I love your positivity!

I love the fish market in Bergen. My mom (who has Norwegian heritage) and I got some smoked herring wrapped in newspaper and chomped on it like a burrito! I love Norway!

Good afternoon Meredith! Welcome to Holland America! We've taken eight HAL cruises and have two more itineraries booked. We like the small to medium size ships, the music program, the food is better than some other lines and the HAL staff is absolutely top notch! We sailed from Boston to Montreal on the old Maasdam in 2010. It's been one of my favorite seven night itineraries and I look forward to following you on this trip. Enjoy!!

Glad you enjoyed your day in my home town. I sure miss it, especially in the summer.

Preciosa la ciudad de Quebec, 😊😊gracias por recordármela 😊😊

I've actually not seen much content from this ship before - she looks gorgeous, and a lovely little size! I've only cruised once with HAL - on Rotterdam - and I was so impressed with my experience!

what an awesome host ..

I love Norway! I spent a week there 25 years ago on a genealogy trip. We went to Aurland, and visited an 800 year old church where my ancestors are buried. I definitely felt like I had come home. I will hopefully cruise there next year to see more of my homeland!

The pastery you ate is called Berlinerbolle, they come`s with that cream you had, or you can have them with a type of Jam. Supernice either way.

Did you exchange $ for Icelandic Kronas beforehand or just waited until you arrived?

650kr for water is criminal, NEVER ever pay for water in icelang, drinking water is free here

Wait, what, docked for an additional night in Belgium, widely considered one of the best beer countries, and then doing an onboard bar crawl? 😂

The captain skipped Scotland we went right to Iceland spent an every day in Iceland. I was in North America and Europe at the same times. I am not a religious person but I do Thank God.

Thank You for your video. I was on the first 3 sailing open to the General Public. I was in the solo cabin. I loved the food and entertainment. I didn’t like the small venue. I went to every specialties restaurant. I ate at all the complementary restaurants. I agree with you Norway, Sweden and Iceland were terrific. I was on the ship for 35 days. Travel all the way back to New York. I had a good time. The Breakfast I loved had Steak and Eggs for Breakfast. I heard they don’t offer that now. The Chef on the Gem they only offer that too Suites and Haven Guest. You must grew up Poor. You never turn down food.

Ha! I didn't see anything worth commenting on. Then you told of the Oops incident. Solo cruiser Rob (me) had the same thing happen last year on Voyager of the Seas....only not in the shower, but relaxing in the room wrapped in a towel maybe. My *intruder* was female. Maybe it's a fun joke they have worked out for us solo travelers. 😂 I'm glad you weren't too shaken by it. While you're reading, how were the fellow cruisers dressed on dressy night? Personally I love getting dressed up when someone is with me. Alone, it made me feel a little sad. Last year on Voyager, one family wore shorts and Ts into the dining room, no matter the dress code for the day. I thought it was horrible, but, to each their own, I guess.

This video is part of a series! If you’d like to go back and watch the first video of boarding day on the HAL Volendam, click here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYvbpmWrmNxohNksi=CZl1STRXitG-GlMQ

You are too young! On HAL for the 1st time in Sept and I've been told it's an older crowd for sure. Great food and ports make up for the IMO. Stoked to see a video from someone that isn't a TA.

I travel solo also and just do my thing and always make some friends.

Love your videos would you go on Prima Again?

People dont wear ball gowns on HAL…maybe occasionally on the World Cruises but that’s it!

Glad you enjoyed HAL’s Origins story. I’ve gone to it 3-4 times over the past few years, and still enjoy it every time. Confident you discovered HAL opens their retractable roof as soon as it’s nice enough to do so. I love this feature!, as it ensures I can still enjoy the outdoors on rainy/chilly days and keeps the inside spaces less crowded. Yay! I solo-cruise HAL’s oceanview cabins often and enjoy being lower on the ship and closer to the water. Love having that little sofa, plus on newer ships HAL’s design team flipped the layout and the sofa sits by the window - brighter and more enjoyable. (And have a mini-fridge, proper TV screen, and USB ports 😉). Don’t get me wrong - I think their smallest ships are sweet, cozy - plus they can tuck into smaller ports. Glad KZbin’s algorithm offered you(r channel) up to me. Will be back.

