HAL-Holland America Line has released its schedule for nearly three dozen voyages in the 2027–2028 season, allocating capacity across Hawaii, Mexico, the Pacific Coast, and Panama Canal routes. The programme has been arranged to include extended overnight periods in Honolulu and expanded time for exploration of the Sea of Cortez in Mexico.
Deployments will be carried out by the vessels Koningsdam, Eurodam, Nieuw Amsterdam, and Zaandam, with sailings scheduled from October 2027 through April 2028 and homeports dispersed among five locations on the North American mainland and Pacific Northwest. According to the company’s vice president responsible for itinerary planning and deployment, the seasonal offerings have been structured to serve a range of operational profiles, from tropical island passages to longer transits such as those through Central America.
In the Hawaiian archipelago, the winter roster provides for prolonged stays in Honolulu as well as calls at well-known natural landmarks including volcanic parks and black-sand shorelines. The itinerary set includes programming branded under the Hawaii Up Close banner, designed to familiarise passengers with agricultural practices, local historical context, indigenous arts and geological features, together with evening stargazing and traditional luaus. Multiple departure dates are featured for 17- and 18-day Circular Hawaii voyages, with all of these planned to call at Nawiliwili on Kauai, Honolulu, Kahului on Maui, and both Kona and Hilo on the island of Hawaii. Select departures extend the Honolulu call to overnight or as much as 40 hours and include additional port visits such as Ensenada in Mexico.
Among the trans-Canal options, Holland America Line’s itinerary suite spans durations between 14 and 22 days, allowing participants unimpeded views of the transit infrastructure at Gatun, Pedro Miguel and Miraflores Locks. These passages incorporate opportunities for shore visits to sites inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, locations of Mayan archaeological interest, wildlife sanctuaries, volcanic terrain and coastal communities throughout Central America. Embarkation and disembarkation points for these voyages have been arranged on routes from Fort Lauderdale or Miami to San Diego (and in reverse), from Seattle to Fort Lauderdale, and from Fort Lauderdale to Vancouver.
Cruises along the west coast of Mexico have been scheduled with a range of lengths, from brief warm-weather escapes to more comprehensive explorations of the Baja Peninsula and Sea of Cortez. The durations on offer are set between 5 and 12 days, most of which are roundtrip from San Diego. Ports included in these rotations may comprise Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán, Cabo San Lucas, Acapulco, Ensenada, Loreto, Pichilingue (La Paz), Manzanillo and additional lesser-visited points along the peninsula’s shore.
Pacific Coast sailings have been laid in for 1- to 7-day durations, among them the reinstated passage through the Great Bear Rainforest, scheduled as a roundtrip departure from Vancouver in 2028. These voyages focus on the inland waterways characteristic of British Columbia and extend calls along the west coast of the United States. For passengers new to cruising, the Pacific Coast programme also includes a one-day sailing aboard Eurodam from Seattle to Vancouver on October 2nd, 2027. In announcing the programme, the planning vice president noted the company’s intent to provide a structured and varied set of options suited to different operational and passenger preferences within the 2027–2028 deployment period.