On October 15, 1872, a gaggle of 60 immigrants boarded a Holland America Line cruise ship and set sail for New York Metropolis. It was the cruise line’s very first voyage on Rotterdam I.
Precisely 150 years later, Rotterdam VII departed from Rotterdam, Netherlands recreating that very first cruise from Holland America Line. The cruise will go to Le Havre, France and Plymouth, England earlier than crossing the Atlantic and arriving in New York Metropolis.
“In the present day is historic for our model as we depart 150 years to the day that Holland America Line’s very first ship started its journey to New York,” mentioned Holland America Line President Gus Antorcha. “In that point, we’ve carried immigrants and cruising vacationers, troopers and refugees and earned a popularity for extraordinary care and welcoming all these friends as if into our personal houses. As we sail into our subsequent 150 years, that setting of service might be our hallmark as we create distinctive experiences for friends around the globe.”
The cruise line invited followers to come back to Cruise Port Rotterdam and Wilhelminapier for a festive shoreside sailaway occasion, recreating a departure from centuries previous when ships have been despatched off with fanfare.
Fireboat’s spraying water and a flotilla from a neighborhood yacht membership got here to see Rotterdam off, whereas revelers got memento handkerchiefs to wave.
.@HALcruises President Gus Antorcha dropping the primary line as Rotterdam departs on the cruise line’s one hundred and fiftieth anniversary crusing. #HollandAmerica150 pic.twitter.com/0i9ZixlQgd
— Cruise Fever (@CruiseFever) October 15, 2022
