{"id":114775,"date":"2024-07-29T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/29\/holland-america-is-out-with-another-epic-cruise-this-time-with-a-special-twist-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T12:00:30","slug":"holland-america-is-out-with-another-epic-cruise-this-time-with-a-special-twist-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/29\/holland-america-is-out-with-another-epic-cruise-this-time-with-a-special-twist-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Holland America is out with another epic cruise \u2014 this time with a special twist – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Holland America<\/a> is out with another epic itinerary from North America to Europe and back \u2014 this time with an unusual twist.<\/p>\n

On Monday the Seattle-based cruise line said the 35-night round-trip voyage from Boston to some of Northern Europe’s most alluring destinations will include a viewing of the solar eclipse that will take place above Northern Europe in August 2026.<\/p>\n

Dubbed the Voyage of the Vikings, the sailing will take place on Holland America’s 1,964-passenger Zuiderdam and offer North American travelers a chance to visit such hot spots of Viking history as Greenland, Iceland and Norway without getting on a transatlantic flight.<\/p>\n

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The voyage will kick off in Boston July 18, 2026, with a sailing up the coast of North America that initially resembles a New England and Canada cruise. The first port calls will be Portland, Maine, and Sydney, Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n

But the call at Sydney will mark just the start of an unusually in-depth look at the coast of Eastern Canada, which will include four stops in Newfoundland and Labrador \u2014 Corner Brook, Red Bay, St. Anthony and St. John’s \u2014 as well as Halifax, Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n

Some of the Canada stops will take place as the ship heads toward Europe, while others will be on the return voyage.<\/p>\n

After its initial visit to the Canadian coast, Zuiderdam will turn east across the North Atlantic for a multiweek visit to Greenland, Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, Ireland and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

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