Zuiderdam Review

Zuiderdam needs drydock and additional crew training

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Pdxmuscle
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: May 2012
Cabin: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom

Embarkation was delayed several hours by the need to scrub the ship for norovirus problems. As a result lunch was for a very limited time.

The ships condition varied greatly from one area to the next. For example, the shopping area and main dining were well maintained. However, in the main theater, there were numerous and large tears in the upholstery, in our room, tears in a couch that should have been replaced years ago. The carpeting looked like in parts of the ship was new but in others looked as if it should have been steam cleaned years ago. Leaks in the ceiling in the buffet area with buckets underneath did not add a classy air to that experience. Apparently, from another review, this is a problem at least six months old and so it is clear that a serious case of delayed maintenance exists.

I am a fitness nut and out of about 35 pieces of equipment in the gym area, 11 had out of order tags on them. A couple can be expected in the normal course of things, but in dozens of gyms visited over the years, none has had 1/3 of equipment unusable and more with serious rips in the rubber where folks use it.

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