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Review for Alaska Cruise on Volendam
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im2of5
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Aug 2012
Cabin: Large Interior Stateroom

Many thanks to the great reviews on this and other sites. All that info really helped preparing for my first ever cruise.

Here is a 1-minute review for those who are in a hurry to book their next cruise:

Our experience with Holland America was all about Luxury, comfort, extremely detailed planning by HAL and perfect execution of every aspect of the cruise, from before boarding through the daily schedules to disembarkation and beyond. Excellent route choice and a perfect balance of at-sea versus port-of-call days, allocation of resources on the infrastructure side (very short waiting time for any consumable, elevators, restaurants, ample and comfortable seating at the theaters and elsewhere on the ship), as well as a personal service level by the best and friendliest staff I could imagine. If you can afford the expense, you'll get your money's worth with HAL cruising Alaska. (and no, I am not affiliated with HAL, I have my own daytime job at a very ground-based company :) ).

Cabin Review

Large Interior Stateroom

Cabin J

My parents stayed at a full Ocean View cabin,while we stayed at an inside room (my wife's choice). Both were on Deck 2 (Main Promenade). The rooms are not spacious, but very functional. Very comfortable beds and pillows with good air-conditioning, 32" flat-screen TV and a DVD player. The power outlets have both 115v and 220v, but only 2 in a cabin. (bring a power strip or just an in-the-wall splitter to charge all of your electronics at once).

The Ocean View cabin has a bathtub. The inside cabin only a shower. The hot water comes out instantaneously and with good pressure. Can't complain about that! - Shampoo, Conditioner and soap dispenser unit is affixed to the wall. Very good quality of all 3. There is a wall mounted hair dryer in the bathroom and another portable electric one at the drawer in the room.

Great sound insulation too. The rooms were VERY quite. We never heard a sound from other rooms and all were occupied.

The ship's 57,909 HP engines were doing their job but we did not notice much vibrations or noise in that respect.

The closets provide ample space, enough to stash your suitcases away too. They are also modular and can be set to different configurations for your wardrobe. The safe in the closet is pretty large, good enough to hold our two 12" Netbooks and much more room. They are easy to open/close by just sliding any credit card (no fee) in the slot.

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