In September 2012 I travelled with Holland America cruise line. It was a disaster and I totally recommend that you find another company to travel with. I fully recommend Princess cruise line which I have travelled with many times before.

To begin, I was travelling with a family group and had 3 cabins booked. One of my sisters had to cancel out due a family emergency. (Fortunately we did have insurance which saw most of our cost returned) My other sister was asked to pay a full amount for her cabin. Understandably a single person in a room usually costs more with a single supplement added. This cruise line want the full amount of the two people in the room and an added 500 dollars. So a cruise which cost approx. 5000.00 per person was now costing 10,500 for one person in a room. An outrageous amount for a company who was known for a reasonable supplement. (let alone for a company who might have a little compassion for an emergent family situation) So we had three people stay in a very tiny room with three beds lined up (the couch bed could not be put down everyday) Only a couple of feet empty between each bed and you had to climb over the third bed to go out on the balcony. I am sure the dimensions would not have meet the NATO standards for jail cells. Of course this was our choice as we did not have an extra 10,000 dollars lying around but really should not have been allowed by the cruise line. Do not, I repeat do not ever book 3 people to a room on Holland America. I have done this several times on Princess and definitely had more room.

Definitely do not travel on the dirty old Prinsendam unless you are over 80 with failing eye sight. This ship was revolting and should be dry docked. Read more