Circle New Brunswick Boston $994
2025 Aug 30 7 days, one-way from Boston to Quebec City Boston $889
2025 Aug 30 14 days, round-trip Canada New England Unesco Sites Collector Boston $1882
2025 Sep 06 7 days, one-way from Quebec City to Boston Quebec City $1114
2025 Sep 13 7 days, one-way from Boston to Quebec City Boston $1049
2025 Sep 13 14 days, round-trip Canada New England Unesco Sites Collector Boston $2117
2025 Sep 20 7 days, one-way from Quebec City to Boston Quebec City $1139
2025 Sep 27 7 days, round-trip Canada New England Circle New Brunswick Boston $1159
2025 Oct 04 7 days, one-way from Boston to Quebec City Boston $1854
2025 Oct 04 14 days, round-trip Canada New England Unesco Sites Collector Boston
2025 Oct 11 7 days, one-way from Quebec City to Boston Quebec City $1064
2025 Oct 18 14 days, one-way from Boston to Miami Boston $1265
2025 Oct 18 21 days, one-way from Boston to Miami Boston $1880
2025 Nov 01 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean San Juan St. Thomas Miami $904
2025 Nov 01 14 days, round-trip Eastern Western Caribbean San Juan Mexico Miami $1679
2025 Nov 08 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Greater Antilles Mexico Miami $899
2025 Nov 08 14 days, round-trip Western Eastern Caribbean Mexico Bahamas Miami $1684
2025 Nov 15 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Amber Cove Bahamas Miami $909
2025 Dec 06 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean San Juan St. Thomas Miami $804
2025 Dec 06 17 days, round-trip Eastern Southern Caribbean San Juan Abc Islands Miami $1954
2025 Dec 13 10 days, round-trip Southern Caribbean Amber Cove Abc Islands Miami $1259
2025 Dec 13 21 days, round-trip Southern Eastern Caribbean Abc Leeward Holiday Miami $3094
2025 Dec 23 11 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Windward Leeward Islands Holiday Miami $2024
2025 Dec 23 18 days, round-trip Eastern Western Caribbean Leeward Islands Mexico Miami $2819
2026 Jan 03 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Greater Antilles Mexico Miami $954
2026 Jan 03 14 days, round-trip Western Eastern Caribbean Mexico Bahamas Miami $1779
2026 Jan 10 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Amber Cove Bahamas Miami $954
2026 Jan 10 14 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Bahamas San Juan Miami $1829
2026 Jan 17 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean San Juan St. Thomas Miami $1004
2026 Jan 17 14 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean San Juan Bahamas Miami $1889
2026 Jan 24 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Amber Cove Bahamas Miami $1014
2026 Jan 24 22 days, one-way from Miami to San Diego Miami $3239
2026 Jan 31 15 days, one-way from Miami to San Diego Miami $2399
2026 Jan 31 27 days, one-way from Miami to San Diego Miami $3954
2026 Feb 15 12 days, round-trip Historical Baja Peninsula San Diego $1754
2026 Feb 15 27 days, one-way from San Diego to Miami San Diego $4054
2026 Feb 27 15 days, one-way from San Diego to Miami San Diego $2499
2026 Feb 27 26 days, one-way from San Diego to Miami San Diego $3729
2026 Mar 14 11 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Windward Leeward Islands Miami $1429
2026 Mar 14 21 days, round-trip Eastern Southern Caribbean Leeward Abc Islands Miami $2649
2026 Mar 25 10 days, round-trip Southern Caribbean Amber Cove Abc Islands Miami $1404
2026 Mar 25 17 days, round-trip Southern Eastern Caribbean Abc Islands Bahamas Miami $2359
2026 Apr 04 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Amber Cove Bahamas Miami $1104
2026 Apr 04 14 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Bahamas San Juan Miami $2089
2026 Apr 11 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean San Juan St. Thomas Miami $1104
2026 Apr 18 14 days, one-way from Miami to Quebec City Miami $1364
2026 May 02 7 days, one-way from Quebec City to Boston Quebec City $979
2026 May 09 7 days, one-way from Boston to Quebec City Boston $954
2026 May 09 14 days, round-trip Canada New England Unesco Sites Collector Boston $1794
2026 May 16 7 days, one-way from Quebec City to Boston Quebec City $979
2026 May 23 7 days, one-way from Boston to Quebec City Boston $1054
2026 May 23 14 days, round-trip Canada New England Unesco Sites Collector Boston $1989
2026 May 30 7 days, one-way from Quebec City to Boston Quebec City $1074
2026 Jun 06 7 days, one-way from Boston to Quebec City Boston $1149
2026 Jun 06 14 days, round-trip Canada New England Unesco Sites Collector Boston $2184
2026 Jun 13 7 days, one-way from Quebec City to Boston Quebec City $1174
2026 Jun 20 7 days, one-way from Boston to Quebec City Boston $1199
2026 Jun 20 14 days, round-trip Canada New England Unesco Sites Collector Boston $2284
2026 Jun 27 7 days, one-way from Quebec City to Boston Quebec City $1224
2026 Jul 04 7 days, round-trip Americas 250Th Celebration Stars Stripes Voyage Boston $1394
2026 Jul 11 7 days, round-trip Canada New England Circle New Brunswick Boston $1229
2026 Jul 18 35 days, round-trip Voyage Of The Vikings Solar Eclipse Boston $8689
2026 Aug 22 7 days, one-way from Boston to Quebec City Boston $1304
2026 Aug 22 14 days, round-trip Canada New England Unesco Sites Collector Boston $2494
2026 Aug 29 7 days, one-way from Quebec City to Boston Quebec City $1334
2026 Sep 05 7 days, one-way from Boston to Quebec City Boston $1359
2026 Sep 05 14 days, round-trip Canada New England Unesco Sites Collector Boston $2604
2026 Sep 12 7 days, one-way from Quebec City to Boston Quebec City $1384
2026 Sep 19 7 days, one-way from Boston to Quebec City Boston $1344
2026 Sep 19 14 days, round-trip Canada New England Unesco Sites Collector Boston $2684
2026 Sep 26 7 days, one-way from Quebec City to Boston Quebec City $1484
2026 Oct 03 7 days, round-trip Canada New England Circle New Brunswick Boston $1394
2026 Oct 10 7 days, one-way from Boston to Quebec City Boston $1359
2026 Oct 17 14 days, one-way from Quebec City to Miami Quebec City $2084

