Veendam Review

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Good cruise with some things we wanted to share with CC members.

Review for Hawaii Cruise on Veendam
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lindaler
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Mar 2015
Cabin: Large Ocean-View Stateroom

We were lucky to receive a good upgrade from an HH guarantee to a D category. Cabin 772 was on the fourth deck in the exact middle of the ship. We took a train and because of congestions on the tracks we were running about two hours behind. I called HAL and they gave me a phone number for emergencies. I feel this was great to be assured that even though we would arrive with 1/2 hour of the gang plank being pulled we would still be allowed to board. They said they would call the Veendam and let them know we were on the way. This was a service I was not aware of but was glad to find. When we did arrive we were sent straight through to one of the fastest check ins we have ever had.

We felt this was a good cruise and mostly had good things to say about it. I want to cover some of the good as well as some of the bad even though the bad was not enough to interfere with our enjoying the cruise.

We organized the Cruise Critic meet and greet for both the Mexican portion and the Hawaii portion of the cruise. The crew was wonderful getting it set up, the refreshments and the area. The Beverage Manager, Omar went beyond what we expected to make sure we had all we wanted and even went so far as to organize a special wine and champagne party for our return sea days. I was a little disappointed that more officers misjudged an appearance. Two came an hour late, one came too early and some that had promised to come didn't show. But overall it was a very good M&G.

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Large Ocean-View Stateroom

Cabin D

Our cabin was right in the very middle and was very comfortable when the seas got rough. We had no problems. It got hot or cold as we wanted. The shower was very hot, no plumbing problems for us, even though we saw them replace the shower faucets in 768. We wished that at least once on our cruise they could have washed the window on the outside but oh well. We asked to have the stool removed but that didn't happen so we moved it out of the way. Overall it was a comfortable cabin.

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