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Room-We were in a lower room (1120). We usually stay in the low rooms due to the reduced prices, but I sure am sorry we did this time. When we walked into the room it was so cold, I put on a long sleeved shirt and sweater and waited for the room to warm up. It never did. We spent 11 days in the coldest room possible. We stopped at customer service 19 times, and twice guy with a temperature ...
Our cabin steward was great and our dining room waiters are great but the pool attendants and buffet attendants left a lot to be desired.
The main problem that we encounter with Holland American is that there are pool chair hogs with chairs being blocked out and no attendant is interested in sorting this out.. On one afternoon I counted 222 chairs across from us that never had anyone in them ...
This was our second Holland-America cruise and our third cruise overall. I selected H-A for their patience and compassion dealing with more elderly and less active cruisers. My wife has a bad knee and can't keep up with younger folk. We were among 660 passengers aboard a vessel designed for over 2,000 so we could find a lounge chair by the pool or an empty table overlooking the ocean at dinner. ...
We chose this cruise because it met our needs from a schedule perspective. We spent Christmas with family and wanted to cruise over New Years. The boarding process was simple and rapid, essentially present your identification, proof of full vaccination, proof of Covid testing negative results within the preceding two days, and boarding pass and your crossing the gangway. The cabin (a SB class ...
We took this cruise because it went to the Panama Canal as opposed to simply Caribbean islands.
The music was great. The food was wonderful at the Speciality restaurants, especially the Tamarind.. we went twice! The staff is extraordinary in customer service.
My only complaint was there was a sewer odor on the main entertainment deck #2 which you encountered during the entire cruise for ...
Honeymoon cruise to the Panama Canal looking for the Aruba, Curacao island experience as well as the history and engineering of the old Canal. Pretty quick embarkation with our specific times assigned, cursory glance at Vax card along with passport. Immediate trip to lunch in Lido and sunny sail out of port with two other ships trailing us.
First stop in Bahamas for a beach day after the ...
I hadn't been on a cruise since April 2017 because of my husband's poor health for several years ending with his death in 2020. Then COVID stopped all cruising for awhile. So I was eager to return. I picked HAL (our "2nd" line after Princess) because their ships are smaller and I thought that would be easier for my first solo cruise plus I had a "Casino Offer". It was an 8-day cruise to "get ...
We celebrated two 40th wedding anniversaries on the 2/15-3/1/2020 Holland America Line (HAL) Eurodam Panama Canal Cruise. Wuhan China Virus: During the entire cruise, the staff did not mention the China coronavirus but they repeatedly stated that everybody must wash their hands frequently. Eurodam made all passengers fill out a questionnaire certifying no prior travel to Asian countries; lots of ...
Friends had enjoyed HAL before, as had we 11 years ago, over the past two years. However we found that we were slightly disappointed overall. First impressions of the cabin, and indeed the ship, were that it was in need of a refurbishment. The cabin carpet was sorely in need of replacement, and indeed looked grubby. No slippers were provided which would have been nice. Cabin had adequate hanging ...
Really nice mid-sized ship with excellent stops (Half Moon Cay, Aruba, Curacao, Cartagena Colombia and Puerto Limon Costa Rica where we went zip lining. Entertainment was much better than expected, and food in Lido was very good although we were disappointed in the in-cabin continental breakfast and limited dinner selections in the dining room. The only real disappointment was the relatively short ...