Ship Visit - Holland America Line Nieuw Statendam

This August our Charmione & Kate stepped onboard Holland America Line Nieuw Statendam in Liverpool, their first time on a Holland America Line ship! Robbie & Jonathan have long preached about the beautiful ships, the great food and the live music offering so this was an opportunity for the ladies to experience it for themselves!

Holland America Line still remains something of an unknown in the UK market and that remains curious to us! The ships are smaller to mid size, there's a lot of space per guest and they feel classy which hopefully you can see from the imagery. The food is beautiful whether you're having a thick slice of Dutch apple pie in the Grand Dutch Cafe, some beautiful breads in the Lido Market, Hot Dogs at Dive In or the beautiful Asian Fare at Tamarind!

Then there's the music... just follow the music walk on any given evening from the lively BB Kings Blues Club to requesting your favourite songs for the talented pianists and musicians in Billboard Online to rocking out at the Rolling Stone Rock Room! That's not all of course... how about the 2 deck World Stage where you'll enjoy talks, dance companies, vocalists and guest entertainers! You often find movies playing during the evening around the pool, there are Pickleball courts so you don't miss out at home, the casino and more!

If you want to see more of life onboard Holland America Line then we strongly recommend you go onto Channel 4's Player and watch "Supercruising: Life at Sea" which aired recently! This was an excellent 8 part series and focused on 2 different Holland America Cruise Line ships; 1 in the Caribbean and this same ship we've visited sailing out of Dover! What's more? Nieuw Statendam is back in Dover in 2026 with some impressive itineraries to enjoy! While Holland America Line are the world leader in Alaska there's so much more to this brand, so much more to experience!

If you feel you'd like to try something a little different, something premium, something that ticks your desire for comfortable smaller ships with great food, brilliant live music and all at strong pricing then we really do recommend HAL! Talk to us if you'd like to know more... Charmione, Kate and all the crew are happy to tell you all...

FAST FACTS

Ship: Nieuw Statendam

Cruise line: Holland America Line

Year Launched: 2018

Gross Tonnage: 99,902

Number of Decks: 13 Decks

Guests: 2692

Crew: 1,053

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