Holland America Line launched its 2024-2025 Caribbean season Oct. 20, and the seven ships exploring the area have a number of recent destination-centric culinary, beverage and shore tour experiences that delve deeper into the area. With a give attention to native flavors and cultural immersion, the cruise line is raring to supply friends genuine connections to the meals, drinks and historical past of the locations they go to.
“Caribbean tradition is stuffed with vibrant flavors that allowed us to get artistic growing new dishes and cocktails that showcase the culinary traditions of the area,” stated Michael Smith, senior vp, visitor expertise and product growth, Holland America Line. “We proceed so as to add new and thrilling experiences ashore that make a memorable impression on our friends whereas additionally taking a extra private take a look at the vacation spot.”
CULINARY:
Regionally themed menus within the Eating Room and Lido Market add to the culinary journey on each Caribbean cruise. Company can get pleasure from a Caribbean themed brunch, bask in native rum tastings and have fun with a standard, pirate-inspired rum punch.
- The complimentary Caribbean Brunch menu within the Eating Room showcases recent, native elements, with picks that vary from candy tropical flavors to savory dishes. Examples embody Jamaican Banana Pancakes, Candy Potato Chowder and Florida Keys Mahi-Mahi Sandwich with grilled pineapple.
- Native flavors on the eating room menu embody Chilly Caribbean Shrimp Cocktail with orange habanero aioli; Jerked Pork Tenderloin with peanuts, rice pilaf and black beans; Spiced Pork Stomach with pineapple, salsa, roasted squash and candy potatoes; and Rooster and Callaloo Soup with butternut squash, garlic, thyme and toasted coconut.
- Throughout Caribbean sailings, the informal Lido Market options regional favorites like Puerto Rican Tostones, Caribbean Lamb Curry, Caribbean Roasted Pork Sandwich and Caribbean Bread Pudding.
- Pinnacle Grill additionally options native flavors with the addition of Caribbean dishes to the menu, together with Jerked Rooster Bao and a Cuban Mojo Pork Chop.
- There’s a Themed Caribbean Tea Time as soon as per cruise that features: Pinacolada Mousse, Rum Baba Cupcake, Key Lime Tartlet, Caribbean Chocolate Brownie, Scones (Raisin/plain) and Gugelhupf, Assorted Sandwiches.
- For ships crusing to the Panama Canal, there’s a Panamanian themed dinner in Lido Market.
BEVERAGE:
Holland America Line is happy to introduce its unique Rum Ambassador programming on all Caribbean sailings, developed in collaboration with world-renowned beverage consultants and historians David Wondrich and Jeff “Beachbum” Berry. Company can immerse themselves within the wealthy historical past and flavors of rum via tastings and seminars led by an onboard Rum Ambassador, making this a novel, interactive expertise for the Caribbean season.
- A brand new menu of 5 Caribbean cocktails created by David Wondrich will characteristic the flavors of the area. A pirate-inspired rum punch debuted final season and can make a return to the bars and lounges.
- Inexperienced Swizzle: Selection of Planteray 3 Star or Fords Gin, Velvet Falernum, lime juice, absinthe, soda and Angostura, swizzled.
- El Presidente: Planteray 3 Star, Vermouth blanc, dashes of orange curaçao, grenadine.
- Myrtle Financial institution Particular Punch: Planteray 3 Star and Smith and Cross Rum, pot-still Jamaican rums plus lime, sugar and a splash of Italian cherry brandy.
- Massive Youth: Planteray Xaymaca Rum and Smith and Cross Rum, sweetened condensed milk, coconut water, bitters and nutmeg.
- seventeenth Century Caribbean Pirate Punch: Two sorts of wealthy, pot-stilled Jamaican rum, a splash of orange curaçao, three sorts of citrus juice and sprinkling of fresh-grated nutmeg.
- On every ship within the Caribbean, one in all Holland America Line’s bartenders will practice to change into a Rum Ambassador. On this function, they are going to lead rum tastings for friends.
SHORE EXCURSIONS:
Holland America Line provides lots of of excursions in Caribbean ports that showcase the very best of every vacation spot. From water-based experiences to culturally immersive explorations, the vary of shore excursions options one thing for each style and degree of exercise. Six new shore excursions on Caribbean itineraries provide new experiences for friends ashore:
INTINERARIES:
Here’s a temporary number of the Caribbean cruises for the 2024-2025 season:
- 11-Day Japanese Caribbean Wayfarer, Eurodam, departs Nov. 27, 2024
- 7-Day Western Caribbean, Nieuw Amsterdam, departs Dec. 8
- 14-Day Southern Caribbean, Volendam, departs Dec. 21, 2024
- 12-Day Panama Canal Sunfarer, Rotterdam, departs Feb. 2, 2025
- 7-Day Tropical Caribbean, Nieuw Statendam, departs Feb. 8, 2025
- 10-Day Southern Caribbean Seafarer, Eurodam, departs Feb. 19, 2025
- 6-Day Tropical Caribbean, Rotterdam, departs April 6, 2025