van wyk journeys We have just returned from a week-long cruise that took us from Vancouver, BC to ports in Alaska: Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchikan. Our cruise included a journey up and down Glacier Bay, where we had the chance to marvel at the glaciers that flow into this beautiful inlet.
The cruise ship – MS Koningsdam
MS Koningsdam is a Pinnacle-class cruise ship operated by Holland America Line (HAL), a division of Carnival Corporation & plc. Koningsdam is the lead vessel of HAL’s Pinnacle class, which includes Nieuw Statendam (2018) and Rotterdam (2021), all of which were built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. Two years after the first steel was cut in February 2014 to commence construction, she was delivered to HAL in March 2016 and began operating the following month. At 99,863 GT, she became the largest ship ever commissioned for HAL upon her delivery.
Credit Wikipedia® MS. (2023, March 4). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Koningsdam
Photo credit William van Wyk 2023©
The image below shows the route taken on this cruise.
The cruise route.
The images below are captioned, just click on them to open them for viewing in a larger format. All were taken from the balcony outside our room and are of the west side of Canada Place where the ship was moored.
Best Regards,
Bill & Joan
from vanwykjourneys.ca