My family and I just returned from a 7 day Alaskan cruise on the Oosterdam. As 1st time cruisers we had a wonderful time. The scenery of Alaska can not be matched.
We flew into Seattle, WA on Saturday and stayed one night at the Fairmont Olympic in downtown Seattle. On Sunday we meet the Holland America representative at 9 a.m. Sunday morning in the lobby. The porter brought down our luggage to the Holland America area and it was transported directly to the ship. No muss no fuss. We took a charter bus at noon and arrived at about 12:30 p.m. We entered the cruise ship terminal and lined up for the MV Oosterdam. There were a lot of people at the terminal as two ships were loading that Sunday, the above mentioned Oosterdam and the Sapphire Princess. We wound our way through the lines and eventually walked aboard. We entered the ship on the 3rd deck and were directed to the Lido deck on the 10th deck for a lunch buffet. During lunch it was announced that we could go to our cabins at 1:30 p.m.
We went to our starboard cabin finding it set up with a king bed (as ordered) and the sofa converted into a bed for our child. Flowers were placed on the coffee table as well as a iced bottle of Champagne. A bowl of fruit was delivered the next day.
A bit noisy as it was across from the ice machine. Although it was directly below the pool it was not overly noisy. We did hear deck chairs being moved a few times. Overall a nice stateroom.