Trip at a Glance

• Dates: 26 March 2027 — 2 April 2027
• Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Duration: 7 nights onboard the AmaSerena
• This reunion is capped at 10 cabins/20 people, based on double-occupancy in each cabin.
• Varsity Voyages will donate $150.00 per person in your name for each person who books and sails this cruise on this date when booked through Varsity Voyages.

Join your classmates for a Dutch waterways reunion cruise round‑trip from Amsterdam, where your shared history sets sail through storybook ports and colorful spring landscapes. Glide along iconic canals, visit the windmill‑dotted countryside, and explore medieval cities like Ghent, Bruges, and Antwerp, with time each day to swap memories over meals, walks, and relaxed evenings on board. Guided excursions, leisurely sailing between ports, and special reunion moments create space to reconnect, while a built‑in fundraising component turns your voyage into tangible support for future students and programs at the school you still call home.

Trip Itinerary

• Optional Pre-Cruise Extension – Wednesday 24 March 2027 – Friday 26 March 2027: Welcome to Amsterdam
  
  Your Cruise Manager will welcome you with Dutch hospitality to the city of Amsterdam. Here, you will begin your adventure with a special two-night alumni pre-cruise extension in Amsterdam, giving you time to ease into travel and reconnect before boarding your river ship 🎓✨.
  
  Spend your days wandering along storybook canals and over arched bridges, pausing for Dutch treats and warm conversation in snug cafés as the city’s lights shimmer on the water ☕🌉. Choose your own pace together—explore world-class museums, browse neighborhood markets, or uncover hidden courtyards and quiet corners perfect for catching up on years of memories 🎨🏛️.
  
  Your Cruise Manager will be with you every step of the way, with your included excursions in Amsterdam.
  
  Each evening, gather with classmates to raise a first toast to friendship, the journey ahead, and the impact you are about to make together for your school 🍷❤️.
  
  On Friday, you will have an included transfer to go from the hotel to the ship. Here, you will meet the other Alumni who will join you on this festive Christmas Market Adventure.

• Day 1 – Friday, 26 March 2027: Welcome to Amsterdam
  
Step aboard in Amsterdam and gather with fellow alumni as you settle into your river ship, the starting point for both your voyage and your class’s fundraising journey. As you glide past the city’s historic harbor and canals, you reconnect over shared memories and hear how this special cruise will help support students and programs back at your alma mater.

• Day 2 – Saturday, 27 March 2027: Tulip Trails and Classmate Tales
  
Wander into storybook Dutch villages with your classmates, where canals, bridges, and tidy homes line the quiet streets like a memory you have not made yet. Spend the day biking through peaceful countryside or walking among colorful tulip fields, trading stories from your school days and seeing how this shared journey now helps support future students at your alma mater.

• Day 3 – Sunday, 28 March 2027: Harbors, History, and Classmate Connections
  
Sail quiet delta waterways toward Zierikzee with classmates, stepping ashore to explore its harbor, historic streets, and inviting cafés together. Choose to visit the impressive Delta Works at Neeltje Jans or pedal through Bruinisse’s charming lanes, and as you trade stories you also move your class closer to its fundraising goal for future students.

• Day 4 – Monday, 29 March 2027: Chocolate, Cobblestones, and Classmate Memories
  
Step into Ghent’s medieval heart with your classmates, watching canals shimmer below castle towers as you wander past churches and old stone facades together. You might join a chocolate workshop to craft your own pralines or head to Bruges to stroll cobblestone squares, taste local treats, and feel how every laugh and shared photo on this day also helps raise support for future students at your school.

• Day 5 – Tuesday, 30 March 2027: Antwerp Flavors and Alumni Favorites
  
Stroll through Antwerp’s vibrant streets with your classmates, taking in views of Steen Castle, the Brabo Fountain, and the soaring spire of the Cathedral of Our Lady as your conversations pick up where they left off years ago. You might join a guided bike tour, sample the city’s flavors on a chocolate‑and‑waffles‑and‑beer walk, or wander the Floralia spring flower show together, knowing that each shared experience helps your class raise support for the students who will follow in your footsteps.

• Day 6 – Wednesday, 31 March 2027: Windmills, Waterways, and Shared History
  Wander among Kinderdijk’s iconic windmills with your classmates, watching 18th‑century sails turn slowly above quiet canals as you trade stories from your school days. Later, you drift onward toward Rotterdam, the “Gateway to Europe,” where you can dive into lively streets and local flavors or follow history to Delft’s Royal Porcelain Factory and the Pilgrim Fathers’ departure point at Delfshaven—experiences that bring you closer together while you raise support for future students at your alma mater.

• Day 7 – Thursday, 1 April 2027: Canals, Tulips, and Giving Back
  Glide along Amsterdam’s iconic canals with your classmates, slipping under graceful bridges and past canal‑side homes as you catch up on decades of stories and laughter. Later, you wander through the fleeting splendor of Keukenhof Gardens, walking between endless bands of tulips and spring flowers, and you feel how this shared day of color and connection also helps your class raise funds for the students who will walk your school’s halls next.

• Day 8 – Friday, 2 April 2027: Disembarkation and Fond Farewells
  
Say farewell to the ship this morning, but not to the friends and memories you have just rebuilt as a class. Together you share a final breakfast, exchange photos and contact details, and reflect on the students and programs your voyage will help support back at your alma mater. As you roll your luggage down the gangway, you leave with new stories, renewed connections, and a shared promise not to wait so long before the next time you travel—and give back—together.

Inclusions

From $4,399.00 per person, including all taxes and fees. Special pricing and extra amenities may be available when you call or email for details.

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