ms Oosterdam
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ms Oosterdam
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The MS Oosterdam is a Holland America Line ship, part of the Vista Class fleet, operating Mediterranean and European itineraries including Greece, Italy, and Spain, with key ports such as Lisbon, Barcelona, and Rome. The experience is all-inclusive with a focus on gastronomy and wellness, featuring venues such as the Greenhouse Spa, Canaletto restaurant, and Ocean Bar. Excursions are included, along with onboard bicycles and an outdoor pool, supporting both comfort and active exploration at sea. The MS Oosterdam is well suited for travelers seeking a relaxed yet culturally rich European cruise combining dining, wellness, and port-focused discovery.
Itineraries of the ms Oosterdam
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decks plans
Deck - 11
Sports
Deck - 10
Observation
Deck - 9
Lido
Deck - 8
Navigation
Deck - 7
Rotterdam
Deck - 6
Upper Verandah
Deck - 5
Verandah
Deck - 4
Upper Promenade
Deck - 3
Promenade
Deck - 2
Lower Promenade
Deck - 1
Main
Ship's attributes
Services And Amenities
- Elevators
- Self-service laundry room
- Casino
- Jacuzzi
- Pool
- Beauty salon
- Spa & body care
Specific needs
- Wheelchair accessible staterooms
Technical specifications
- Classe: Vista Class
- Tonnage: 82820
- Speed: 24.0 knots
- Passengers: 2024
- Decks: 11
- Length: 285 m
- Width: 32 m
History
- 3 août 2003: Voyage inaugural
Frequently Asked Questions
The Oosterdam measures 82,820 gross tons, 285.24 m long by 32.22 m wide, with 11 passenger decks. She holds roughly 1,012 staterooms, or 2,024 guests at double occupancy and about 2,429 berths in total, with around 817 crew. Fincantieri built her at Marghera and she entered service in August 2003. Princess Margriet of the Netherlands christened her in Rotterdam on 29 July 2003, during the line's 130th anniversary.
Because she has roughly 27 more staterooms. In April 2016 Holland America added 18 verandah and 9 interior staterooms on the Observation Deck, taking the ship from about 985 to about 1,012 rooms, or 54 more lower berths. Across the four Vista ships, double occupancy is exactly twice the stateroom count: 984 for the Westerdam, 985 for the Zuiderdam, 986 for the Noordam, 1,012 for the Oosterdam. The practical result is a lower space ratio and a Lido Market working harder at peak hours.
She is the most heavily loaded of the four and the only one carrying more than 2,000 guests. She is also the first of the six Evolution ships, with a confirmed return to service on 2 December 2027 in Barcelona. She is among the few ships in the fleet with the High Score games room for teenagers. And she sails almost entirely in the Mediterranean, while her sisters split their years between Alaska, Asia and the North Atlantic.
The whole 2026 season is Mediterranean, with home ports rotating between Barcelona, Rome, Trieste and Piraeus. Among other sailings she ran a 27-day Rome-to-Athens voyage from 26 July to 22 August 2026, calling at Livorno, Portofino, Marseille, Gibraltar, Barcelona, Ibiza, Alicante, Málaga, Tangier, Lisbon, Ajaccio, Bari and Kotor. The usual pattern is 7- to 15-day itineraries out of those four home ports. Her April 2025 dry dock in the Bahamas came just ahead of this season.
From April into the autumn of 2027 she stays in the Mediterranean with 14 itineraries of 7 to 11 days out of Barcelona, Piraeus, Trieste and Civitavecchia. She then enters dry dock for her Evolution transformation, on a date the line does not publish, and returns on 2 December 2027 with a seven-day run from Barcelona to Spain, Portugal and Morocco, followed by a 13-night transatlantic crossing to Fort Lauderdale. For a Barcelona or Rome departure, budget an overnight flight from Montreal and a hotel night before embarkation; for the Caribbean season that follows, Fort Lauderdale is a nonstop.
