We recently completed a 13-day cruise on Holland America's MAASDAM on a repositioning cruise from Montreal to Ft. Lauderdale. This was cruise No. 14 for us, having experienced NCL, RC, Princess, Renaissance, Celebrity and Holland America back in 2001 on VEENDAM.
As is our custom, we always fly to the embarkation port a day before sail day to avoid a whole lot of stress. We stayed in the Bonaventure Hotel and took a taxi to the nearby port the next morning.
EMBARCATION
Our cabin 144 on Verandah (Deck 9) was about 200 cubic feet with a very generous balcony. We had very little noise, and good storage spaces. Water pressure was a bit low, but they had some plumbing problems.