Our cruise began with a flight from Rochester, NY to Detroit, Detroit to Vancouver, BC, and then a bus ride from the Vancouver airport to the cruise ship docks to embark on the ms Veendam. The Veendam is a Holland America Lines cruise ship:
Displacement = 55,758 tons
Length = 720 feet
Beam = 101 feet
Draft = 25 feet
Registry = Netherlands
Capacity = 1258 guests
Crew = 557
Propulsion = Twin electric drives powered by 3 diesel generators run as required to suit the cruising speed. Various side thrusters for docking and undocking without assistance. Gyrofin stabilizer for roll control when underway in heavy seas.
Dedicated = January 1996 by Debbie Reynolds
This particular ship was well suited in agility for cruising along the Inner Passage waterway and docking at the various small port towns of this cruise such as Ketchikan, Haines, Juneau, Sitka, and Seward.
In the photo the guests are manning the rails, topside, as the ship departs Vancouver from the Burrard Inlet at the start of the trip and is about to pass under the Lions Gate Bridge passing Stanley Park to port side.
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