ms Volendam
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ms Volendam
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Luxury cruise aboard MS Volendam by Holland America Line, part of the Rotterdam Class fleet. The ship offers a classic and comfortable atmosphere with Lanai staterooms providing direct access to outdoor spaces, the Greenhouse Spa, Lido Pool, and a promenade deck. Dining includes Canaletto and the Rotterdam Dining Room, while entertainment is available at the Wajang Theater and Mix Bar. Itineraries are highly diverse, covering Alaska, Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia, South America, Antarctica, the Amazon, as well as transatlantic and world cruises.
Itineraries of the ms Volendam
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decks plans
Deck - 10
Sky
Deck - 9
Sports
Deck - 8
Lido
Deck - 7
Navigation
Deck - 6
Verandah
Deck - 5
Upper Promenade
Deck - 4
Promenade
Deck - 3
Lower Promenade
Deck - 2
Main
Deck - 1
Dolphin
Technical specifications
- Classe: Rotterdam Class
- Tonnage: 61214
- Speed: 23.0 knots
- Passengers: 1432
- Decks: 10
- Length: 238 m
- Width: 32 m
History
- 12 novembre 1999: Voyage inaugural
Frequently Asked Questions
She runs 237.91 m long by 32.25 m wide, measures 61,214 gross tons and holds 10 guest decks with roughly 716 staterooms. That is a mid-size ship by today's standards, about half the tonnage of a Pinnacle from the same line. The size is why she can work up the St. Lawrence to the Port of Montreal, which a 300-metre ship cannot do.
The 1,432 figure is double occupancy, two people per stateroom. Maximum capacity approaches 1,800 once third and fourth guests take the upper berths. Through the Canada and New England season, sailed mostly by couples and retirees, the ship runs close to double occupancy, which leaves the open decks and the dining room noticeably quieter than a raw load figure suggests.
Three concrete things. Décor: Volendam is the floral ship, with Luciano Vistosi's glass sculpture rising through three decks in the atrium and Delft vases outside the library, while Zaandam is the music ship. Lanai staterooms: twenty-one on Volendam since 2014, none on Zaandam. And deployment: Volendam sails from Montreal and Boston, Zaandam from Vancouver and San Diego.
From May to October 2026, the Canada and New England season between Montreal and Boston. Seven-day runs alternate with ten- to fourteen-day loops. The calls along the way: Bar Harbor, Saint John in New Brunswick, Halifax, Charlottetown, Sydney, Corner Brook, St. John's, Saint-Pierre, Cap-aux-Meules and the Saguenay fjord. A 28-day Legendary Voyage out of Boston on 20 June adds seven Icelandic ports and overnights in St. John's, Reykjavik and Halifax. Autumn takes her to New York, then Fort Lauderdale and the Amazon.
Her winter 2027 is a circumnavigation: away from Fort Lauderdale on 5 January, 129 days, 28 countries, 53 ports, six continents, before a return to the St. Lawrence for the summer. That produces two opposite trip profiles. In summer a Quebec guest boards in Montreal with no airfare at all. In winter the same guest needs a one-way flight to Florida and a return from Florida four months later, with luggage planned accordingly.
The twenty-one lanai staterooms on the Lower Promenade are the most interesting option aboard: a sliding glass door straight onto the teak, steps from the deck chairs, at ocean-view money. They stay dim under the overhang, and passers-by can see in after dark. Otherwise, a Vista Suite with verandah on deck 6 or 7 for the St. Lawrence, or a deck 7 Neptune Suite with Neptune Lounge access for the world cruise. The obstructed lower-deck categories are cheaper for a reason.
The main restaurant is called the Rotterdam Dining Room, runs over two storeys and is lit by a fibre-optic ceiling. The paid tables are the Pinnacle Grill and Canaletto; the buffet is the Lido Market, burgers come from the Dive-In, and Explorations Café serves as the library. The bars fall out like this: the Ocean Bar by the atrium, the Explorer's Lounge where a harpist plays, the Mix for piano and martinis, the Crow's Nest high up forward, the Sea View Bar aft and the Lido Bar at the pool. Add the Mainstage, the Wajang Theater, the Greenhouse Spa, a midship pool under a retractable glass roof and the art studio added in the 2024 dry dock.
Standard staterooms are small, the bathrooms smaller, and one power outlet serves the whole room, which grates when two people charge three devices. The gym set above the bridge since the spa expansion stays cramped. Large families find few connecting staterooms free in high season. And the evening ends early: past midnight the Crow's Nest empties and the casino idles.
The base fare covers the stateroom, meals in the Rotterdam Dining Room, Lido Market and Dive-In, Mainstage shows, the fitness centre and the youth program. Have It All adds a shore excursion credit, the Signature beverage package, specialty dining nights at the Pinnacle Grill or Canaletto rising with voyage length, and Surf Wi-Fi. On a seven-day Montreal to Boston run, the excursion credit covers a good share of one outing in Halifax or Charlottetown. The 129-day grand voyages carry separate terms.
It is not, and Have It All does not cover it either. A daily per-guest amount goes onto the onboard account, higher in a Neptune Suite than in an interior stateroom, and a separate service charge applies to every drink taken at the Ocean Bar or the Explorer's Lounge. On a seven-day Montreal to Boston sailing the total stays modest. On the 129-day world cruise it becomes a budget line in its own right, and it should be disclosed at booking.
The Signature Beverage Package, included in Have It All, covers wines by the glass, beer, spirits, cocktails, soft drinks and specialty coffees below a capped per-drink price, service charge included, with a maximum of fifteen alcoholic drinks per day. It works everywhere, including the Explorer's Lounge during the harp recital. Fine bottles from the Pinnacle Grill list sit above the cap. The Elite package raises that ceiling for guests who drink above it.
The Surf plan included in Have It All handles email, browsing and social media; the separately sold Premium plan targets video. Along the St. Lawrence and the Maritimes, coverage is good. In the Saguenay fjord and the Icelandic fjords of the Legendary Voyage, the signal drops at times. On the world cruise, expect dead zones in the mid South Atlantic and across the Pacific between Easter Island and French Polynesia.
Yes, though the ship is not built around them. The youth program covers ages 3 to 6, 7 to 11 and 12 to 17, with nothing below three. The Canada and New England season draws a largely adult crowd, and a teenager may find nobody their own age aboard in September. July and August departures from Montreal are the most family-heavy of the year, and the Charlottetown call suits children well.
One credit per day sailed, doubled in a suite, plus credits tied to onboard spending, with tiers at 30, 75, 200 and 500. Volendam is the best ship in the fleet for accumulating quickly because she carries the longest voyages: the 129-day world cruise alone is worth 129 credits in an ordinary stateroom and 258 in a Neptune Suite, which lands you straight in the fourth tier. The benefits that actually matter, priority check-in and laundry, start there.
At 61,214 gross tons with stabilisers, she behaves respectably without being a fortress. The Canada and New England season runs largely in sheltered water, in the St. Lawrence and the gulf, apart from the Halifax to Boston leg where the Atlantic makes itself felt in September. The world cruise includes far rougher water, notably the crossing between South Africa and Australia. Choose a midship stateroom on a low deck, and start motion medication before departure.
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