We had cruised Alaska 12 times before this cruise. We had cruised Holland America only once and that was on the Westerdam the week before this cruise. The Westerdam was a bad experience so we were reluctant to get on the Statendam but it was already booked and paid for. The Statendam was a much more positive experience then we had just had on the Westerdam

This cruise could be booked as a 14 day cruise, however we booked it as two back to back cruises because that was cheaper to book that way. We had two different rooms.The first week we had room 724 on A deck. This was a large outside room. It was a very nice room our only problem was no refrigerator so my wife had to store her insulin in the medical center. Our second week was in room 374 on the Lower Promenade deck. This room was a little smaller because the promenade walking deck was outside our room. The room was still nice but still had no refrigerator.

The boarding process was smooth and quick. My wife is handicapped and they made sure things went easy for her and quickly. Our luggage was in our room within minutes of us boarding the ship and getting to our room. Read more