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It's Embarkation Day For Our First-Ever World Cruise! - 133-Day HAL Volendam Pole-To-Pole Vlog 2025

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❤️ Best for CoupleOther · Winter · 133 nightsFrom Fort LauderdaleVeteran Cruiser

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Creator's Key Takeaways

Welcome to the grandest adventure we have ever planned one of the most exciting things ever actually yes for us yeah we are embarking today on the 133 day Holland America poll to pole cruise on board vindam

so we are in a sideways interior let's start here at the door now let's do a nice slow spin of the cabin so you can see what we got going on

so we've got a lot of stuff to do we have to do our muster stuff um the sailway party is coming up I believe at 4: part of the poll to- pole deal is lots of little surprises

love what a wonderful first show of the cruise car ranger

Creator's Tips & Advice

Bring storage solutions for the cabin
Use the daily program to plan activities
Try the vegan entree even if not vegan

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Cabin storageBring storage solutions and utilize underbed drawers

Questions This Creator Answers

QWhat is embarkation day like on a world cruise?
QHow is the cabin on MS Volendam?
QWhat entertainment is available on the ship?

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YouTube Video Description

Welcome to our most ambitious cruise adventure ever! Join us for embarkation day as we board MS Volendam at Port Everglades for a 133-day round-trip sailing from Fort Lauderdale. This Holland America Line grand voyage is called the 2025 "Pole To Pole" cruise, and will include ports and/or scenic cruising of five continents. Let's do this thang!! :D 00:00 BOOM! 00:12 Welcome To The Video 01:15 Embarkation & Cabin Tour 05:49 Pre-Sailaway Party 09:04 Exploring The Ship 12:55 Learning The Things 15:12 Evening Mode Begins 16:35 Buffet Steak Dinner 17:40 Post-Dinner Wanders 19:32 Impressionist Show 21:49 The Evening Ends 23:33 A New Day Dawns 25:37 Fresh & Clean Mode 27:12 Coffee, Dinner, Tunes 30:21 Hits On 45 Show 33:25 Another End Of Evening -Cruise Line: Holland America Line -Ship Name: MS Volendam -Cruise Dates: January 25, 2025 - June 7, 2025 -Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Round-Trip) -Itinerary: 133-Day Pole-To-Pole Cruise!! Give us a Like, a Subscribe, and keep an eye here for more fun!!! :) Most-Used Social Media for ParoDeeJay: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parodeejay Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parodeejay Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/parodeejay Contact Dee to start planning your own exciting adventures! Dee-Lightful Destinations: https://www.parodeejay.com/travel Looking for travel goodies and tech toys? Amazon Affiliate shop: https://www.parodeejay.com/amazon We earn commission for sales via this link, at no cost to you! :) Buy All Our Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/parodeejay (Shirts & Mugs) https://www.zazzle.com/parodeejay+gifts (Hats & BIG Mugs) Send Us All The Things: ParoDeeJay • P.O. Box 117 • Grandy, NC 27939 Camera Gear & Stuff: Main Vlog Video - DJI Osmo Pocket 3 / Canon G7X Mark II (backup) Underwater Video - GoPro Hero 11 Black Dee's Photos - Canon Powershot SX740 HS / Google Pixel 6 Pro (backup) Royalty-Free Music: Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) #Embarkation #HollandAmericaLine #Volendam #EmbarkationDay #WorldCruise #PoleToPole #GrandVoyage #2025PoleToPole #2025WorldCruise #PoleToPole2025 #WorldCruise2025 #HollandAmerica #GrandVoyages #CruiseVlog #CruiseVlogger #CruiseVlogs #CruiseVloggers #ParoDeeJay