The large cruise ship MS Nieuw Amsterdam from Holland America Line is docked at a pier in clear turquoise water. Two people swim in the foreground shallows under a blue sky with fluffy clouds.

Holland America Line

12-DAY PANAMA CANAL DISCOVERY: COSTA RICA & GREATER ANTILLES

Panama Canal

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Trip Details

Departs: March 21, 2027

Returns: April 2, 2027

Departure Port: Fort Lauderdale

Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam

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Nieuw Amsterdam

The only Holland America ship with a permanent Morimoto restaurant, and the one that never stays put

Aboard

  • The second and last Signature-class ship, delivered by Fincantieri in June 2010
  • Christened at Venice in July 2010 by Princess Máxima of the Netherlands
  • Morimoto By Sea, the chef's first permanent restaurant at sea, opened here in December 2023
  • Sails Alaska, the Mediterranean and the Panama Canal in the same year
  • Bookings run from a week to well over a month
  • Named on Holland America's Evolution list for a full rebuild
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Ashore

Where You Stop

Fort Lauderdale

Oranjestad

Cartagena

Panama Canal

The Panama Canal

A hundred-year-old feat of engineering that lifts a ship eighty-five feet over a continent, and one of the few cruise days where nobody leaves the deck.

Best Time to Go
December through April, the dry season
Typical Length
10 to 15 nights
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