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As a HAL guest, your comfort is their priority. The moment you step aboard one of their five-star premium cruise ships, a white-gloved steward will escort you to your stateroom where you will find all the comforts of home, as well as a few of the surprises that have made Holland America Line the world's leading premium cruise line. Throughout your cruise with HAL, attentive cabin stewards provide discreet, unobtrusive service, replenishing ice and arranging fresh fruit, turning down beds and delivering pillow chocolates. Anticipating your every wish, their gracious crew members dedicate themselves to providing you the best onboard cruise travel experience possible.

On average, HAL's accommodations are 25 percent larger than on other cruise ships in the same category, providing more space and privacy to enhance your cruise vacation. All staterooms include self-controlled air conditioning; a telephone and closed circuit TV; luxurious soaps, shampoos and lotions; music channel system; and 24-hour complimentary room service.

Suite Amenities
Guests who choose suite accommodations enjoy several additional amenities – including in-suite afternoon tea and savory hors d'oeuvres - all with the Captain's compliments.

How better to enhance your onboard cruise vacation experience than to provide incomparable cuisine in a variety of wonderful ways. Bountiful buffets and dress-up dinners, hors d'oeuvres on your verandah or a picnic on the beach are just a few of the dining options awaiting you aboard a Holland America Line premium cruise vacation.

With more than 500 different food items on a typical 7-day cruise vacation, Holland America Line offers the most extensive menus at sea. Enjoy modern Continental cuisine, regional specialties appropriate to each cruising area and traditional favorites. HAL's chefs are all members of the prestigious Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs gourmet society.

Yes, your mouth will water at the aroma of so many delicious options. But your other senses will delight as well - fine dining has always been the tradition on HAL's premium cruise ships with signature touches like elegant china, starched linens, silver and fresh flowers to enhance your meals.

With so many tastes to tempt you and venues to enjoy, you're sure to experience the many pleasures world-class dining can offer.

In addition to breakfast, lunch and five-course dinner meals, you can enjoy: afternoon tea; a stir-fry or pasta buffet; an ice cream bar; hot hors d'oeuvres during the cocktail hours; an evening espresso or cappuccino; and the traditional late-night snack (one of which will be a Dutch Chocolate Extravaganza). Or, try the Terrace Grill, located outside, featuring hamburgers and hot dogs as well as a taco bar and a daily special. And, of course, complimentary room service is available 24 hours a day. Casual dining is available in the Lido Restaurant every night.

Luxury dining awaits you in the Pinnacle Grill. Part of Holland America Line's Signature of Excellence^® initiative, the Pinnacle Grill is reservations-only dining featuring the highest quality meat and fish, an extensive wine list and luxurious appointments including Bvlgari® china, Riedel® stemware and Frette® linens. The Pinnacle Grill is available on all cruise ships in HAL's fleet. Reservations may be made on board by contacting the restaurant manager; suite guests have reservation preference. There will be a minimal restaurant charge.

Be amazed, be surprised, be thrilled. The Holland America Line fleet of premium cruise ships offers so many entertainment venues you're in for the night of your life... night after night. Following a day of site-seeing or an afternoon massage, enhance your onboard experience with evenings of foot-tapping entertainment, side-splitting laughs or romantic moonlit dancing.

In addition to HAL's award-winning shore excursions, each Holland America cruise ship offers a wide variety of onboard personal enrichment activities. All ships offer HAL's exclusive Explorations Speaker Series with guest lecturers on a vast array of topics including regional history, culture and art. Additionally, HAL offers interdenominational worship services and 24-hour email and Internet access.

As part of HAL's Signature of Excellence^® initiative, HAL's new Explorations Café powered by The New York Times offers pastry and espresso, the Discovery Times Channel, books, music, maps and Internet research assistance. HAL's Culinary Arts Center is a state-of the art demonstration kitchen offering interactive cooking lessons, each limited to 16 guests.