Oosterdam Review

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Holland American Oosterdam, fine cruising

Review for the Mexican Riviera Cruise on Oosterdam
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10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Oct 2010
Cabin: Large Outside Stateroom (fully obstructed views)

This was our first cruise on Holland America having cruised on Celebrity, Royal Caribbean, and Princess. The 7 night Mexican Riviera is hardly a new itinerary for us as it is a nice get-a-way with limited travel time to the ship and relatively low cost.

In something very un-characteristic our Southwest was delayed over an hour, putting our schedule a lot tighter than I thought is would be. When we finally arrived at San Diego we caught the last shuttle to the ship, I know it was the last since the greeting staff rode with us to the pier. The greeters were friendly and I think maybe glad that their day was finally over. Arriving at the pier we did find that Holland had shut down most of their check in counters so there was what seemed like a long wait in the not too pleasant facility. (Note you have a choice to get to the ganway of stairs or only ONE ELEVATOR! San Diego really need to improve this facility.) It was warm and I noticed that the fans,which might have offered some relief were not turned on. Once we were checked in it was a matter of a few minutes till we were on board and in our stateroom.

The Oosterdam impressed me right away, it is not "glitzy" but in good repair, the stateroom was clean and everything in good repair. We soon met our stateroom attendants Mulyono and Randy who were busy every time we saw them over the next week. Their efforts did not go un-noticed as they made sure our ice bucket was full and went out of their way to make sure our stay was comfortable. There is a fine line between being efficient and being overbearing, it was obvious to me that these two gentlemen knew exactly how to treat their guests and did it with a smile and greeted us by name starting the first evening. Oh, the beds were comfortable as well!

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Large Outside Stateroom (fully obstructed views)

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Obstructed reallis, BUT the price is nice!

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