Westerdam Review

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Westerdam to Alaska

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Cruiser Andi
2-5 Cruises • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Jul 2016
Cabin: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom

We love cruising to Alaska and chose this cruise because it's easy for us to get to Seattle. We have cruised with HAL 3 times prior. We were unfortunate enough that our balcony stateroom was just above someone who was a prolific cigar smoker. That completely ruined our use of the balcony. The ship is showing some wear and tear. I was trapped in the elevator and was stuck until help arrived. Thankfully it only took about two minutes for them to let me out so it wasn't too scary. The carpet was pulling back in some areas and the drapes in our room had holes in them.

There were a lot of families on board and many of the children had little to no supervision. That, of course, is just supposition based on how awful the kids were behaving. We saw some who were climbing on top of the dolphins at the pool in order to jump off and into the pool. Many of them were also going barefoot into the Lido restaurant.

No rules were enforced on this trip. Kids were in the adult only pool, barefoot in the restaurant, leggings and flip flops on gala night. This was, by far, the worst experience we've ever had aboard HAL and we will not be back until the smokin policy is changed.

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Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom

Cabin VH

Right by elevators so you could hear the ding-ding from them all day. One floor down from Lido and people were constantly lost and would congregate right outside our room by the elevators to talk about how lost they were. Would not recommend this room.

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Love Seattle. Explored on our own.

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Tours are very expensive here. Toured the city on our own.

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Most beautiful place ever.

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Tours are very expensive here. Toured the city on our own.

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Fun, walkable city. Easy to tour on your own.

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