Boarding on Easter Sunday

[eyoreblu]

Does anyone have experience on boarding on Easter Sunday if there are any type of services in the late afternoon or evening? We are boarding the Nieuw Amsterdam.

[RuthC]

My experience is not specific to Easter Sunday, but is general to all boarding days.

Every time there is a Catholic Mass at 5:00 PM.

I would expect Easter to follow the same schedule.

[eyoreblu]

That is perfect, thanks!

[Krazy Kruizers]

You can count on there being a service.

Just check your daily Explorer program for the time and place.

[sail7seas]

HAL always has Clergy aboard for Easter Services.

 

[Typhoon1]

Catholic and other clergy will be on board to hold services for most denominations.

[Himself]

My experience is not specific to Easter Sunday, but is general to all boarding days.

Every time there is a Catholic Mass at 5:00 PM.

I would expect Easter to follow the same schedule.

 

I think all ships now have a Mass at 5:00 PM on sail away days. That is all Holland America Ships. Being Pastor of a one man parish, I am not able to get away on Easter Sunday.

I would presume that if there is a non-Catholic clergy on board there would be some kind of an interdenominational service at the same time in another location.

[jmbaker65]

We sailed out of Ft. Lauderdale earlier this year on Easter Sunday and mass was at 5:00 in the Queen's Lounge and it was sparcely. Last year we left on the Saturday before Easter and Mass was Sunday morning at 8:00 in the main theater where there were at least 250 in attendance(easily the largest group I had ever seen at mass at sea.)

Enjoy the cruise, I know our family really enjoys getting away at that time of year.