HAL to Add High-End Staterooms to Prinsendam

As part of the continuing Signature of Excellence enhancement program, Holland America Line will add 22 staterooms to Prinsendam in early 2010. The dry-dock will occur in Freeport, Bahamas, Jan. 4 to 13.

With the addition of staterooms aft, the pool deck will expand with more space and more deck chairs, and a new sea-view bar will be created. Sixteen of the new staterooms will be deluxe verandahs and two will be slightly smaller verandahs. Four will be standard inside staterooms. Appointments will feature elegant bathrooms and recently redesigned closet space.

Amenities feature Mariner Dream Beds, 250-count linens, Elemis spa bathroom amenities, large vanity mirror, stainless-steel fruit basket, flat-panel television and DVD player, quality shower head, and more. Guest capacity of the Elegant Explorer will increase from 793 to 837.

New staterooms will be fully finished while under way and ready to book for the 54-day “Quest of the Argonauts” voyage, sailing March 24 roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale to the Mediterranean and Black seas. The ship will call at ports in more than 10 countries, including Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Russia, Georgia, Greece and Turkey.