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Carnival brands Seabourn and HAL announce changes to cruise return schedules

Seabourn and Holland America Line have released details of rescheduled restart dates.

Carnival Corporation brands Seabourn and Holland America Line have released details of rescheduled restart dates.

Seabourn said that Seabourn Sojourn will now begin operations in time for the summer season in the Mediterranean on 6 June 2022.

The revised date means the brand has cancelled the ship’s 2022 145-day World Cruise, which was originally scheduled to depart on 11 January 2022 from Los Angeles.

Instead, the 2024 World Cruise itinerary will replicate the 2022 version, and will be available for booking in October 2021.

Guests on the cancelled itinerary will receive specific information applicable to their booking, Seabourn said.

Seabourn president Josh Leibowitz said: “Based on input from our loyal guests and those interested to experience Seabourn for the first time, we revised the restart for Seabourn Sojourn to coincide with peak summer 2022 travel.

“We know our guests are eager to see the world with us again and we look forward to welcoming guests back to Seabourn.”

Meanwhile, Holland America Line has confirmed that Volendam and Zaandam will restart in May next year.

Volendam will explore Northern Europe and Zaandam will return to the Canada/New England region.

As a result, HAL’s Grand World Voyage and Grand South America and Antarctica Voyage will not operate in 2022 and will resume in 2023.

Guests who were booked on the Grand South America and Antarctica Voyage will be automatically moved to the 2023 departure.

Likewise, those who were booked on the Grand World Voyage aboard Zaandam will be moved to the 2023 edition on Zuiderdam.

The line’s president Gus Antorcha said: “We have been diligently planning and preparing to move our ships back into service, and after an extremely successful restart in Alaska and Europe we are thrilled to have return-to-service dates for Volendam and Zaandam.

“The team members on our ships in service have shared what a positive experience it has been welcoming guests back on board. We look forward to next spring when even more eager travellers can get back to cruising with us.”

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