Yesterday I enjoyed a lovely visit and luncheon aboard Holland America Line’s Veendam. The 55,758 gross ton, 1,266-passenger Veendam was built in 1996 as the last of the four Statendam-class ships, following sisters Statendam (1993), Maasdam (1993) and Ryndam (1994). The first ships built for HAL after the company was acquired by Carnival Corporation and [...]
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, I don’t need to tell you that I’m a huge fan of Bart de Boer and his site ShipParade, which I’ve read from its very first issue. In his latest issue Bart cruises aboard one of my favorite modern ships, Holland America Line’s flagship Rotterdam. I’m glad [...]
One of the more interesting ships to be reviewed by Cruise Critic recently is Imperial Majesty Cruise Line’s Regal Empress.
Ocean liner enthusiasts, of course, need little encouragement to sail this 54-year-old ship, but the article does a nice job of describing her charms to a more mainstream audience.
To my shame, I haven’t sailed in her [...]
Last week Cruise Critic published my sneak preview of Azamara Cruises‘ “new” Azamara Journey.
“Azamara Journey elicits mixed feelings. On the one hand, there’s no getting away from the fact that it really is a copy of Oceania’s trio. It may be a copy of something very good, but it’s still just a copy. Journey is [...]
Well, I’ve done it. After 15 years of sailing in and visiting cruise ships from just about every major line (and some, ahem, less major ones), I’ve finally made it aboard a Carnival ship. For a long time it had been a bit of an embarrassment to me that I had never been aboard a [...]
