Final-Minute Embarkation Port Modifications For Holland America Cruise Ship

Holland America Line has been compelled to make modifications to the embarkation ports for its latest cruise ship. MS Rotterdam was alleged to sail from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on Sunday, however this has been modified to Rotterdam.

Friends had been knowledgeable of the last-minute change this weekend, catching many off guard and scrambling to make new preparations to get to the brand new port, which is about 1.5 hours away. It’s not simply the July 24 crusing that has been affected because the July 31 crusing will even be departing from Rotterdam. 

MS Rotterdam Sails From Rotterdam, Amsterdam Canceled

A lot of Europe is at the moment coping with excessive drought and very low water ranges within the rivers, Together with the Netherlands. Because of the low water within the North Sea Canal, the authorities have been compelled to shut the locks between the North Sea and the Canal. 

This closure is to make sure that salt water from the North Sea doesn’t combine with the contemporary water from the canal, which might price extreme environmental harm to the delicate river techniques within the Netherlands.

It has compelled Seattle-based cruise line Holland America to make some last-minute modifications to its scheduled embarkation on July 24 for a seven-day Norwegian Fjords cruise onboard its latest cruise ship, MS Rotterdam. 

As an alternative of crusing from Amsterdam, the MS Rotterdam can be crusing from its namesake port, Rotterdam, the place she was additionally christened earlier this yr. 

The cruise line solely knowledgeable company of the change on the final minute, making 1000’s of company scramble to make preparations to the brand new embarkation port. 

Fortunately, the Port of Rotterdam Cruise Terminal is lower than an hour journey by public transport, leaving greater than sufficient time for company to make the journey, both by practice and public transport or the dearer choice of taking a taxi. 

The MS Rotterdam is anticipated to reach on the Rotterdam Cruise Terminal at 07:00 AM. At 5:00 PM, she’s going to depart for a 7-day cruise to the Norwegian fjords, which calls in Flam, Ulvik, Kristiansand, and Oslo, Norway.

July 31 crusing additionally adjusted

Friends which were booked on the July 31 cruise have additionally been contacted to tell them of a change to their cruise as nicely. The 14-day voyage will even be departing from Rotterdam. 

Crusing from Rotterdam, the  99,935 gross tons, 2668-passenger cruise ship can be heading on a Northern Europe cruise, calling in Bergen and Molde in Norway; Akureyri, Isafjord, and Reykjavik, Iceland; Lerwick within the Shetland Isles, and Invergordon and Edinburgh, Scotland.

Whether or not extra cruises can be affected is to date unknown. MS Rotterdam is scheduled to sail from Amsterdam via October 2. So long as the drought in Europe continues, company must be keeping track of their e-mail for potential modifications to the embarkation port. 

On October 2, MS Rotterdam can be setting sail on the primary 12-night a hundred and fiftieth Anniversary Transatlantic crossing, a duplicate of the primary voyage ever undertaken by a Holland Americal Line ship. 

On October 2, 1872, the primary MS Rotterdam set sail from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in the direction of the US. Alongside the way in which, the vessel stopped in Le Havre, France, and Plymouth, England.

MS Rotterdam can be crusing the identical route in October, beginning with a celebration in Rotterdam and concluding with a celebration in New York.