I booked this one at last minute, price was too good to pass up. Originally booked Oceanview HH, got a deal on upgrade to VA 2 days before departure. The first part of the cruise we visited ports in spain and funchal, portugal. Each one on the shore excursions were winners. The caves tour in Mallorca were fantastic...ended with a classic music quartet playing in dim lights on a boat in a ...
It was for my wife's 75th birthday. We started looking at cruises and worked backwards. We ended up with 15 days in Prague, Vienna, Venice, Florence and Rome before our cruise. On the cruise we visited Las Palmas in Mallorca, Cartagena and Malaga in Spain and Madeira. We are big fans of Holland America which is why this cruise was the right fit. It did not disappoint us. We did not tour Cartagena ...
Chose this to experience the new ship and compare it to my other cruises on many Dam ships
Found great innovation and excellent additions such as the Queens Lounge amd the extra restaurants and speciallynthe New York Deli and superb service from Reggie !
Nice afternoon teas similar to Cunard,though with only occasionally music and the BBKing at night featured great singers,but the sound ...
We took the Konigsdam for transportation home after spending several weeks in Europe. We booked it because it was at the right time and because we wanted to try the new HAL ship. We liked the ship itself, but there were changes that could be made. The lack of a library was a chief complaint, but it is said that will be fixed. We were glad HAL kept the promenade that went all the way around the ...
We chose this cruise because we have traveled extensively on other Holland America ships and we were anxious to sail on the new Koningsdam. There was lots to like about the new ship and some things that we felt were lacking.
We embarked quite late, about one hour before departure so I can not speak to how well embarkation went for other passengers. We were two of the last people to board the ...
We enjoy the sea days and we wished to experience the newest ship in the HAL fleet. There was much to like on the ship, excellent staff, great food, sparkling clean, impressive World Stage, good dancers group etc.
However there were disappointing aspects: most heard complaint, no library. The Promenade deck is too narrow in parts for comfortable passing. The middle pool is shallow - more a ...
Before we took this cruise we were getting worried because it seemed most of the reviews we were reading were very negative.
Well, we were very happy with the ship, the service, the food and the entertainment.
The embarkation in Rome was smooth and quick.
We had a mid-ship verrandah cabin on deck 5 with a huge balcony. The room was very nice with enough storage, a comfortable bed, big ...
Transatlantic. We chose this cruise because we'd cruised with HAL twice previously on the Nieuw Amsterdam (2012 and 2013) and loved it. We booked this cruise on Koningsdam expecting it to be a WOW experience. We were disappointed with the experience and will not return to the Koningsdam and would carefully consider if indeed we go back to HAL at all.
We felt that the quality of food, service, ...
With trepidation we boarded the ship. We had read such dire reviews. Our thoughts were quite the opposite.
The ship is new and modern, clean and well appointed. Our Veranda cabin was compact but functional. Plenty of room for all of our clothes..
Unfortunately we both got sick and went to visit the Dr. We were treated promptly, professionally and given the proper medicine. I caught the flu, ...
We booked this first Transatlantic for the Koningsdam before the ship was built and was very happy we did so. We LOVED the Koningsdam - more like a Celebrity ship than a traditional HAL ship. She is beautifully decorated and very spacious. The decor is to our style and we loved it. The food service was Good but not special. Tamarind was very nice, Pinnacle was OK - the service was not very ...