Oosterdam - Cruises from $929
Oosterdam, a Vista Class cruise ship, brings high style to the high seas with thoughtful upgrades and stunning artwork. Guests will have plenty to do on board when not taking in expansive views or stretching out in spacious staterooms.
Oosterdam Facts and Statistics
- Cruise Line Holland America Line
- Year Built 2003
- Year Refurbished 2016
- Ship's Class/Group Premium
- Tonnage 82,305
- Passengers (Max Occupancy) 1916 Passengers
- Number of Crew 817
- Officer's Nationality Dutch/British
- Hotel Staff Nationality International
- Crew/Hotel Staff Nationality International
- Country of Registry Netherlands
Oosterdam Cruise Ship Information
Begin with an exquisite breakfast in the Dining Room. Unwind with a massage at the Greenhouse Spa & Salon, or challenge the family to an air hockey game at High Score! - an Oosterdam exclusive. Indulge in pre-dinner craft cocktails at Ocean Bar, followed by delectable Italian fare at Canaletto. Top off the night with classical music at Lincoln Center Stage.
Oosterdam Activities
There's so much to see and do onboard. Attend an engaging lecture, go to a wine tasting, or simply relax and unwind.
- Lincoln Center Stage: Enjoy classical cruise ship music and onboard entertainment. In an exclusive partnership with the world's leading center for the performing arts, music virtuosos perform familiar classics and twists on contemporary favorites.
- Holland America Line Navigator: Personalize your cruise experience once you're on the ship with the free mobile-friendly tool. Plan your daily activities, browse and purchase shore excursions, view restaurant menus, make dining reservations, check your account balance, and more.
- BBC Earth in Concert: Holland America's partnership with BBC Earth brings their innovative and breathtaking programming to the World Stage. Award-winning soundtracks are performed live as BBC Earth's incredible wildlife footage fills the big screen. It's an unforgettable experience that will leave you with a new perspective on the planet.
- Billboard Onboard: 2 pianos - 60 Years of Chart Toppers - 100s Of Songs. Sing along, test your music trivia skills, or just sit back and enjoy as the hits fill the room each night.
- High Score!: Unleash your competitive spirit at High Score!, Holland America's new family game room - on Oosterdam. By day, it's a secret hideaway for kids and teens, where they can engage in a fast-paced flurry of four-person air hockey or contend for bragging rights in the video arcade. At night, the entire family is welcome to bond over board games, skeeball, a tilting labyrinth, and family activities.
- Explorations Central: Explorations Central (EXC), Holland America Line's exclusive destination programming, is designed to deepen your understanding of the places you visit. Its indispensable travel resources and opportunities to engage with experts and local insiders, make exploring each port of call more vivid and meaningful.
- Casino Action: Your Holland America Line ship's Casino offers a wide array of gaming options. Whether you prefer slot machines or want to try your hand at blackjack or poker, Holland America's dealers and staff are available to provide complimentary instruction - and HAL offers many engaging tournament options. The Casino is only open at sea.
- Club Hall: Holland America Line's youth activities program, Club HAL, offers an array of entertaining events for kids and teens ages 3-17, supervised by a full-time, professionally trained staff. They'll have an opportunity to join other kids their age for arts and crafts, sports, video game competitions, scavenger hunts, challenging team games, and themed parties.
- Onboard Shopping: Enjoy a wide variety of duty-free shopping in such signature shops as The Vault, Diamonds and Gemstones by Merabella, which offers the best diamonds at sea, brought to you by Effy.
Oosterdam Bars & Dining
The shake of a martini, the hum of conversation with new friends - Holland America Line offers a wide selection of onboard lounges and gathering places. Sip a cool saketini garnished with a fresh cucumber slice. Sample a 40-year-old Scotch whisky; celebrate with fine French Champagne. Taste the world as you raise your glass to it!
