Cruise Fleet:
Veendam

Ship Summary

Grandly proportioned, the ms Veendam offers an onboard experience defined by spacious comfort. Elegant dining rooms with wide vistas of the seas, wide teak decks for strolling and spacious staterooms - many with private verandahs - all lend the ms Veendam an air of elegance and comfort.

A floral theme is expressed through the art and decor onboard ms Veendam, from classic paintings of still life flowers to the stylized flowers in the small panels on the ceiling of the Piano Bar. Other art pieces of interest are the round ceiling murals by Irish artist Wout Muller and rare tosei gusoku samurai armor from late 17th-century Japan. At the heart of the Veendam, a spectacular glass sculpture climbs through the three-story atrium. For luxury on the high seas the ms Veendam is a ship you don't want to miss.

Ship Facts

• Ship's Registry: The Netherlands
• Passenger Capacity: 1,350
• Crew Members: 580
• Gross Tonnage: 57,092 grt.
• Length: 719 feet
• Beam: 101 feet
• Maximum speed: 22 knots
• Dedicated: January 1996, by actress Debbie Reynolds

Activities

Choose the blissful pampering of a facial. Let the trained fingers of a massage therapist sooth your muscles while working fragrant oils into your skin. Enjoy therapeutic water treatments as you steam in a thermal suite or bathe in exotic herbs. All this while cruising to exotic destinations and enjoying other Holland America's Veendam onboard experience indulgences.

• Card Room
• Puzzle Room
• Ocean Spa fitness center
• Beauty salon/barber shop
• Massage, sauna and steam rooms
• Jogging track
• Swimming pools

Dining

World-renowned master chef Reiner Greubel leads our award-winning culinary staff in providing extensive dining options, including "light & healthy" items, continental and ethnic cuisines, and vegetarian dishes. All are available in a range of dining venues.

• 37-seat Java Cafe
• 403-seat Lido restaurant
• King's Room and the Queen's Room
• Rotterdam Dining Room seats 700 on two levels connected by a pair of grand curved staircases

Entertainment

Close your eyes and open your mind to all of the thrill seeking entertainment alternative that you'll have the opportunity to venture. No matter how you plan on spending your night, the Veendam remains well equipped to accommodate each and every one of your desires. If you're looking for the relaxed scenery of a lounge, you'll find plenty. If you're in the mood for the mingling bar atmosphere, you'll feel completely comfortable in our bars.

• Rubens Lounge
• Crow's Nest Lounge
• Captain's Area
• Tea Area
• The Disco

Staterooms

The Veendam features a penthouse suite and 28 suites. Each of the 149 suites and deluxe staterooms has a private verandah, a VCR, whirlpool bath and minibar. All staterooms are equipped with sofas, hairdryers, individually controlled air conditioning, telephone with computerized wakeup service, multi-channel music system and closed circuit television.

In each room the beds are convertible from one queen size to two singles. In addition, six staterooms are equipped to accommodate physically challenged passengers.

Category Legend