had nothing to do and wanted to get away from family for thanksgiving, so took son on a cruise. getting on was a breeze and a lot of very friendly people were at the cruise port to check us in.
you ain't gonna travel with the people in the sales brochure. granted, for these prices you get what you pay for. baby with no diaper in pool, 600 slow moving scooters, smart casual(if adhered ...
First time with this cruise company mainly because we wanted to see the Panama canal in action.
From start to finish the cruise was faultless in every aspect.
Every destination were worth the visit, with interesting things to see made more special by excellent tour guides.
The cruise staff from top (the captain especially who regularly walks around) to bottom were all happy, efficient ...
I chose the Zuiderdam because I had cruised on it in 2013 and had a fabulous time. This was my 6th, but my sisters 1st cruise. We were celebrating each of us turning 60, me the year before. We were so excited, but that did not last, as we slowly discovered that Holland Americas cruises are a mere shadow of what they used to be.
The ship itself is still beautiful and as always the crew are ...
It was recommended to us for first time cruisers,l but we will not be last time cruisers. Really enjoyed the whole week. "Staff could not do enough for you, always smile on their faces, always a hi or morning. Ports were excellent, staff on the beach were great, always towels in the pool areas, food always hot and fresh,
The staff were not pushy for drinks if you did not want any, of they ...
Usually I love Holland America but Koningsdam isn't up to the normal HL standards. There is no library, the promenade deck has blocked views and no where to sit. The casino and the back deck are exclusively for smokers (as you can not breath if your a non-smoker in either of these two venues. Food in the MDR was never hot, mostly lukewarm. Most of the time what showed up on your plate was not ...
We chose the cruise as we wanted to sail out of Fort Lauderdale. We enjoyed the cruise, especially the ports of call. This was my first time on HAL however I have sailed on over 20 cruises with 7 different cruise lines. Whilst I loved the new ship, which was spotless at all times and the food which was second to none I felt that there were several things missing. Maybe this was because the ship ...
We chose this ship specifically because of its BB King’s Blue Club. We’d been on another Holland America ship where the same club was the best part of the voyage. But no—this club barely played any blues at all. Imagine ordering steak at a restaurant and being served a hot dog. “But this is what we call a steak.” OK, HAL, you want to play to a different market, fine. But don’t advertise as ...
Koningsdam was different to say the least. We were on our 16th cruise and going to islands that we had not been too. To give credit this is a beautiful ship. We did our usual embarkation at the pier which really went fast but we noticed they did not ask for our credit card for purchases on board. When we got on board there was a huge line at customer service so we decided to wait until the next ...
We were booked on this cruise as a gift from our parents to celebrate a milestone birthday. We really have no complaints about anything - all was great. Good food, good service, great ports, clean ship and cabins. The only negative is the activities...we felt there could have been less lectures and more fun things to do. Perhaps Holland America is just not the right cruise line for us....it is ...
We chose this cruise for the itinerary and timing, we weren't really cruising we were actually on our way to annoy, er, visit the relatives in Florida for the holidays. This cruise landed us there right in time and in the right location so we chose the TransAtlantic cruise from Rome to Fort Lauderdale along with a back to back cruise through the Caribbean to make our arrival in Fort Lauderdale at ...