Oosterdam Review

OK but nothing special

Review for the Western Mediterranean Cruise on Oosterdam
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nsifiri
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Aug 2016

The ship was fine, the Neptune Suites seemed smaller and less well laid out than other ships on the Holland line. The entertainment was only OK at best, but perhaps that was because we only had 2 sea days. What was surprising to me, having been on several other Holland America cruises was that the quality of food had declined so dramatically. I took my 14 year old granddaughter who loves to eat, and she lost 5 lbs in 12 days, because she found the meals of such poor quality. I guess they are fine for those who like duck, lamb, and beef, which they seemed to have on a daily basis. We both ordered the salmon one night and found it to be terrible and only ate one bite. We come from Pacific Northwest where salmon is pretty much a staple, and we had no idea salmon could actually be prepared in a way that was not edible. However the service was good. We opted to take tours by locals rather than the ship tours most of the time. They were far less expensive and no more than 12 people. I would highly recommend booking local tours ahead of time. You see more, have better guides, have an opportunity to stop for photos, etc.

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Sete

Just walked around. Nice little port

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