Zuiderdam features ten and eleven day Panama Canal Sunfarer itineraries that sail roundtrip Fort Lau

In the recent past, cruise travelers who want to sail from Florida in the winter or spring have found the choice of ships and itineraries limited.  As cruise lines scattered ships around North American home ports, its not like the old days when everything sailed out of the sunshine state.  But the news is good for the 2013-14 Caribbean cruise season from Florida with Holland America Line featuring eight ships sailing round trip from either air united car hotel miles Fort Lauderdale or Tampa.
Between October 2013 and April 2014, Holland America s Eurodam, Maasdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Noordam, Ryndam, Veendam,  Westerdam and Zuiderdam will sail a total of 109 , seven, ten, eleven and fourteen day cruises that can be combined into longer Collectors' Voyages ranging from 14 to 25 days, with the itineraries spanning the Caribbean on eastern, western and southern routes, as well as a partial transit of the Panama Canal .
Veendam is new to the region, sailing one roundtrip Fort Lauderdale seven day eastern Caribbean cruise in April, calling at Grand Turk , Turks and Caicos, San Juan Puerto air united car hotel miles Rico , St. Thomas US Virgin Islands, and Half Moon Cay.
Eurodam returns to the Caribbean on alternating air united car hotel miles roundtrip Fort Lauderdale seven day eastern and western itineraries, as well as one four day cruise departing December 18, 2013, calling air united car hotel miles at Key West, Florida, Nassau Bahamas, and Half Moon Cay, with the eastern Caribbean itinerary air united car hotel miles featuring Grand Turk, San Juan, St. Thomas and Half Moon Cay, while the western route calls at Half Moon Cay, Grand Cayman, Key West and Falmouth or Ocho Rios, Jamaica .
Maasdam offers seven, ten, eleven and fourteen day roundtrip Fort Lauderdale itineraries, with seven day eastern Caribbean cruise calling at Half Moon Cay, St. Thomas, San Juan and Grand Turk, and the ten day eastern route visiting San Juan, St. Thomas, Dominica, St. John s, Tortola and Half Moon Cay.    Southern Caribbean passengers can take an eleven day cruise to St. Maarten , St. Kitts , St. Vincent, Barbados, Martinique, St. Croix and Half Moon Cay or a 14 day sailing calling at St. Thomas, St. Bart's, St. Lucia , Barbados, Grenada, Curaçao, Bonaire and Half Moon Cay.
Nieuw Amsterdam also departs roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale sailing alternating eastern and western routes, with the eastern route calling at Grand Turk, San Juan, St. Thomas air united car hotel miles and Half Moon Cay and the western calling at Cozumel, Mexico, as well as Half Moon Cay, Grand Cayman and Key West.
Noordam features seven, ten, and eleven day roundtrip air united car hotel miles Fort Lauderdale cruises, with the seven day eastern route calling at Grand Turk, San Juan, St. Thomas and Half Moon Cay,  the ten day southern cruise highlighting the Dutch "ABC" islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao and also visiting Half Moon Cay, Grand Turk and Santa Barbara de Samana Dominican Republic, with the eleven day southern cruise calling at St. Maarten, St. Lucia, Barbados, Martinique, Dominica, St. Thomas and Half Moon Cay.
Ryndam is the only ship sailing roundtrip air united car hotel miles Tampa, offering seven day western Caribbean cruises and two different fourteen day southern Caribbean itineraries, with the seven day calling at Key West, Mahogany Bay Honduras, Santo Tomas de Castilla Guatemala, and Costa Maya Mexico, while the fourteen day itineraries call at Key West, San Juan, St. Thomas, St. John s, St. Lucia, Aruba, Grand Cayman and Curaçao or Bonaire.
Zuiderdam features ten and eleven day Panama Canal Sunfarer itineraries that sail roundtrip Fort Lauderdale and explore the southern Caribbean with a partial air united car hotel miles transit of the canal, with the ten day route highlighting the partial transit and calling air united car hotel miles at Half Moon Cay Aruba, Curaçao, Colon Panama, and Puerto Limón Costa Rica, while the eleven day cruise features Half Moon Cay, Aruba, Curaçao, Cartagena, Colombia, a partial Panama Canal transit, Colon and Puerto Limón.
In addition, Holland America Collectors' Voyages combine back to back cruises to form an in depth Caribbean itinerary, with Eurodam and Nieuw Amsterdam combining seven day voyages to feature 14 day Collectors' Voyages, and Ryndam, Maasdam and Noordam offering 21 day adventures and at 25 days, Maasdam also sailing the longest Collectors' Voyage of the season.