We are currently traveling with a family of 3 in this cabin on 13 day FLL- Quebec.
Firstly, I have to say the WIFI is outstanding. Best ever at sea.
The cabin is large and sofa bed is in a separate sitting area. Sofa bed is hard but comfortable.
Large balcony, just above bridge and below the forward ship's viewing deck on floor 15 so not private from sunrise to sunset. The doors are ...
Chose because of the itinerary. Tours were below par - was shocked - Princess, generally, does everything well. A dearly wanted tour cancelled just before embarkation. Had to choose something that was "left over". Not an especially interesting tour - but the tour guide WAS exceptional. Chose to stay on the ship at some ports or disembark for a few hours.
Dissatisfied, on arrival, with with ...
We thought Iceland would be impressive. It was. I wanted to see Cork. It was canceled. Ship was old, service was haphazard, crew didn’t understand or ignored requests.
Club Class dining was worth it, but didn’t like condescending attitude of wait staff, their inability to pronounce names, their insincere fawning. I am not “Lady” anyone; don’t call me that.
Pepper routine ridiculous, should ...
I spent a total of 34 days on this ship. 18 transatlantic to Canada, 3 stops in Iceland, Scotland, and England, then 16 days in Norway. I am an Elite Captain’s Circle Member on Princess with 27 cruises and over 250 days cruising with them. I have sailed on the Island Princess on 3 other occasions.
It is old and many decks had mold or sewage smells. I was in a port side extended balcony on ...
We chose this cruise to get from Florida to Europe. We knew the weather would be lousy and it lived up to expectations. What we didn’t expect was so much Covid on board that the masking rules were reimposed after our second port. As a result we avoided public areas and dining rooms thereafter.
The food in the main dining room was ok. The food in the cafeteria was made of extremely cheap ...
Boarding in Fort Lauderdale,where we live, was easy. Used the Verifly app which was a little difficult to figure out. We were underway on time to Boston, we have been on this ship several times before and like the smaller size. Immediately noticed maintenance items such as broken wooden trim around one of the hot tubs which was also closed, sound and picture quality of TV in cabin (80's looking ...
The Zaandam has returned to service after a year+ absence short staffed and provisioned. About 20 short in the kitchen, 2 in photography and stretched thin on cabin stewards, future cruise staff, and etc. As others have mentioned, gone are dinner theme nights, surf and turf, ice sculptures, live music at diner, the after dinner mint station (aka the traditional HAL level of dining). Service was ...
We chose this cruise only for the sailing under London Bridge which was definitely the highlight .
We haven’t sailed on Silversea for a few years (as Crystal is our cruise line of choice) and remember luxuries like Perrier Juneau being the house champagne and the crew knowing your name within a couple of days aboard, the soap menu on arrival and your mini bar being stocked with your choice of ...
We book the cruise from Ft Lauderdale Fl to Montreal with stops in Boston, Bar Harbour, Halifax, Sydney, Charlottetown, and Quebec City.
The Ship is a smaller vessel the rooms are good and the stewards are friendly and did a good job. The entertainment is also fairly good depending on your tastes. There was a couple comedians, a magician, movies as well as piano bar entertainer and Holland ...
It was our first cruise.
What we liked:
- Staff were friendly
- Balcony cabin was great
- Days at sea, we could get loungers
- Lots of activities
- Soups in the dining room
- Breakfast in the dining room
- Amber Cove - The Zip line and the pool
- Amber Cover - The beach. Skip the package and take a taxi to the beach - early in the day.
- Grand Turk - best port- ...