ms Zuiderdam Review

Review of ms Zuiderdam

The 2002-built MS Zuiderdam cruise ship is the 1st Vista-class Holland America liner, with sisterships ms Oosterdamms Noordam, ms Westerdam.

The vessel (IMO number 9221279) is currently Netherlands-flagged (MMSI 245304000) and registered in Rotterdam.

History - construction and ownership

Holland America Line (HAL) is a Seattle-based cruise company owned by Carnival Corporation (shipowner). Between 1873-1989, HAL was a Dutch cargo and passenger shipping company operating regular Transatlantic crossings between Holland and the Americas. HAL was founded in 1873 as "Dutch-American Steamship Company" headquartered in Rotterdam Netherlands.

In 1989, HAL was acquired by Carnival Corporation for around EUR 530 million. Among the company's assets are the Westmark hotel chain (Alaska-Yukon), Worldwide Shore Services (warehouses-logistics) and Half Moon Cay (Caribbean private island).

Holland America MS Zuiderdam cruise ship

The 2000-passenger ship Zuiderdam was much showier than its ancestors, to attract younger travelers. The vessel sparkles with a flashy color scheme - from vivid red lifts and corridors to bar and show lounge seating in magenta, orange and yellow. Actually, the vessels that followed reflected a return to a more conservative layout style. There is one very interesting thing - much of the vessel's unusually light decor was left unchanged during the refurbishment, part of HAL's multi-million-dollar "Signature of Excellence" project. But, whether it is "gaudy" or "modern" really depends on passengers' personal style. After all, as more and more vessel designers take risks with distinct shapes and color palettes, styles that felt loud in 2002 are more ordinary a few years later. Probably the vessel has just grown into her look.

