Holland America Line’s Volendam and Zaandam are set to resume cruising in May.
Volendam, pictured, will be exploring Northern Europe while Zaandam returns to the Canada/New England region.
These new start dates mean the scheduled 2022 Grand World and Grand South America and Antarctica Voyages have been shelved until 2023.
The ships will join Eurodam, Koningsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Nieuw Statendam, Rotterdam and Zuiderdam, which have returned to service or are slated to restart cruising by November.
“We have been diligently planning and preparing to move our ships back into service, and after an extremely successful restart in Alaska and Europe we are thrilled to have return-to-service dates for Volendam and Zaandam,” said Gus Antorcha, Holland America’s president.
When Volendam returns on 1 May she will offer longer explorations ranging from 14 to 35 days to the Baltic, Norway up to North Cape and Spitsbergen, British Isles and Iceland, all roundtrip from Rotterdam. The ship also sails along the Iberian Peninsula to the Mediterranean and down to Egypt and Israel.
Zaandam restarts on May 12 in the Canada/New England region, with a cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Boston followed by itineraries between Boston and Montreal. The ship will offer the popular 35-day Voyage of the Vikings itinerary in July that sails roundtrip from Boston to Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, UK and Ireland.
Guests booked on the 2022 Grand South America and Antarctica Voyage will be automatically moved to the 2023 departure aboard Volendam while those booked on the 2022 Grand World Voyage aboard Zaandam will be automatically moved to the 2023 voyage on Zuiderdam.