Holland America Line Panama Canal & Central America Cruise Reviews
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Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam
A&P Tubbs
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
Traversing the Panama Canal had always been a "bucket list" for my husband and me ages 67 and 72, respectively); being veteran HAL cruisers, we chose the NIEUW AMSTERDAM 21-day Panama Canal Cruise, 28 September to 19 October 2019, from Vancouver BC to Ft Lauderdale FL. We enjoyed a few days visiting Vancouver, BC before boarding the ship. Embarkation/disembarkation was fast and smooth. If there ...
Read MoreSail Date: September 2019
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
Traveled with disabled person
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Oosterdam
richardsymms
6-10 Cruises • Age 80s
We chose this cruise because it started in Ft. Lauderdale and ended 21 days later in Seattle plus we got a very large stateroom #8140 w a wrap-around deck on the stern.
The first day for embarkation we felt the cruise line was not organized and although our luggage was labeled "priority" it was the very last on - not that it mattered but what did is we kept wondering if it would show up at all. ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2019
Cabin Type: Neptune Deluxe Verandah Suite
Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Zuiderdam
DebarinoCruiseGal
10+ Cruises • Age 50s
We had a sort of family cruise. Ended up only being 5 of us. This cruise was a good value for 11 nights, onboarding very easy, although I arrived on a red eye so first in line does help. First cruise with Holland, 10th overall, Princess, NCL, Carnival, Royal Carib.I'm mid 50s but it was like an Alaska Cruise, I felt young and thin
Manicure/pedicure was great. Young gal said this was ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2019
Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Zuiderdam
Karl A
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
We were looking very much forward to this cruise starting with 11 days in Central America and the Panama Canal. After that we did cross the Atlantic ending up in Copenhagen.
When we were checking in, we were very well taken care of by a Norwegian man. Entering the ship was a little less pleasant. The staff showing you onboard was not at all polite. Ok we expected to have a glass of champagne, ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2019
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam
porkyandsheppy
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
I think I should start with what I did like. The new (i had not seen these before) hand wash system in place and the covers over the dining selection in the Lido dining room.
Its a pity that guests do not adhere to using these and it is not monitored by staff. Only one sanitiser as you come out of the lift and again not many use this either before going to the food counters. I think the ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2019
Cabin Type: Lanai Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam
JuneHelen
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
Choose this cruise for the itinery and appeared good value.
Cabin fine we choose interior and are happy lots of storage. The itinery was good and we saw lots the highlight was transitting the Panama canal AWESOME. Yes there were senior passengers on board but we were treated as aged and any entertainment past 9.30 pm was considered to be a disturbance to those asleep in bed according to the ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2019
Cabin Type: Standard Interior Stateroom
Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam
Crawleypal
10+ Cruises • Age 80s
This was a tailor made holiday to Brazil and ended with the cruise from Bueno Aries to Santiago.
The facilities were fine. Food in buffet was excellant but in restaurant I was underwhelmed.
Tendering was a shambles. Missed my private pre booked trip because the steward would not allow me off the ship although I explained I needed to leave to meet my tour. Even when I booked a ship tour I had ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam
P. D. Taylor
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
The ship was badly affected by what can only be described as the Holland America cost cutting strategy. This was evident everywhere on the ship and throughout the 34 day cruise.
The main restaurant should be the main attraction of any cruise ship, this was our 22nd cruise on various cruise lines and ships and our worst possible main restaurant experience by far. The plates were very nice, but ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Zuiderdam
J_C
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s
We went on a Panama Chanel Cruise in March 2019. Here are our good and less impressive experiences from our trip.
Stateroom: We lived in a veranda on the 10th floor. Beautiful view. The stateroom was really nice. We were supposed to be 4 people in our cabin why they arranged 4 beds the first evening – 2 regular beds, one bed coming down from the ceiling and the sofa was changed to a bed. The ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
Traveled with children
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Zuiderdam
sunorclouds
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
We chose this particular Panama Canal cruise for the itinerary. The ship stopped in Aruba, Curacao and Costa Rica, in addition to traveling through the canal, which were all new ports for us. After reading reviews, I did not expect a "new" ship, but since it had been in dry dock less than 2 years ago, I figured it would be okay. My husband and I have taken about 10 cruises over the years, and ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Cabin Type: Signature Superior Verandah Suite
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