Decks and Cabins

MS Zuiderdam staterooms (985 total, in 30 grades) include 162 Suites, 499 Balconies, 163 Oceanviews, 163 Inside cabins. Most staterooms are sized 170-205 ft2 (16-19 m2). Nearly 70% of all staterooms have private step-out balconies. Wheelchair-accessible cabins are 27. The largest accommodations are the Pinnacle Suites (830 ft2 / 77 m2, with terrace sized 320 ft2 / 30 m2).

The boat has 11 passenger decks, of which 7 are with cabins.

Implemented fleetwide in 2019, "Club Orange" program provides exclusive amenities to Suite passengers booked in categories Neptune and Pinnacle. Bonus perks by this program include:

  • priority services (check-in, disembarkation, tendering, dining reservations)
  • 24-hour concierge service (assistance, information, reservations)
  • exclusive dining venue (serving complimentary Pinnacle Grill breakfast and Dining Room dinner, plus exclusive dishes)
  • dedicated Concierge Desk (Guest Services and Tours)
  • room service (a la carte breakfast menu with complimentary gourmet dishes - including smoked salmon, steak and eggs)
  • sparkling wine (embarkation day), Club Orange tote bag, premium bathrobes (cabin use, available for monogramming and purchasing).
  • Club Orange Restaurant is part of the Main Dining Room (designed as a separate VIP dining section).

Shipboard dining options - Food and Drinks

Zuiderdam's main dining room features large windows in both its upper and lower sections. These rooms are separated by a ceiling, which is better than MDR's upper level looking down onto the lower one. Such a layout makes conversation better as voices don't carry as far, though you don't get the grand effect common to other main dining rooms. Open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night snacks, the Lido Buffet is in bright, jazzy colors with seating in the main pool area under magrodome cover (sliding glass roof) and on the adjacent aft deck. Food is arranged in themed stations that serve up sandwiches made to order, salads, pizza, sushi, stir-fries and typical hot fare. Thus, you don't have to wait behind a passenger picking through the salad bar if you want to move on to the meat station.

Follows the complete list of ms Zuiderdam's restaurants and food bars.

  • Pinnacle Grill (130-seat reservations-only seafood/steakhouse restaurant with fine wines selection; free for passengers under 12 yo). The venue transforms into “An Evening at le Cirque” once per cruise via a partnership with NYC “Le Cirque” French restaurant.
  • Vista Restaurant (1058-seat, aft Dining Room; features open seating Breakfast and Lunch, two Dinner options - two fixed seatings or “Any Time” dining between 5:15-9 pm)
  • Terrace Grill (fast food pool bar; complimentary)
  • Lido Restaurant (446-seat complimentary buffet restaurant; offers self-service Breakfast 6-11 am, Lunch 11:30-2 pm, Afternoon Tea, Dinner 5:30-8 pm)
  • Canaletto Restaurant (Lido Restaurant annex; operates as an Italian restaurant for Dinner, reservations required).

Shipboard entertainment options - Fun and Sport

The Culinary Arts Center features permanent cooking and viewing equipment to instruct guests on the preparation of various dishes. It is operated via a partnership with Food & Wine magazine and offers wine tastings ($15), cocktail tastings and mixology classes, as well as cooking, cake decorating, garnishing and flower arranging classes. The Queen's Lounge offers musical performances with B.B. King's Blues Club experience for five nights per week. The Digital Workshop, powered by Microsoft, is a dedicated computing education venue, with two rows of computers fronting a big, wall-mounted monitor hooked into the computer of the instructor, to graphically demonstrate each step. Other amenities include: complimentary 24-Hour Room-Service, Supervised Kids Program ("Club Hal"), cruise ship weddings, Internet/WiFi Access, Laundry/Self-Serve Laundromats.

Holland America MS Zuiderdam cruise ship

Follows the complete list of ms Zuiderdam's lounges, clubs and other entertainment venues for kids, teens and adults.