The staterooms added in 2016 on the Observation Deck are the newest and quietest aboard, well away from the entertainment decks. Conversely, avoid those directly below the Lido Deck and the Lower Promenade, the ship's two noise hubs. A VA or VB verandah amidships suits the tightly spaced Mediterranean port calls. Signature Suites run about 35 m² and Neptune Suites 46 to 66 m², with Neptune Lounge access.
She carries the Vista Dining Room, Pinnacle Grill, Canaletto, Lido Market, Dive-In and Crow's Nest Café. Bars include the Ocean Bar, Explorer's Lounge, Sea View Bar, Pinnacle Bar and the Crow's Nest. Music has played in the Rolling Stone Lounge and Billboard Onboard since B.B. King's left the four Vista ships in 2023. The Greenhouse Spa was rebuilt in April 2025 with a co-ed sauna, a couples treatment room and a new Thermal Suite, and the casino was enlarged in the same dry dock.
Her 2,024 guests are noticeable at peak hours: she is the densest of the four Vista ships, with the lowest space ratio. Travellers still report wear despite the April 2025 dry dock, including cracked flooring on some balconies. The Grand Dutch Café, Solo Verandahs and Vista Suites all arrive only with the 2027 transformation. And the line publishes no dry dock entry date, while warning that itineraries around that period may shift.
Have It All bundles a shore excursion credit, the Signature Beverage Package, specialty dining nights and Wi-Fi Surf. On the Oosterdam's 7- to 11-day Mediterranean itineraries that means one or two nights, taken at the Pinnacle Grill or Canaletto, the only two specialty restaurants aboard before the refit. The excursion credit is especially useful at Italian and Greek ports, where transfers to archaeological sites are expensive. After December 2027 the Grand Dutch Café joins the lineup.
A daily amount is posted to your onboard account, per person per day, children included, at a higher rate in suites. Holland America raised it in 2026. It can be prepaid at booking or settled at the end of the cruise, and stays adjustable at the guest services desk. On a 13-night transatlantic like the one following her December 2027 return, the total is worth building into the budget from the first proposal.
The Signature Beverage Package covers wines by the glass, beers, spirits, cocktails, sodas and specialty coffees, service charge included, with a daily drink limit. On Mediterranean itineraries most of the day is spent ashore, usually with a meal and a drink in port, which weakens the case. On the 13-night transatlantic to Fort Lauderdale, almost entirely at sea, the reasoning flips completely.
Two plans are offered, Surf for browsing, messaging and social media, and Premium for video streaming and calls. They are sold per device, not per stateroom, and can be moved between devices. In the Mediterranean her coverage ranks among the best in the fleet, with daily calls close to shore. On the December 2027 transatlantic, expect more variable quality in mid-ocean.
Yes, and she is one of the few ships in the fleet with the High Score games room for ages 13 to 17, alongside Club HAL for Littles aged 3 to 6 and Middles aged 7 to 12. Hours run 9 a.m. to noon, 1 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 11 p.m. on sea days, with no care after closing. Her summer Mediterranean itineraries draw more families than the fleet average. Be aware, though, that closely spaced cultural port calls tire young children quickly.
Enrolment is automatic after a first completed cruise, and credits build from days aboard, onboard spending and the double days granted to suite guests. Five tiers run from Star Mariner to Five-Star Mariner. The Oosterdam's 7- to 11-day Mediterranean runs move an account more slowly than the Noordam's or Westerdam's long crossings. The 13-night transatlantic in December 2027 is a useful accelerator for a client sitting just short of a tier.
The Mediterranean is generally kind from April to October, with two known exceptions: the mistral in the Gulf of Lion and the meltemi in the Aegean, both of which raise a short, uncomfortable sea. The 13-night transatlantic to Fort Lauderdale in December crosses a considerably rougher stretch. A stateroom amidships on deck 5 or 6 reduces what you feel, and the ship carries active stabilisers. Her density of 2,024 guests has no bearing on how she handles a seaway.
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