Holland America's Westerdam entered service last Sunday (April 25).
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The 82,000-grt Westerdam was named in Venice Sunday. |
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The ship will sail in Europe this summer and fall before repositioning to Ft. Lauderdale in December for a winter series of 7-night cruises to the eastern and western Caribbean. |
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Westerdam in the third in the Vista-class series. A new addition on this series is the Superior Veranda Suites which offer a much larger amount of space than the Deluxe Veranda Staterooms. |
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The three-deck-high atrium gives a feeling of spaciousness without being overwhelming. Each ship in the Vista-class series has a different centerpiece suspended from the top of the atrium. Westerdam's is a crystal representation of one of Holland America's first transatlantic liners, carrying out the interior theme of Dutch history in America. |
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Westerdam's piano bar is brightly colored, but like in so many interior photos, this photos show the colors to be a bit more vibrant than they are in reality. Westerdam's colors are more muted than Zuiderdam's the first ship in the series. |
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The Lido pool's centerpiece is another animal grouping by celebrated sculptor Susannah Holt who here depicts a group of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins. |
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