Zuiderdam Review
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Day 1: Sailing day
Arrived at Canada Place. Had no problems whatsoever. The porter was there to take our luggages from the van. Crown Princess was also sailing away that day so the place was quite busy. But the lines to immigration moved quickly. That is, if you are holding a US or Canadian passport. My cousin is not, so she had to queue at a different line which took longer. We then filled out the medical questionnaire and proceeded to check in at Holland America. Since I already did the check in online, this process was a breeze. I was surprised when the lady told me “your stateroom is ready”. This was around 12:45 PM. I asked her if we can get on the mariner’s lunch and she checked and said sure I can. It’s my first time with HAL, but I have previously sailed with Princess so I got 1 star in my id card (yey!)
Went to drop off our things in our room then proceeded to find the MDR. The MDR was not busy at all which is really nice. I’ve been to buffets at other ships on embarkation day and it’s a zoo in there. So we really appreciated the nice, relaxing lunch away from the crowd. No need to find tables. ïŠ
Cabin Review
For the balcony, no problems with flushing. AC was really working . We had to turn it down as it was too cold for us. We did not leave any instructions to the cabin attendants. So we were pleasantly surprised that they folded the sofa bed and took it out each day (except for 1 day when we were in Juneau). As one reviewer pointed out, it’s quite hard to go to the balcony when the sofa bed is out as there really is no more room. So we appreciated this gesture from our cabin attendants and left extra tips for them.