The vibe has shifted and the glory days of cruising are once again docked in NYC.
Holland America’s newest ship Rotterdam arrived in New York City on Oct. 26 on its maiden call, after a 12-day cruise, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the cruise line’s first transatlantic crossing.Every day, I saddled up at the bar for a throwback happy hour where Dutch 150s and other classics are served for just $0.25. Some days I splurged and ordered the G&T for $0.50.
Back in the cruise line’s early days, there were also cows, sheep, chickens and a duck or two on board most journeys — after all, they needed fresh milk, meat and eggs for the passengers. Our voyage departed 150 years to the day after the first Rotterdam departed its namesake city in the Netherlands, bound for the Big Apple. That voyage would take 21 days. Ours took 12 days.I know we weren’t going full throttle because a fellow passenger complained that Cunard’s Queen Mary II passed us at one point.
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