  • Atrium (3-deck high midship open-floor area with live performances)
  • Vista Lounge (867-seat theatre/main show lounge; also serves Holland America’s enrichment program (via a partnership with BBC Earth)
  • Piano Bar; Sports Bar; Pinnacle Bar (28-seat wine bar); Ocean Bar (Atrium bar and lounge, with dance floor and stage for live performances)
  • Northern Lights Disco & Nightclub
  • Queen’s Lounge & Culinary Arts Centre (with live band entertainment, cooking shows, culinary classes; via a partnership with “Food & Wine Magazine”)
  • Explorer’s Lounge & Bar (lounge with bar; classical concert performances)
  • Meeting Rooms (Hudson, Half Moon, Stuyvesant)
  • Photo Gallery & Shop; Art Gallery
  • Casino (served by Casino Bar and Sports Bar)
  • Screening Room (38-seat indoor cinema); Erasmus Room (24-seat library)
  • Atrium Shops (boutiques for duty-free tobaccos and liquor, perfumes, watches, clothing, HAL logo merchandise, souvenirs); Marabella Luxury Shop
  • Explorations Cafe (specialty coffee bar and patisserie; also serves as ship’s Library and Online Centre/Internet computers room)
  • Neptune Lounge (club venue for Deluxe Suite and Pinnacle guests only)
  • Fitness Center (gym with separate Aerobics Room)
  • Greenhouse Spa & Salon (with Hydro Pool); Lido Pool area, served by Lido Bar and Terrace Grill; Sea View Pool area served by Sea View Bar; The Retreat (adults-only); 5 jacuzzis
  • Crow’s Nest (observation lounge; bar and dance floor; becomes disco at night)
  • Sport Court (basketball, volleyball, soccer); Promenade Deck, Walking Track
  • Club HAL (kids lounge, complimentary youth programming)
  • The Loft (teens club lounge area, with Video Games Arcade, computers, PlayStations; teen disco).

Since 2023, all HAL ships have pickleball courts (installed on the top deck) operated via an exclusive partnership with PPA-Professional Pickleball Association. HAL also offers complimentary beginner lessons (led by onboard instructors), sells branded pickleball starter kits (at the ship's retail shops) and Play Pickleball tutorial videos are included in the cabin TV programming.

Itineraries

MS Zuiderdam itinerary program is based on Alaska cruises from Seattle WA in the summer. During winter months the ship operates on the ”10 Day Panama Canal Sunfarer” cruises from Fort Lauderdale, featuring Panama Canal transits on repositioning.

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During a major drydock refit in 2007, HAL's Zuiderdam ship was stretched by adding a 130 ft / 40 m long midsection. Zuiderdam is the first of Holland America Line's all four "compass ships" (VISTA-class vessels), with sisterships Noordam, Oosterdam, Westerdam.

Zuider means "South" (in Dutch). The class was named "Vista" because of the expansive use of glass in the superstructure.

The vessel (Fincantieri Marghera yard/hull number 6075) has volume 82820 GT-tons, DWT-deadweight tonnage 10965 tons, max draught 8 m. The powerplant is based on 5x Wartisla-Sulzer marine diesel engines (models 3x 16ZAV40S plus 2x 12ZAV40S) with combined output 75,14 MW (100764 hp). The propulsion is diesel-electric and based on 2x ABB Azipod thrusters with combined output 35,24 MW (47260 hp). The registered shipowner is HAL ANTILLEN NV, while the registered manager is HOLLAND AMERICA LINE NV.

Zuiderdam's Inaugural Cruise/ Maiden Voyage was on December 14, 2002.

The ship's Godmother was Joan Lunden (1950-born US journalist, author, TV host).

The ship features a Venetian theme throughout - numerous sculptures, statues and paintings of famous Dutch ships. In its Atrium area, the ship has an impressively big Seahorse sculpture made of crystal. Other prominent pieces of art onboard are a Queen Beatrix painting (by Andy Warhol), medallions by F.L.Wright, a floral painting by Charles Ben in addition to the ship's big collection of many centuries-old antiques and paintings. This HAL ship features 85% oceanview cabins, and 67% balconies. Zuiderdam is the first cruise liner ever to offer data sockets (USB ports) in every cabin for Internet access.

