Holland America Line Panama Canal & Central America Cruise Reviews

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Good but some disappointments

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Eurodam

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cassandra44
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

We chose the 20 day repositioning cruise from Vancouver to Ft Lauderdale mainly for an opportunity to relax and be pampered..not as much for the ports of call en route. My husband has mobility issues and we didn’t expect to do many excursions ( I did 3 and he, 2). We welcomed days at sea. We chose a Signature suite because more spacious. The bathroom was lovely and we did like extra room ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Traveled with disabled person


21-day relaxing Panama Canal repositioning

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Eurodam

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StartrainDD
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Eurodam 21 day Panama Canal Seattle – Fort Lauderdale 10-7-23 This is a long, detailed, "Daily log" type of review. If you just want the summary, scroll down to the bottom! :-) Pre-Cruise travel: Thursday, October 5, 2023 Andy from Air & Cruise car service picked us up at about 6:50 for our drive to Fort Lauderdale airport for our 10:45 flight on Southwest. It was good that he was a ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Cabin Type: Large Outside Stateroom (fully obstructed views)


The Most Disappointing Travel/Cruise Experience Ever

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam

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H BRIAR
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

I am incredibly disappointed, frustrated and feel ripped off that I paid full price for a Holland America Cruise, that did not cater to my age group, and had so many port stops cancelled. On top of this, the Shore Excursions advertised by Holland America on the Navigator App, and website were not what was delivered by the Tour Guides and the Greenhouse Spa experience was also very substandard. ...
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Sail Date: October 2023


Less than advertised, a huge dissapointment for the money spent

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam

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Unhappy canal cruiser
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

My experience on the Nieuw Amsterdad was far from what was advertised. I did not find the dining to be top notch. Pinnicle was very overrated. I tried the porkchop and needed a chainsaw to cut it. My wife tried the Hallibut and it was so dry you could use it as an ink blotter. The main dining room was mediocre at best. We were at sea 11 days of our 15 day cruise because 4 ports were ...
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Sail Date: October 2023


Absolutely disappointin

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam

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KAATJE67
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

We chose this cruise and the cruiseline because of tbe itinerary. Before start of the cruise we already received change of itinerary whereby 1 port of call was cancelled. During the cruise 2 other ports of call (out of 6 remaining!) were cancelled (due to wrather conditions and mechanical problems to the ship) and 1 was changed due to political troubles. As a compensation we received 200 USD non ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Very Disappointed

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam

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MALCOLM SOLWAY
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

After booking and paying for this cruise, we got an update stating that our first port of call had been cancelled then a second port of call had also been cancelled, the replacement on the first port had been changed to Seattle, we live in Vancouver BC, the second cancellation no substitute provided. While on the ship other ports had also been cancelled one due to weather one because of civil ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Traveled with disabled person


Meh, I've been on better.

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Volendam

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ewlj
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

Meh. This was my eleventh cruise, (4th on HAL) first in 6 years. It didn't rank highly, in fact it has somewhat put us off cruising, at least for anything longer than 10 days. By about day 11, we were ready to get off the ship. We felt there had been some (post Covid?) cutbacks. EMBARKATION AND DEBARKATION (Fort Lauderdale/San Diego) Both were fantastically swift, the best we've experienced ...
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Sail Date: May 2023

Cabin Type: Large Outside Stateroom (fully obstructed views)


Challenges cruising with Holland America

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Volendam

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Casperb41
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

We chose this cruise because it ended at our home port of Vancouver BC . It was also our first cruise with the Holland America line. Prior to boarding we had to sit on rows of chairs the were so close together that gave us a feeling of clostaphobia. Upon embarking we were informed that our suites had not been made available due to cleaning etc, so we had to find a spot to sit untill ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Cabin Type: Verandah Suite


A fabulous adventure

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Volendam

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dianeh
2-5 Cruises • Age 20s

Bucket list and a .uch needed break! Bonus was returning to Vancouver. We were upgraded from a window G to a larger window cabin 25**. No complaints. Our cabin stewards were terrific and always attended to everything. We both felt at home and after 21 days we hadn't grown tired of the pampering! The Ocean Band was our go to after dinner. And the food! Fabulous! Ate in the dining room, and 2x ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom


20 DAY PANAMA CANAL CRUISE

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Eurodam

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CrusinMickey2
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

Joined others on this voyage to celebrate one of our travel family member's 80th birthday. She has some 40+ cruises on several different lines, but likes HAL as one of her top 3 lines. Over-all the cruise was enjoyable, but at a lower level in many respects when compared to pre-covid cruises. I think we all understand that the industry lost a ton of money, sold ships to the scrappers to offset ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Cabin Type: Deluxe Spa Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


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