I’ll start off by saying that someone else might have rated this cruise considerably higher. But I opted to be true to my feelings with the rating. As there are over 400 reviews for Veendam here, I won’t be affecting the average perceptibly, and I think extreme reviews are read more often.
A bit of background: My wife and I have cruised twice before, on Windstar. We very much enjoyed the intimacy and personal touch of a ship with only 150-300 passengers, but were curious about the big ship experience. So we booked a week on the Veendam out of San Diego; destinations Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta.
It was NOT a successful vacation.