Zuiderdam is Holland America's 3rd vessel with this name. The first "Zuider" liner was in service 1912-1922 (5200-ton Transatlantic cargo ship crossing between Rotterdam and Savannah GA USA). The 2nd Zuiderdam (passenger ship) was scheduled for launch in 1941 but was badly damaged by the British (air attack) while docked in Port Rotterdam. German command decided to raise and re-float the hull in 1942 to be used as a port blockage to the Allied forces in 1944. After WW2 (1939-1945) this ill-fated ship was raised again but was never completed.

Grand Voyage 2025 (Australia-Africa-Europe)

In April 2023 was announced Zuiderdam's World Voyage 2025 leaving roundtrip from Port Everglades/Fort Lauderdale on January 4th (2025).

Curiously, the voyage runs simultaneously with MS Volendam's "Pole-to-Pole World Voyage 2025" (133-day itinerary/HAL's ever-first), both are roundtrips from Florida USA (Port Everglades/Fort Lauderdale) and both depart in January 2025.

Originally, Zuiderdam's 124-day "Grand World Voyage 2025" had scheduled visits to 46 ports (32 countries/6 continents). The east-to-west route features a Panama Canal transit, Transpacific crossing (via Easter Island) to Australia, then up (via the Great Barrier Reef) to Asia (Indonesia, Sri Lanka), then southwards to South Africa, up to Seychelles and along Africa's east coast. Followed a Suez Canal transit to Europe/Mediterranean and a Transatlantic crossing back to the USA.

However, in 2024, due to the Red Sea crisis, the itinerary was modified to avoid the Suez Canal. As result were canceled the planned visit to destinations in South Africa (Richards Bay), Mayotte (Mamoudzou), Tanzania (Zanzibar), Kenya (Mombasa), Egypt (Safaga, Alexandria), Jordan (Aqaba), France (Ajaccio Corsica), Spain (Cartagena, Cadiz), Portugal (Funchal Madeira).

To book the itineraries customers were required to contact HAL's World Cruise Reservations Desk or a travel agent, starting from April 20th (2023). Customers with a deposited Future Cruise Request got priority booking confirmation before these voyages which were officially open to the public on May 24th (2023).

In April 2024 HAL updated the itinerary and the alterations impacted the voyage's final 43 days (March 29th through May 9th/Cape Town to Fort Lauderdale). The revised itinerary encompassed 49 ports in 34 countries/territories.

