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Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Noordam
linesman 1
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
did this trip four years ago same ship different ports all tender ports missed ,food quality no where what it was, cost cutting all across the board...the room stewards have to attend to even more rooms and dining room staff are less...trivia in the overcrowded small bar down stairs deck two opposite the casino not in crows nest any more...waited for shore days for a beer as two to three for the ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2024
Cabin Type: Large Outside Stateroom (fully obstructed views)
Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Noordam
sunshiners
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s
We were very excited to once again travel on HAL. It had been a few years so were really looking forward to stopping off a several ports in NZ as well as Hobart and Melbourne. Boarding in Auckland was a breeze, everything was well planned and executed by port staff. It was all downhill from there. The weather was on most days terrible but that is what can happen in summer in NZ so we were ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2024
Cabin Type: Deluxe Verandah Suite
Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Noordam
debbyLA
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s
COVID UPTDATE: a friend traveling with us got Covid, Her symptoms appeared the 2nd day of the cruise, so she got in Ohio before got on cruise (3-5 day incubation period). Medical staff saw and put on meds to prevent needing hospitalization later, She has multiple risk factors to have a bad outcome if not on meds for Covid.
She was put on 3 day isolation and 2 more days to mask then do ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2024
Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Noordam
Marine Man and Lady
2-5 Cruises • Age 30s
I'm not normally someone to complain and I generally try to approach things with empathy but I was so disappointed by this cruise.
First of all, we booked my parents (aged 65-70) an accessibility room which was not at all accessible. The cruise line refused any type of compensation even though one of the staff suggested they fight for it. At 6'5 My father couldn't even fit on the bed and my ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2024
Traveled with disabled person
Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Noordam
Travel tragic50
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
I write this from the Rolling Stone Lounge on MS Noordam. A lovely time overall, the band is awesome!!!! but children under 10 running wild at 10:15pm in the rolling stone lounge with inadequate parental supervision is not my my idea of a good time.
Precocious children spoil the fun for adults who just want to have a good time from an adult perspective. A few drinks and a bit of a dance is ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2024
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
Traveled with disabled person
Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Noordam
AnyBeach
10+ Cruises • Age 120s
I always tell people to take reviews with a grain of salt - some people are just complainers ... and some see everything with rose-colored glasses. But when the same complaints come up again and again, do not ignore the warnings. The negative comments regarding this ship - are accurate.
1. Noordam is OLD, tired, and worn out. It deserves a major overhaul. Not only is the furniture, art, ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2024
Cabin Type: Deluxe Verandah Suite
Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Noordam
dollyhouse
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Couple 60s, 26 cruises with various cruiselines worldwide.
This 10/12/23 cruise was our 3rd HAL cruise and our first since mid 2019. Previously we cruised on the old Statendam and in 2019, Maasdam. Both were excellent, entertaining, enriching, educational overall fabulous cruises.
We had such high hopes for returning to HAL on the Noordam December 10 2023 round trip Sydney-NZ-Sydney cruise. ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2023
Cabin Type: Large Outside Stateroom (partial sea views)
Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Noordam
Bungendore
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
This is our second cruise on the Noordam. This November 2023 is the exact same cruise we did prior to COVID.
The check in at Sydney was excellent. Five stars as they now stagger passengers arrival times and this was a huge improvement over long, slow lines in February 2020.
Cabin: Looking tired. The bed was comfortable. The sofa was grubby and looked yuck. It was so worn, the cushions ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2023
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Volendam
Not so happy cruiser
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s
We selected this cruise because of the itinerary and wanted to see the South Pacific!
Three ports visited on a Sunday! NOTHING OPEN! Except a McDonalds in one port. Papeete was a two day stop and was closed for a national holiday Veterans Day. The excitement was watching the re-provisioning of the ship. Another port and a canceled port we cruised around the destination and looked at it from ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2023
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Volendam
tc5903
10+ Cruises • Age 50s
Selected this cruise to celebrate my wife's retirement. She wanted to sail to/through French Polynesia. First HA cruise. Despite the warnings about HA appealing to an older demographic (average age is 70), that has not been a problem at all. But after many cruises on Princess & Celebrity, the level of service particularly in the restaurant has been disappointing. The menu descriptions bear no ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2023
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