Holland America Line's new flagship: MS Koningsdam

By Sally Macmillan
Updated June 5 2016 - 1:24am, first published 12:15am
Holland America Line's Koningsdam's pool area.
Holland America Line's Koningsdam's pool area.
Pacific Eden's The Pantry.
Pacific Eden's The Pantry.
Aneityum locals with Save The Children's Tom Skirrow and Sarah Wyndham and P&O Cruises' Elisa Monorchio.
Aneityum locals with Save The Children's Tom Skirrow and Sarah Wyndham and P&O Cruises' Elisa Monorchio.

When Holland America Line's impressive new flagship, MS Koningsdam, steamed out of rainy Rotterdam after its christening, the docks – and the ship's decks – were lined with waving, cheering people. There was much hooting between Koningsdam and HAL's retired SS Rotterdam, which is now a hotel ship based in the port, and a paddlewheeler sailing nearby belted out a series of perky tunes on its whistle. Fireworks lit up the sky when the ship passed Hoek van Holland and partying on board carried on until the small hours.

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