Oosterdam Review

GOOD FOOD, GOOD SERVICE, BUT BORING, NOT ENOUGH ACTIVITIES..

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MIMI777
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Dec 2011
Cabin: Standard Interior Stateroom
Traveled with children

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This was a family vacation during Christmas week for our family while the kids were off school. We sailed with Carnival, Norwegian, and Royal Caribbean before. Of course, we could not expect "perfect" in any of the cruise lines when comparing them in different ways like food, service, cabin, activities, ship's design & condition, etc... Every passenger enjoys different things and has different opinions. For our purpose of cruising, we are looking for family fun and fine food. So, my review about this cruise is based on a family with kids. When the kids are happy, the parents are happy.

I have heard this cruise line has more elderly than any other cruise lines before choosing this cruise. But I realized that HAL has added the kid's programs and since it was a Holiday cruise, there should be more kids on-board than usual. Besides, I watched HAL's on-line video, it offers kid's hands-on culinary classes, which is rare to see in other cruise lines, so there must be something unique to go for - just one more reason I picked HAL.

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Standard Interior Stateroom

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Typical cabin layout, but HAL offers the most comfortable mattresses among other cruise lines we said before. Furnitures and carpet were in average condition.

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