Holland America Line Panama Canal & Central America Cruise Reviews
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Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam
ttcare
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s
Cruising through the Panama Canal was on the bucket list. HAL cruised all the way through which was the high point of the 14 day cruise. The ship was beautiful and the service overall was good, but the spa staff was highly aggressive and treatments way too expensive. Watch your bill - we had multiple charges for other people's alcohol and for things that were included in our beverage package. ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam
mnoretsky
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
We have only sailed on Celebrity ships before; enough to rise to the elite level which also entitles us to several perks. So why sail on Holland America’s Nieuw Amsterdam? We wanted to do the ocean to ocean Panama Canal itinerary in the late winter or early spring when it was cold in the Washington, DC area. Celebrity no longer offered this cruise during this time of the year. So, we reviewed ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam
AnnieHawk
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s
Ship is very pretty & clean. Lovely decor and artwork. Our cabin 5090 had plenty of storage, and a bathtub! Bring a bar of your own soap if you don't like the liquid soap dispenser on the shower wall. There were inconsistencies between our cabin and our friends next door. We had a mag makeup mirror and a small note pad on the night table (which I used a lot). Our friends didn't have these things. ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
Review for a South America Cruise on Volendam
orecruiser
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
Did this cruise before twice, and really liked the ports. So much more to see in each area. The excursions were really great, on board a different story. The EXC events were lacking in quality speakers, related to the itinerary. There was one naturalist that was great but only gave 3 lectures. The Mexican Ambassadors gave a great performance on deck. On the down side, the usual lectures on ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2019
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Volendam
vincentjean
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
We chose this cruise because my husband wanted to sail through the Panama Canal and we had experienced an amazing transPacific cruise on the Holland America Noordam in 2018. This was a type of journeyman cruise compared to that on a smaller, older ship with fewer passengers, amenities and activities. The shop’s air conditioning was faulty with many of the public areas kept at painfully cold ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2019
Cabin Type: Verandah Suite
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Volendam
deanshar
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
First time for Panama Canal. Holland America received great reviews.
The ship it self was like an ice box! When inquired we were told nothing could be done. Our cabin was never warm as was the rest of the ship.
My wife received a bad rash and when we went to desk for assist they called doctor and I was informed there would be a charge to open the office and charge for any ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2018
Cabin Type: Large Interior Stateroom
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Zuiderdam
Conrad Verbeek
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
We chose this cruise because of the Panama Canal partial passage.Getting on ,and back of the ship was handled efficiently. Food was reasonable. Our biggest ,and nastiest , problem was a liquid that kept coming up from the grout lines in the tile floor from the Lido buffet restaurant the first few days on the cruise.It was not adequately kept clean for quite a while.Cabin was sufficient and kept ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2018
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Zuiderdam
tmlane
10+ Cruises • Age 20s
There is a cruise vacation out there designed for sedentary people - the Zuiderdam to the Panama Canal. If you want to go, you should know that most of the good times will be experienced from a chair. No games on the private island, no band around the pool, little dancing, not even many slot machine players. Hardly anybody out after 9 pm, even though the late shows in the theater don't start ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2018
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Volendam
dgh1
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
We wanted to do the Panama Canal so chose this cruise. The ship cannot handle the hot weather, the AC when finally repaired (5 days no AC at all in rooms) was still not enough to cool the rooms!!!!!!!!!!
Dinning room food was very good as expected. As was the food in the Lido.
Tours were not very well organized, the usual stickers were not used. We were told just to go to the dock and find ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2018
Cabin Type: Large Outside Stateroom (partial sea views)
Review for a Pacific Coastal Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam
Cruiseimust
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s
Holland America Line - Nieuw Amsterdam Sept-Oct 2018
I thought to myself what a great way to arrive in San Diego from Vancouver for those who don't care to fly, and quite reasonable especially if your prime goal was just transportation with no frills attached.
I had high expectations for this 4 day repositioning cruise which continued on from San Diego to Ft. Lauderdale which for some I ...
Read MoreSail Date: September 2018
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
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