Holland America Panama Canal Cruises

Have you ever watched butterflies flutter in a Costa Rican rain forest? Walked with Mayan kings? Chatted with a Guatemalan weaver? Such are the rare experiences possible on a Holland America Panama Canal cruise. Before you leave port, you’re in another world because Holland America ships are worlds apart from others sailing the Panama Canal.

Each ship is a floating masterpiece embellished with over a million dollars worth of fine artwork. Every meal is a celebration whether it’s an informal buffet enjoyed alfresco on the Lido Terrace or with full service in the dining room, where you are the object of our attention. There’s oceans of fun for everyone: comfy deck chairs for sun worshippers, a fully equipped spa for exercise enthusiasts; games for the young at heart.

Hats off to award-winning production shows, so elaborately costumed and choreographed you’ll think you’re in Vegas. Certainly the action of the casino will convince you.

One look at the immensity of the Canal and you will understand why the French company went bankrupt in 1889 trying to excavate it. And what a monumental task it was for the American team that revived the dream in 1902…damming a river and broaching the Continental Divide to create Gatan Lake and the Galliard Cut. All told, a feat equal to digging a trench 10 feet deep and 55 feet wide from California to New York! It’s an epic story, which will be told in detail by a Canal historian the day of transit.

There is more to a Holland America Panama Canal cruise than you ever imagined! To this epic cruise we also offer two travel adventures you might not experience any other way: the Mayan ruins of Guatemala and Honduras, and the steamy rain forests of Coast Rica. Easily seen on Holland America shore excursions.

East of the Canal you will cruise as you island-hop your way to or from the giant locks of the Canal. Port calls to Aruba, Cartagena, Curacao, Grand Cayman, Half Moon Cay (Holland America Line’s private island), Jamaica, Panama Canal passage, and the San Blas Islands depending on your travel itinerary dates.

West of the Canal, pacific pleasures await your arrival. Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas, Costa Rica (Golfo Dulce scenic cruising of this national treasure), Guatemala, Santa Cruz, Huatulco, Puerto Vallarta, Zihuatanejo/Ixtapa, the Hawaiian Islands, and of course your way to or from the giant locks of the Canal depending on your travel itinerary dates.

Holland America Panama Canal cruises offer the following packages:

Winter/Fall – 10 day cruises
Winter – 14 to 20 day cruises
Spring – 11 to 24 day cruises
Fall – 10 to 21 day cruises

Each Holland America Line cruise offers a variety of stateroom categories. Which is right for you depends on your shipboard lifestyle. Will you entertain guests? Do you consider a window or porthole essential? Both bath and shower necessary? Whichever category stateroom you choose, it will provide all comforts of home. A direct dial telephone. Air conditioning you control. Herbal soaps, shampoos, and lotions. Even a closed-circuit TV to watch movies, shipboard activities, cruising previews, and if you can’t resist, world news, in relaxed privacy.

Now we ask, when was the last time the captain of a luxurious cruise ship lavished you with complimentary services that made you feel like, well, royalty?

The Ships

ms Rotterdam
ms Noordam
ms Nieuw Masterdam
ms Statendam
ms Maasdam
ms Ryndam
ms Veendam
ms Westerdam

ms Rotterdam
ms Veendam
ms Westerdam
ms Nieuw Amsterdam
ms Noordam
ms Statendam
ms Maasdam
ms Ryndam

Holland America Panama Canal Cruises
General Information

We encourage you to make your travel arrangements with your Cruise Dealer travel agent that understands your individual needs. Due to limited medical facilities, we will not accept reservations for women who will be 30 or more weeks pregnant when their travel with us concludes. U.S. and Canadian citizens must carry one of the following documents: a photo I.D., a valid passport, birth certificate or naturalization certificate. Your cruise contract included full description of the Holland America baggage policy. We follow airline restrictions.

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ms Rotterdam

• Passengers 1,316
• Length 778 Feet
• Registered in Bahamas

This is our most elegant expression yet of the shipbuilder’s art. Lobby atriums soar three decks high. Elegant two-tiered dining rooms boast wraparound windows, canopies of Murano glass.

All staterooms are equipped with television, telephone and multi channel music. There are eleven outside stateroom floor plans and six inside stateroom floor plans to choose for your accommodations. Deluxe staterooms and suites have private verandahs.

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ms Westerdam

• Passangers 1,494
• Length 798 feet
• Registered the Netherlands

Enjoy elegant dining in the Amsterdam Dining Room and then catch the live entertainment in the Admiral’s Lounge. You can dance the night away in the Queen’s Lounge or take a stroll along the deck and watch the stars come out.

All staterooms are equipped with television, telephone, and multi-channel music. There are fourteen outside staterooms to choose from and seven inside floor plans.

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ms Nieuw Amsterdam & ms Noordam

• Passengers 1,214
• Length 704 feet
• Registered the Netherlands

These twin ships offer 14 restaurants and lounges – some cozy, some grand, most with expansive floor-to-ceiling windows that put you at one with the sea.

All staterooms on the Nieuw Amsterdam and Noordam are equipped with television, telephone and multi channel music. There are nine outside stateroom floor plans to choose from and six inside stateroom floor plans.

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ms Statendam, ms Maasdam & ms Ryndam

• Passengers 1,266
• Length 720 feet
• Registered the Netherlands

These are our most elegant expressions yet of the shipbuilder’s art. Lobby atriums soar three decks high. Elegant two-tiered dining rooms boast wraparound windows, canopies of Murano glass.

All staterooms on these three ships are equipped with television, telephone and multi channel music. There are eleven outside stateroom floor plans and six inside stateroom floor plans to choose for your accommodations. Deluxe staterooms and suites have private verandahs.

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ms Veendam

• Passengers 1,266
• Length 720 feet
• Registered Bahamas

Enjoy live entertainment in the Van Gogh Lounge or the intimate sounds in the Piano Bar. Fine dining is served in the Rotterdam Dining Room and you can relax by the sea in the Ocean Spa. All staterooms are equipped with television, telephone and multi channel music. There are eleven outside stateroom floor plans and six inside stateroom floor plans to choose for your accommodations.

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