Holland Princess

Cool breezes, delicious picnic fair, and an evening on the lake, what could be better? The Holland Princess delivers! The boat offers two levels — the lower deck is air-​conditioned with large windows to gaze out on the beautiful waters of Lake Michigan and Macatawa. The upper deck — is mostly shaded — but open air and allows the very best view. Food is served downstairs, but I HIGHLY suggest if the weather is in anyway decent — head upstairs with your plate and enjoy the view from there. Now about the food, you can’t expect to get a 50 dollar meal, and a 50 dollar boat ride. for 50 dollars. Appetizer were served — fresh fruits and cheeses — with crackers. Yum! The food is picnic fair — barbecue chicken, potato salad, fresh salad, pasta dishes — all were very good and served buffet style — so load up! In any other capacity, the meal would probably cost about 15 bucks — but you’re getting a two hour tour with it — so well worth the money. And let’s not forget one of the most important parts of the trip, dessert! Selection was limited to cheese cake or chocolate «lava cake». My husband had the cheesecake — was divine! I thoroughly enjoyed my slice of chocolate.
Lively music plays throughout the cruise, with some interruption with interesting facts about the lakes and the area. The captain Is very knowledgeable on the area. There were some very amazing surprises along the way, I won’t spoil it, but memories were created!
The staff was very helpful and polite. They seem to really enjoy their job.
I docked them one star because I would have liked a larger selection of dishes — besides barbecue chicken — perhaps finger sandwiches or a vegetarian option?
This was the PERFECT way to top off a weekend celebration for our first wedding anniversary.

If you haven’t seen the Holland from the water this is worth a trip. it is a nice slow tip down lake Macatawa out the channel to Lake Michigan. That is the good part. The room for improvement is most definitely the food. We had a gift card for the dinner cruise, the chicken was white meat only and average at best, the mash potatoes were the worst I have ever had and the green bean casserole was just OK. You get two choices of drink, pink lemonade or sweat tea. There is a bar that you can purchase drinks and that might make the karaōke music a little better sounding or give you the ability tolerate it!