Oosterdam Review

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Wonderful Alaska with Oosterdam

Review for Alaska Cruise on Oosterdam
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Sail Date: Aug 2011
Cabin: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
Traveled with children

Our family of six start our 7-day Alaska cruise on July 31. We live in Seattle, so it was very convenience to get to and from the pier. We checked in around 11A. It was a breeze. Unlike other cruise lines, our 3 verandah cabins were ready by then. Learning from previous review, after checking our cabins and enjoying the views (Sapphire Princess was next to us), we went straight to the Vista Dining Room for our Mariner's lunch. By the way, this was not explained when we checked in; we learned about it from this forum (Thank you).

I strongly disagreed with some reviewer who was disappointed about the food. We thought, we had one of the best cruise line food (I have been cruising more than 15 times with various cruise lines). Again, learning from previous review, I ordered sweet and sour shrimp in the Vista. It was excellent. We also tried Canaletto on the Lido deck. Not only the service was outstanding, the food was really good. No charge made it even better.

We also tried the Pinnacle Grill one night. Again, we were not disappointed. There were so much food though with many yummy side dishes. On Thursday night, the Vista Dining room served Escargot, which is our favorites. It tasted really good. That's all my daughter ate that night.

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Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom

We had cabins behind the elevators. We thought it would be noisy. To our surprise, we didn't hear any noises from the hallway/elevators. Perhaps it was masked by the white noise from the A/C and passengers in HAL tend to be more mature. No yellings heard and everyone was so polite.

Closet space was limited, but we could store our luggage under the bed.

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