In August, we took a 14-day cruise on board Holland America's Amsterdam to make sure we would be happy with a 4-month cruise on her, and found we loved it! It's our favorite ship, even though it's smaller than many in the already small-ship Holland America fleet. There is room for 1300 passengers, although we have heard fewer than that will usually be on the World Cruise. While on board, we had dinner with another couple who did it in 2015 and will be returning for the 2018 cruise, so we will have friends on board! The first thing we did was run down to the lowest deck to photo the cabin we will be in for the World Cruise. The steward was happy to let me quickly take a few photos so I could remember the size/layout of things. It'll be tight, but everyone does it...we will manage to stow our stuff.
I'll post photos of the ship here, so I don't need to upload them later when I'll have more limited wifi. Some of the venues on the ship are getting makeovers before we embark, but they are limited to new carpets, etc.
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| Holland America's Amsterdam |
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| Our Oceanview Cabin (bottom row of cabins "in the blue area" in the ship photo) |
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| Showing Part of the Main Theater (Queen's Lounge) |
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| Explorations Cafe, another favorite place to get good coffee, teas |
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| The Library, one of our favorite places, but most of the books are behind and to the right of this photo. |
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| The Main Dining Room |
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| The Lido Pool (which has a sliding dome cover, here retracted) |
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| Spa, heated loungers which I doubt we'll use since we're mostly in the Tropics |
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| Aft Pool |
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| Another view of the Lido Pool from the walkway on the upper deck |
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| The Atrium's Centerpiece, an Astrolabe, an early astronomical clock and calendar (no longer functions) |
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| Piano Bar |
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