Thank you for your videos! Have followed you for some time now and fun to follow a girl point of view. I am vegetarian so great to hear about the food on the cruise lines. Exiting about Holland America. 🤗🥰 Hi from Sweden

In Norway you can drink water directly from the tap. No need to pay for water.

Lovely! Architecture, history and fun!

Love your content, Meredith. I look forward to seeing your videos and where you’re traveling to, it’s so interesting and inspiring. 2.46k subscribers so far!🔥

Doing this cruise end of August but Boston to Montreal - including Newfoundland so I appreciate all you input.

Nice review of my hometown:)👍

You have my sympathy for only cruising with those two lines in the past. Like older ships and ships that hold less than the ships they are making today. I have sailed on NCL once. They offer a substandard cruise product. You also haven't done part of the video in the casino. You still haven't shown the casino. The Crow's Nest also has a bar inside. How do I know? I went on a different Holland America ship some years ago. I like the early dinning. Quebec is not one of my favorite parts of Canada. Holland America has very good food. You won't starve on Holland America. First time you even mentioned the casino. Am a new subscriber. Will try to catch up on your past videos.

Love love your videos. Do you think you will sail with HAL again? We loved the food.

Beautiful port! Ship looks great, very elegant. Another great vlog, Meredith!

Their bread is very addictive

Hi. This is second hand but... On another HAL ship, I saw one vlogger ask for a special vegetarian menu for the MDR. You chose one day for the next. But he said they do not advertise it. I do not know if they have that on the Volendam.

Quebec City is absolutely gorgeous! I literally booked South America on NCL Star because of your past cruise series...now you have me looking at Canada 🤣🤣🤣 Cheers!

Thanks again Mer for bringing us along on your amazing journeys. You do such awesome videos… keep em coming 😊

We used to live in Labrador and Quebec City was the closest decent sized city to travel to. It is totally underrated as a destination in my opinion ❤ we always loved it there

The food looked delicious! I love listening to live music when onboard. The Chateau Frontenac looked amazing! Look forward to the next one!

Thanks Meredith for another great video. 4 more weeks for us. Can’t wait. When we are in the cabin, we always turn the knob below the lever on the lock to lock the door, so the cabin attendant won’t be able to open the door. They would know someone is inside.

Beautiful! Loved all of it! Food looked 😋

What is this pink color figure climbing the building’s wall 😮😊

Are you the youngest on the ship?

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This is so AWESOME. I'm your first viewer on this video. I've been a subscriber when you have 500 subs.. you are doing a fantastic job. Have fun young lady!!

We were just on a similar itinerary with Royal. Loving seeing so many of the ports we went to in your video! You got great weather in Geiranger. When we were there it was foggy so most of the higher mountain stops on our excursion was a bust. We had the same issue on our ship with stupid people feeding the birds. Our captain didn't say anything over the announcements though. They should be fined. Great job on the videos. I'm binge watching all of the Prima ones.

When tourists come to Iceland and plan to go swimming or to a lagoon, always wash without a swimsuit before entering the water. We Icelanders do this and we are not staring at the people around us. This is a normal thing. We Icelanders, on the other hand, get very angry if people don't shower, and tourists get very ugly looks from us. Thanks for visiting my hometown. I hope your visit was enjoyable.

Another nice video, thanks for sharing.

Great video! I have now subscribed! I'm looking forward to the other videos you have posted. Thanks for sharing your journey! We are heading to the Norwegian Fjords next month and can hardly wait!

Thanks for the (non-travel agent "salesy") tour. We went on a 15 day Zaandam cruise, similar to that ship. Met lots of really nice people from across the US and Canada. We realized that if you want something, anything, just ask your steward. They did a great job of managing the sliding roof. One nice thing on this cruise line is that the pools were always super clean.

Hello from Akureyri ❤️

To bad it is no cruise to show how nice it is her in Winter.

thankyou meredith, ive not travelled on Holland America, and really want to, I am a solo passenger too, NOT wanting to 'meet' anybody, just find friends who enjoy travellining and cruises - I've cruised on Celebrity and QE2 .and Princess ..and think Holland America would be a good fit for me...hope to see more of your posts as they are very informative