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15-Night Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades) to Rotterdam Cruise Adventure

Holland America · Rotterdam · from Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)

$1,149 per person · next sails Apr 1, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Your voyage · 15 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades) Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
Days 2–11
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 12
Portland Head Light & Casco Bay Scenic Lighthouse… · $70 for two with Portland Discovery Land & Sea Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 13
Portsmouthport guide →
Stonehenge & Salisbury Cathedral · $248 for two with Stonehenge Tour (Portsmouth Port Private Shore Excursions)how to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Private D-Day Normandy Tour from Cherbourg Cruise… · $4,112 for two with Ophorus Normandy Private Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Zeebrugge (Bruges)port guide →
Private Bruges Full-Day Shore Excursion with Canal… · $323 for two with Vexperio Private Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 16
Rotterdam Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Rotterdam

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

35 mi from Rotterdam

Van Gogh Museum

35 mi from Rotterdam

Rijksmuseum

After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Rotterdam

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

29 mi from Rotterdam · fly AMS

Golden Age Villages & North Sea Oysters: Amsterdam Done Right

Dutch Heritage & Culinary Coast

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214 mi from Rotterdam · fly LHR

Churchill's Kent, Glyndebourne at Dusk & London's Secret Side

English Country Culture & City Grit

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Home

Fly home from Rotterdam (AMS)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into , home from AMS · 2 travelers $1,164 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades) · Premium~$203
Cruise fare15 nights · Holland America · 2 guests$2,298
Shore excursions4 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$4,753
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$8,598
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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