Holland America Line has expanded its fashionable Legendary Voyages roster to incorporate 4 new itineraries with departures in 2025 and 2026.
Legendary Voyages are longer cruises that vary from 25 to 59 days, permitting for plentiful port calls, particular onboard applications, and extra time for visitors to immerse themselves within the featured locations.
Friends Can Sail to the Med From New York
4 new Legendary Voyages sailings from Holland America Line, certainly one of 9 Carnival Company manufacturers, will put the highlight on the Mediterranean and the South Pacific in 2025 and 2026. The cruises are open for reserving, and be a part of a collection of different Legendary Voyages itineraries launched on the market in December 2023.
One of many new itineraries, a 45-day Mediterranean journey roundtrip from New York, is bound to be a winner with cruisers who wish to keep away from airports and expertise the fun of transatlantic crossings coupled with an itinerary that highlights the gems of the Med area.
Setting sail aboard the 1,432-guest Volendam on October 7, 2025, the “Final Mediterranean & Atlantic Passage” is an itinerary modeled on a cruise Holland America Line operated in 1925. Twenty ports of name, lots of which have been on the itinerary almost a century in the past, will once more be visited. They embody locations within the UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and others.
The cruise will function overnights in Rome, Istanbul, and Cairo, and late departures in a number of ports resembling Gibraltar and Barcelona.
“Based mostly on the recognition of our 2024 Final Mediterranean cruise, it’s clear that visitors are anticipating extra in-depth exploration of the area,” stated Beth Bodensteiner, chief business officer for Holland America Line.
“Having the ability to supply this cruise roundtrip from New York Metropolis in 2025 creates a uncommon alternative for folks in North America to benefit from the Med and our award-winning service and not using a lengthy flight,” Bodensteiner added.
The road’s 2024 Final Mediterranean cruise Bodensteiner referenced is a 42-day crusing, additionally aboard Volendam, departing on November 9, 2024, and working roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale with an analogous transatlantic part.
A number of Alternatives to Discover South Pacific
The 1,972-guest Noordam, in the meantime, will deploy to the South Pacific and function the opposite three new Legendary Voyages.
The ship will supply two variations of the road’s “South Pacific Crossing” cruise, with the primary one departing on October 12, 2025. The 27-day crusing cruises from Seattle to Sydney, Australia, calling at 9 port. 4 calls might be made in Fiji, and visitors will get pleasure from an in a single day in Honolulu, Hawaii.
An extended model, of 36 nights, departs on March 15, 2026, crusing from Sydney to Seattle. Seventeen port calls will allow visitors to discover locations resembling New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Tahiti, the Cook dinner Islands, and Hawaii, the place late departures are deliberate in Honolulu and Kona.
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Noordam’s third South Pacific itinerary, “Islands of the South Pacific,” is a 28-day cruise from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand. The ship will make 20 port calls in seven international locations, and visitors can have the chance to snorkel the Nice Barrier Reef.
Featured locations on this Legendary Voyages cruise embody Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga, together with three port calls in New Zealand.
“The South Pacific is residence to a number of the hottest ports for cruisers. We labored to create an itinerary like no different on this area, with a number of calls to islands which can be much less traveled and a must-see for anybody trying to expertise all that the area has to supply at an unhurried tempo,” stated Paul Grigsby, vp of deployment and itinerary planning at Holland America Line.
Holland America Line’s Legendary Voyages cruises are supplied in a variety of areas across the globe. Itineraries revealed earlier spotlight Alaska, Arctic Circle crossings, Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Hawaii, and Tahiti, for instance.
The newly launched Legendary Voyages are eligible for the road’s Have It All early reserving premium bundle. The limited-time supply covers shore excursions, specialty eating, drinks, WiFi, crew gratuities, and different providers and facilities.