- Lido Market: Explore a world of exciting culinary possibilities at the Lido Market. This modern market includes a selection of delicious take-out or order-in options: Breadboard, with fresh baked goods and pastries; Wild Harvest offers a vast selection of hearty salads; Homestead, which serves up comforting classics; Distant Lands, international foods; Sweet Spot, for ice cream and dessert creations; Roasting Pan, hand-carved meats, fish and other appetizing entrees; Perk, freshly prepared drinks and frozen juices; Quench, premium coffee, beer, wine, and soft drinks available for purchase; Rise, tasty quiches, croissants, sandwiches and more.
- Dining Room: The Culinary Council, an elite team of seven world-renowned chefs, and the talented onboard executive chefs have worked to bring each dish to perfection. Enrich your trip with a wide selection of wines, handpicked by Holland America Line's wine curator, celebrated wine critic James Suckling.
- Pinnacle Grill & Bar: Pinnacle Grill is the best barbecue at sea, where an exceptional menu and impeccable service will make for one of the best meals of your life. The refined menu features a selection of premium 28-day moist-aged meats, meticulously selected to ensure the best quality, as well as classic meat dishes and innovative recipes from James Beard Award-winning Chef and Culinary Council Member, David Burke. All dishes are exquisitely prepared, attractively presented, and complemented by an extensive collection of award-winning wines. Here, your meal is an event in itself, a celebration of haute cuisine and a triumph of flavor.
- Canaletto: In Italy there is nothing more important than coming together to celebrate the joy of a great meal. This is the inspiration for Canaletto, the Italian restaurant on board. Enjoy extraordinary Italian classics such as grilled chicken cacciatore al forno, branzino ai ferri, or garlic ravioli. And for dessert: tiramisu, cannoli alla Siciliana, gelato, and more. Including pasta prepared daily. Advantage!
- Dive-In: Dive-in offers a variety of classic and informal cuisine, using the highest quality ingredients. Enjoy a burger grilled to perfection and served on a toasted bun with their own brand secret sauce. Savor a succulent Nathan's Famous gourmet hot dog with golden fries. Or choose a grilled chicken breast sandwich or a juicy stack of portobello mushrooms. Dive-In is the perfect place to eat the best poolside burgers at sea.
- Room Service 24 hours: Stay up late and have breakfast delivered to your stateroom. Dine early on the terrace before heading out on an evening excursion. Order a salad, sandwich, or entree anytime. You can dine in the cabin only by calling. All selections are included in the cruise fare unless otherwise noted on the room menu.
- Explorations Cafe: At Explorations Cafe, relax in a comfortable cafe environment where you can consult one of the largest libraries at sea, enjoy a wide range of audio and video programming, or simply read the morning paper. Guests can also savor freshly baked pastries with their favorite coffee.
- Crow's Nest: Holland America Line offers you a wide selection of lounges onboard. The panoramic view takes center stage in The Crow's Nest at the top of the ship, where you can relax just about any time of day and enjoy your favorite drink.
- Explorer's Lounge: The Explorer's Lounge is an elegant and refined space to enjoy a glass of wine, a cocktail, or your favorite liqueur.
- Gallery Bar: This sophisticated venue is decorated with a whimsical and eclectic mix of dreamy artwork including portraits, landscapes, still lives, and abstract works.
- Ocean Bar: Holland America Line offers you a wide selection of lounges. This popular bar is located at the top of the atrium and is the perfect place for cocktails and dancing.
- Tamarind Bar: Holland America Line offers you a wide selection of lounges and meeting spaces on board. At the Tamarind Bar, enjoy cocktails with immersive sea views next to the prestigious Tamarind dining restaurant.
- Notes: For aficionados, this is truly your whisk(e)y wonderland. At NOTES, a dedicated whisk(e)y bar guests can gaze in awe at the more than 120 labels on display - and sample some of the rarest whisk(e)y selections in the world. An interactive menu board and multiple tasting options are designed to identify uniquely personalized flavor profiles for every guest.
- Piano Bar: Holland America Line offers you a wide selection of lounges on board. In the Piano Bar, gather around and sing along as the pianist plays your favorites.
- Mix: Holland America Line offers you a wide selection of lounges and gathering places onboard. Explore Mix for Champagne, Martinis, and Spirits and Ales.
