I just returned from my cruise aboard the Holland America M.S. Zandaam and while I had a good time (how can you not on board a cruise ship?) it was definitely in my opinion not a five star cruise. I believe it was nice and as should be expected for the money, but not necessarily a five star cruise in my opinion. I only have one other cruise experience to go by and that was a 7 night Royal Caribbean Cruise aboard the Grandeur of the Seas and I enjoyed that experience as a whole moreso.
Embarkation and Disembarkation was smooth. I find Port Canaveral to be very easy to get around and getting aboard ship took no time at all. When I took the Grandeur in New Orleans it was much slower and chaotic.
Seas were very choppy and rough but I blame that on the weather moreso than anything.