kdkstormy Posted December 6, 2023 #1 Share Posted December 6, 2023 We cruised Holland in 2014 for my hubby’s 50th to Alaska. Since then we have been on a few Celebrity cruises. (Enjoyed the no smoking indoors) We have been planning a bucket list trip Florida to Vancouver for spring 2025. Holland has had their itinerary out for a while. Celebrity finally released theirs last week. Did a price comparison with Celebrity, Princess and Holland. Holland won by a landslide. We forfeited our $200 future cruise deposit from Celebrity but saved over $3500 CDN booking with Holland. LET THE EXCITEMENT OF PLANNING BEGIN 🙂 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbluff Posted December 6, 2023 #2 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Good for you! You will both enjoy this sailing. Make those memories. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted December 6, 2023 #3 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Welcome back, we've done that one & really enjoyed it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted December 6, 2023 #4 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Good for you! Enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deliver42 Posted December 6, 2023 #5 Share Posted December 6, 2023 I'm a celebrity fan, but Holland has better itineraries and much better pricing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lady Arwen Posted December 6, 2023 #6 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Congratulations! We just did the same. Our last HAL cruise was 2018 on Koningsdam and then we sailed mostly Celebrity and Princess. Just cancelled our Princess cruises for 2024 and 2025 and booked with HAL instead. We’re very happy to be back and looking forward to many more terrific HAL ships in the future! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourWorldWithBill Posted December 6, 2023 #7 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Welcome back! Which ship are you on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdkstormy Posted December 6, 2023 Author #8 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Nieuw Amsterdam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted December 6, 2023 #9 Share Posted December 6, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, kdkstormy said: We cruised Holland in 2014 for my hubby’s 50th to Alaska. Since then we have been on a few Celebrity cruises. (Enjoyed the no smoking indoors) We have been planning a bucket list trip Florida to Vancouver for spring 2025. Holland has had their itinerary out for a while. Celebrity finally released theirs last week. Did a price comparison with Celebrity, Princess and Holland. Holland won by a landslide. We forfeited our $200 future cruise deposit from Celebrity but saved over $3500 CDN booking with Holland. LET THE EXCITEMENT OF PLANNING BEGIN 🙂 Congratulations! Did you book an aft-facing veranda? For us that's the only way to cruise through the Panama Canal. 😉 Update: Sorry, I just noticed you later mentioned you were on the Nieuw Amsterdam and there isn't any left. We're trying HAL again as well and booked an aft-facing cabin on a PC cruise in Apr 2025 on the Eurodam which there are some left on Deck 6. Edited December 6, 2023 by Ken the cruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdkstormy Posted December 6, 2023 Author #10 Share Posted December 6, 2023 36 minutes ago, Ken the cruiser said: Congratulations! Did you book an aft-facing veranda? For us that's the only way to cruise through the Panama Canal. 😉 Update: Sorry, I just noticed you later mentioned you were on the Nieuw Amsterdam and there isn't any left. We're trying HAL again as well and booked an aft-facing cabin on a PC cruise in Apr 2025 on the Eurodam which there are some left on Deck 6. We did book the last aft on deck 7 - others are available on other decks 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted December 6, 2023 #11 Share Posted December 6, 2023 1 minute ago, kdkstormy said: We did book the last aft on deck 7 - others are available on other decks 🙂 Great!! You are going to have an awesome time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Haljo1935 Posted December 6, 2023 #12 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Welcome back!! LOVE Alaska!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seacruise9 Posted December 6, 2023 #13 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Hi, I recently returned to Holland America (Rotterdam, Nov. 24 - Dec. 3, 2023) after a long absence. I was very pleased with the cruise and had a wonderful time. Chuck 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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