Oosterdam Entertainment
Experience the best in cruise ship entertainment. At the center is Music Walk: an exclusive collection of performances. From the soulful sounds of Memphis and rock's biggest anthems to intimate chamber music, you'll find something that sings to your heart, night after perfect night.
- B.B. King's Blues Club: When you feel like moving you can enjoy live music on your cruise. Direct from Beale Street in Memphis, B.B. King's all-star band presents a rich southern heritage of classic soul and rock & roll to get you dancing.
- Lincoln Center Stage: Enjoy classical music on cruise ships and entertainment on board. In an exclusive partnership with the world's leading center for the performing arts, musical virtuosos perform well-known classics and favorites with a contemporary twist.
- Rolling Stone Rock Room: When you're ready to rock, head to the Rolling Stone Rock Room, the ultimate live music venue on the ship. Hear your favs and classic hits, right from Rolling Stone magazine's top song lists.
- Step One Dance Company: The Step One Dance Company, comprised of six elite dancers, tours the Holland America Line fleet presenting works from notable choreographers who have blended high-caliber dance with technology to create two unique shows.
- World Stage: World Stage, the largest theater on board is home to a variety of performances day and night. Holland America's exclusive EXC Talk lecture series features captivating regional stories told by local experts and narrated by your Cruise & Travel Director. In the evenings, Step One Dance Company, vocal sensation Cantare, BBC Earth in Concert, and more take the stage. Koningsdam, Nieuw Statendam, and Rotterdam bring the World Stage experience to the next level by surrounding you with spectacular sights and sounds with a two-story, panoramic LED screen.
- Cantare: Cantare is back with two electrifying performances featuring decades of pop hits and amazing harmonies. Appearing on select ships in 2020, they'll light up the stage with "I'm Your Man", covering songs by iconic male artists; and "Classics," a collection of your favorite songs from every era.
Oosterdam Spa & Fitness
- Greenhouse Spa & Salon: During a leisurely day at sea, a few places help you refresh, relax, and rejuvenate like the Greenhouse Spa & Salon. This heavenly retreat nurtures every aspect of your well-being with renowned spa rituals and healing touches. In the spa, pamper your skin with facial treatments featuring premium, naturally sourced ingredients. Nurture your body, too, with massage treatments employing time-honored, hands-on massage techniques gleaned from around the world.
Oosterdam Ship Accommodations
Refined amenities and HAL's signature Mariner's Dream bed grace each elegant stateroom offered by Holland America Line. Most of HAL's spacious cruise ship rooms are ocean-facing; many have teak-lined verandahs for dining alfresco or sunbathing in private.
- Signature Suite
These spacious and comfortable suites feature a spacious living room with picture windows overlooking a private terrace, two lower beds that convert to a queen bed, their signature Mariner's Dream bed with a plush Euro-Top mattress, and a sleeper sofa for one person. The bathroom includes double sinks, a large jetted tub and shower, and an additional shower stall. Stateroom configuration may vary. - Vista Suite
With a teak-lined verandah, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a comfortable sitting area, these comfortable suites are filled with light. They include two lower beds convertible to one queen-size bed - HAL's signature Mariner's Dream bed with plush Euro-Top mattresses, plus a shower with premium massage head and a refrigerator. The configuration of staterooms may vary from the images shown. - Verandah
Filled with light from floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a private verandah, these staterooms include a sitting area, two lower beds convertible to one queen-size bed-HAL's signature Mariner's Dream bed with plush Euro-Top mattresses, and a shower. - Oceanview
These spacious staterooms include two lower beds that convert to a queen bed, their signature Mariner's Dream - bed with luxurious Euro-Top mattress, premium massage showerheads, and a host of amenities. The view is restricted. Stateroom configuration may vary from the images shown. - Interior
These comfortable staterooms feature two lower beds that convert to a queen bed, their signature Mariner's Dream bed with a plush Euro-Top mattress, premium massage showerheads, and a host of amenities. Stateroom configuration may vary.
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