Date / TimePort
04 Jan 19:00Departing from Fort Lauderdale
06 Jan 10:00 - 18:00George Town Harbour, Grand Cayman Island
08 Jan 07:00 - 16:00Puerto Limon, Costa Rica
09 Jan 06:00 - 06:00Panama Canal transit
11 Jan 08:00 - 23:00Manta, Ecuador
14 Jan 07:00 - 16 Jan 13:00 (overnight)Callao/Lima, Peru
21 Jan 10:00 - 22 Jan 16:00 (overnight)Easter Island Chile
28 Jan 08:00 - 29 Jan 05:00 (overnight)Papeete, Tahiti Island French Polynesia
29 Jan 08:00 - 17:00Moorea Island, Society Islands French Polynesia
30 Jan 08:00 - 17:00Raiatea Island, French Polynesia
01 Feb 08:00 - 17:00Rarotonga Island, Cook Islands NZ
05 Feb 08:00 - 17:00Nukualofa, Tongatapu Island Tonga
08 Feb 08:00 - 17:00Noumea, Grande Terre Island New Caledonia
11 Feb 08:00 - 12 Feb 18:00 (overnight)Sydney, NSW Australia
14 Feb 08:00 - 17:00Moreton Island, Queensland Australia
16 Feb 08:00 - 17:00Airlie Beach, Queensland Australia
18 Feb 07:00 - 18:00Cairns, Queensland Australia
22 Feb 08:00 - 17:00Darwin, NT Australia
25 Feb 07:00 - 17:00Benoa, Bali Indonesia
26 Feb 08:00 - 15:00Komodo Island, Indonesia
01 Mar 08:00 - 19:00Singapore
02 Mar 07:00 - 17:00Klang/Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
03 Mar 08:00 - 17:00Langkawi Island, Malaysia
04 Mar 08:00 - 17:00Phuket, Thailand
08 Mar 08:00 - 18:00Colombo, Sri Lanka
10 Mar 07:00 - 16:00Male, Kaafu Atoll Maldives
13 Mar 11:00 - 23:00Victoria, Mahe Island Seychelles
16 Mar 08:00 - 17:00Port Louis, Mauritius Island
17 Mar 08:00 - 17:00Saint-Denis, Reunion Island
19 Mar 08:00 - 17:00Tolagnaro/Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar
22 Mar 07:00 - 23:00Durban, South Africa
25 Mar 07:00 - 26 Mar 22:00 (overnight)Cape Town, South Africa
28 Mar 12:00 - 19:00Walvis Bay, Namibia
04 Apr 08:00 - 17:00Praia, Santiago Island Cape Verde
07 Apr 08:00 - 17:00Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
08 Apr 08:00 - 17:00Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands
10 Apr 08:00 - 16:00Gibraltar UK
11 Apr 09:00 - 17:00Cartagena, Spain
13 Apr 12:00 - 23:00Valletta, Malta
16 Apr 06:00 - 23:59Alexandria/Cairo, Egypt
18 Apr 07:00 - 18:00Kusadasi/Ephesus, Turkey
19 Apr 07:00 - 17:00Piraeus/Athens, Greece
21 Apr 08:00 - 17:00Naples, Italy
22 Apr 07:00 - 21:00Civitavecchia/Rome, Italy
23 Apr 07:00 - 14:00Olbia, Sardinia Italy
24 Apr 10:00 - 25 Apr 17:00 (overnight)Barcelona, Spain
26 Apr 08:00 - 17:00Alicante, Spain
28 Apr 07:00 - 16:00Lisbon, Portugal
29 Apr 09:00 - 16:00Tanger-Ville/Tangier, Morocco
06 May 12:00 - 20:00San Juan, Puerto Rico
09 May 07:00Arriving in Fort Lauderdale

Cruise-only fares started at US$25,000 per person with double occupancy (excluding taxes/fees/port charges).

Shorter itinerary segments included: 42-day (Sydney to Cape Town), 49-day (Singapore to Athens), 45-day (Cape Town to Fort Lauderdale) and 20-day Transatlantic crossing (Athens to Fort Lauderdale).

Grand Voyage 2024 (South America-Asia-Europe)

In April 2023, HAL announced Zuiderdam's Grand Voyage 2024.

Departing on January 3, 2024, the 128-night/130-day itinerary (roundtrip from Port Everglades/Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA) visited a total of 40 call ports (including 10 overnight port stays) and featured a full Panama Canal transit and navigation on the Amazon River.

