- Launched
- December 2002
- Gross tonnage
- 82,305 GT
- Passengers
- 1,916 (double)
- Crew
- 800
- Length
- 285 m
- Home port
- Fort Lauderdale — Grand World Voyage base
Zuiderdam entered service in December 2002 as the first Vista-class ship. She alternates with Rotterdam as HAL's Grand World Voyage flagship on the annual 120+ night circumnavigation.
Zuiderdam is HAL's most-deployed long-voyage ship and a regular on Panama Canal, Amazon, and South American itineraries. Her mid-size footprint reaches ports the Pinnacle-class flagships cannot.
She has received progressive Music Walk, Pinnacle Grill, and Tamarind upgrades but retains her more traditional early-2000s HAL layout.
Highlights
Grand World Voyage
Alternates with Rotterdam as HAL's world-cruise flagship.
Port-intensive deployment
Regular Amazon, South America, and Panama Canal sailings.
Class originator
First Vista-class ship — the platform for Oosterdam, Westerdam, and Noordam.
Same class
Sister ships
Launched 2003
Oosterdam
The second Vista-class ship — Alaska summers and Australia-New Zealand winters, a genuinely dual-hemisphere platform.
Launched 2004
Westerdam
The third Vista-class ship — Asia spring and Alaska summer, HAL's Asia-Pacific specialist.
Launched 2006
Noordam
The fourth Vista-class ship — mixed Mediterranean, Caribbean, and South American deployment.
Also in Holland America Line
Other ships in the fleet
Launched 2021
Rotterdam
HAL's flagship — the seventh ship in the fleet to carry the name Rotterdam and the newest Pinnacle-class vessel.
Launched 2018
Nieuw Statendam
The second Pinnacle-class ship — Caribbean winters and Mediterranean summers on HAL's most globally deployed Pinnacle sister.
Launched 2016
Koningsdam
The first Pinnacle-class ship — HAL's Alaska and Mexican Riviera workhorse from the West Coast.
Launched 2010
Nieuw Amsterdam
The second Signature-class ship — Alaska summer and Caribbean winter on HAL's most balanced mid-size platform.
Launched 2008
Eurodam
The first Signature-class ship — mixed Caribbean, Northern Europe, and Panama Canal deployment.
Launched 1999
Volendam
HAL's second Grand World Voyage ship — smallest current fleet ship, deepest port access.
Launched 2000
Zaandam
The sister R-class ship — Mexican Riviera winters and Alaska summers on HAL's most nimble mid-size platform.
Available on this ship
Onboard experiences
Cruise line
Explore the brand
Holland America Line
Premium-classic mid-size cruising — long itineraries, strong food-and-wine, and the deepest world-voyage programme in North American cruising.
Carnival Corporation & plc (parent group)
Carnival Corporation is the world's largest cruise operator by fleet and passenger volume, parent of nine cruise brands spanning contemporary to ultra-luxury — including Carnival, Princess, Holland America, Cunard, Costa, AIDA, Seabourn, and Britain's P&O Cruises.