There’s a minor glitch in the itinerary of Holland America’s  Veendam, which sails on one-week New York Bermuda cruises.

The HAL ship is slated to start a series of 24 Bermuda cruises in April, 2010, sailing round trip each week from New York.   Veendam was scheduled to dock in two ports, Hamilton (two nights) and St. George (one night), a big plus for this cruise line since other cruise lines sailing on this itinerary had to dock in the inconvenient Dockyards.

On Holland America Line’s 2010 Bermuda sailings, the ms Veendam will anchor and tender in to St. George’s on local ferries that carry 700 guests. This operational change was made due to challenges with the Town Cut and the narrow entrance to St. George’s Harbour.   The cruise line says “we believe this will be a very efficient tender process for our guests who are sailing to experience Bermuda and Holland America Line.”

But this cruiser would still opt to board Veendam on the Bermuda itinerary.  Spending an extra night docked in Hamilton still beats being stuck in the Dockyards, where the other Bermuda-bound ships must go.