Last week, Holland America Line took delivery of its newest ship, the 86,273 GT, 2,104-berth Eurodam. Beginning today (27 June) the ship is in Southampton for a series of introductory events. On Sunday, 29 June she’ll sail to her home port of Rotterdam where there will be more festivities, culminating on her naming by HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands on 1 July.
My friends over at HAL’s fabulous Eurodam News Blog have been blogging away with loads of photos and news about this new ship, so if you haven’t been keeping up, now is the time to go over there and see what you’ve missed out on! And of course, you’ll want to keep reading the blog in the next few days for first-hand accounts of the inagural festivities. Cruise Critic’s intrepid editor-in-chief, Carolyn Spencer Brown, is also on board starting today, so you should also be sure to have a look at her blog for another perspective on HAL’s newest ship.
Eurodam, the first of HAL’s new Signature-class ships (a modified version of the successful Vista-class), will be in New York later this year, and I hope to be able to visit her and give you my own impressions then. In the meantime, I’ll be watching the fun from here with the rest of you!
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