Date / TimePort
03 Jan 17:00Departing from Fort Lauderdale
07 Jan 08:00 - 17:00Scarborough, Tobago
09 Jan 08:00 - 17:00Iles du Salut, French Guiana
11 Jan 06:00 - 10:00Macapa, Brazil
12 Jan 11:00 - 18:00Santarem, Brazil Amazon
13 Jan 07:00 - 14:00Boca da Valeria, Brazil Amazon
14 Jan 08:00 - 17:00Manaus, Brazil Amazon
15 Jan 10:00 - 18:00Parintins, Brazil Amazon
16 Jan 08:00 - 17:00Santarem, Brazil Amazon
20 Jan 08:00 - 17:00St Georges, Grenada
22 Jan 08:00 - 18:00Willemstad, Curacao
24 Jan 05:00 - 05:00Panama Canal
26 Jan 08:00 - 18:00Quepos, Costa Rica
30 Jan 07:00 - 16:00Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
06 Feb 10:00 - 20:00Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Island
07 Feb 08:00 - 17:00Hilo, Hawaii Island
08 Feb 08:00 - 17:00Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaii
18 Feb 08:00 - 17:00Apra Harbor, Guam Island USA
19 Feb 08:00 - 17:00Obyan, Saipan Island Marianas
23 Feb 07:00 - 17:00Ishigakijima Island, Japan
24 Feb 08:00 - 25 Feb 23:00 (overnight)Naha, Japan
28 Feb 08:00 - 29 Feb 18:00 (overnight)Tokyo, Japan
01 Mar 07:00 - 17:00Omaezaki, Japan
02 Mar 09:00 - 03 Mar 17:00 (overnight)Kobe-Osaka, Japan
05 Mar 07:00 - 16:00Hakata-Fukuoka City, Japan
07 Mar 12:00 - 08 Mar 18:00 (overnight)Tianjin-Beijing, China
09 Mar 09:00 - 18:00Dalian, China
12 Mar 08:00 - 13 Mar 18:00 (overnight)Shanghai, China
16 Mar 08:00 - 17 Mar 15:30 (overnight)Hong Kong, China
19 Mar 08:00 - 23:00Da Nang-Hue, Vietnam
21 Mar 06:00 - 18:00Saigon, Vietnam
23 Mar 08:00 - 24 Mar 17:00 (overnight)Singapore
28 Mar 08:00 - 23:00Colombo, Sri Lanka
31 Mar 06:00 - 01 Apr 17:00 (overnight)Mumbai, India
04 Apr 08:00 - 18:00Fujairah, UAE
05 Apr 07:00 - 23:00Dubai, UAE
06 Apr 08:00 - 23:00Abu Dhabi, UAE
08 Apr 08:00 - 18:00Muscat, Oman
10 Apr 08:00 - 17:00Salalah, Oman
15 Apr 07:00 - 16 Apr 23:00 (overnight)Aqaba-Petra, Jordan
18 Apr 06:00 - 06:00Suez Canal
19 Apr 08:00 - 23:00Ashdod, Israel
20 Apr 08:00 - 22:30Haifa, Israel
22 Apr 08:00 - 18:00Kusadasi-Ephesus, Turkey
23 Apr 16:00 - 24 Apr 16:00 (overnight)Istanbul, Turkey
25 Apr 11:00 - 23:00Mykonos Island, Greece
26 Apr 07:00 - 17:00Piraeus-Athens, Greece
28 Apr 08:00 - 19:00Naples, Italy
01 May 07:00 - 17:00Malaga, Spain Granada
04 May 08:00 - 17:00Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores
04-11 MayTransatlantic crossing
11 May 07:00Arriving in Fort Lauderdale

Zuiderdam's Grand Voyage 2024 was also offered for booking in smaller itinerary segments:

  • (Jan 3) 36 days from Fort Lauderdale to Honolulu Hawaii ($6600 pp)
  • (Jan 3) 56 days from Fort Lauderdale to Tokyo Japan (($10700 pp)
  • (Jan 3) 80 days from Fort Lauderdale to Singapore ($15400 pp)
  • (Feb 8) 44 days from Honolulu to Singapore ($8700 pp)
  • (Feb 28) 24 days from Tokyo to Singapore ($4900 pp)
  • (Feb 28) 37 days from Tokyo to Dubai UAE (($7500 pp)
  • (Mar 23) 49 days from Singapore to Fort Lauderdale ($9900 pp)
  • (Apr 5) 36 days from Dubai to Fort Lauderdale ($7000)

Prices for the full World Voyage started at USD 23600 per person with double occupancy (~US$182 pp per day).

Holland America Zuiderdam refurbishments review

During the ship's drydock refurbishment in April 2015, new staterooms were added on Observation Deck 10. These accommodations are now shown in Deck 10's layout.

Deck plan 2015 changes also included the addition of The Retreat (adults-only sundeck) on Sports Deck 11 (replacing the two Canvas Cover areas there).

In 2019 (December 1-9) the ship was drydocked in Freeport Bahamas for a USD 16 million renovation project.