Volendam Review

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Review for Alaska Cruise on Volendam
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liz358
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Sep 2015

My daughter and I were on the holiday of a lifetime and it included the cruise on the Volendam to Alaska. Our room was surprisingly spacious and had everything in that we needed. The roll call for safety instruction was a long faff but necessary for the trip. The ship was easy to navigate with plans near all the lifts and stairs. We soon found our way around and knew the best places to be. With Irwin and Andreas in the bar on deck 5 who looked after us so well, with Matt, the singer guitarist, who kept us entertained every night after Phil did is quiz. It was our first cruise and so we had nothing to conpare it to but we were taking everything in our holiday stride and loving it.

Even the upset of the wifi bill was not going to spoil things for us but luckily it did get sorted for us by the librarian. I must admit that the front desk were quite rude about this but did phone our room later to apologise for comments made and as Iv'e already said nothing was going to spoil this holiday. Holland America do need to look at the Wifi situation - Most places now have free Wifi so come on get your act together. Back to the cruise - we loved the ports of call tho' it's definately best to let the mad rush off first, we had plenty of time to look round each place and enjoyed meeting the locals, Todd in Ketchican was a character. Boarding again was easy and hassle free.

We saw humpback and orcas, dolphins and porpoise, sea otters and seals all from the ship. My personal highlight was Glacier Bay, truly a beautiful place and the weather was just as good so set it off beautifully. All our meals were lovely on the Lido deck with all the staff giving us first class service. We did dress up for one evening but decided to stay smart casual for the rest and most people did this. Nobody was out of place and nobody went the other way by being underdressed.

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