Holland America Line San Diego Cruise Reviews

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Could be great if had better staff at Shore Excursions

Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Koningsdam

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BookYourOwnExcursions
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

The good... the food and the wonderful staff at the restaurants and Lido. The room is nice and the room stewards are amazing. The boat was generally pretty clean for as many sneezing, coughing, and dirty people there were. The hot tubs were clean. Laundry service is well worth the cost. The bartenders and wait staff around the outdoor pool area are the hardest working people I've seen on the boat. ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom


Merry Christmas & Goodbye 2023, Happy New Year 2024 in Hawaii

Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Koningsdam

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Haljo1935
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Spending Christmas and New Year's at sea in Hawaii is a dream come true. It's a long trip from San Diego to Hawaii but it's worth it. The seas are rough for the first few days and the last couple days heading back but in between is fabulous. No whales were sighted but we saw dolphins near Ensenada. There were many awesome sunrises and sunsets as we expected and were not disappointed. We had ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom



Cost cutting gone to far

Review for a Mexican Riviera Cruise on Koningsdam

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seawife2
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We were on this ship, same itinerary last year for 7 day cruise. This year 11 day cruise, per day price was double, like all else in our world now. Ship has been kept up very nicely, very clean, all worked well. We had mid-ship veranda. Very nice comfortable room, bed very good. Bathroom small but worked well for us. Nice slate floor and large shower. Bigger people would have trouble with toilet ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom


The Staff made made the cruise better

Review for a Mexican Riviera Cruise on Koningsdam

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Splash007
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

We had never cruised the Mexican Riviera. We had a cruise credit so it looked like a relaxing cruise. This was our cruise on the Koningsdam...we had booked a cruise on its maiden voyage but had to cancel. But we didn't start off the cruise on a positive note. The embarkation was horrible. It was the worst experience of the 6 cruises we have experienced on Holland America. We were in line from ...
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Sail Date: November 2023

Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom


We loved our first Pinnacle class ship cruise.

Review for a Pacific Coastal Cruise on Koningsdam

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terrydtx
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

My wife and I are 3 stars with HAL and we booked this cruise earlier this year as short nice vacation by ourselves. We booked an aft facing veranda on deck 6 with Club Orange added and the standard HIA. This is our first cruise on a Pinnacle class ship. We flew from our home in San Antonio to San Diego on Nov 3rd and spent the night at the Embassy Suites on the bay very close to the cruise port ...
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Sail Date: November 2023

Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom


The Most Disappointing Travel/Cruise Experience Ever

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam

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H BRIAR
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

I am incredibly disappointed, frustrated and feel ripped off that I paid full price for a Holland America Cruise, that did not cater to my age group, and had so many port stops cancelled. On top of this, the Shore Excursions advertised by Holland America on the Navigator App, and website were not what was delivered by the Tour Guides and the Greenhouse Spa experience was also very substandard. ...
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Sail Date: October 2023


Less than advertised, a huge dissapointment for the money spent

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam

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Unhappy canal cruiser
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

My experience on the Nieuw Amsterdad was far from what was advertised. I did not find the dining to be top notch. Pinnicle was very overrated. I tried the porkchop and needed a chainsaw to cut it. My wife tried the Hallibut and it was so dry you could use it as an ink blotter. The main dining room was mediocre at best. We were at sea 11 days of our 15 day cruise because 4 ports were ...
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Sail Date: October 2023


Absolutely disappointin

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam

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KAATJE67
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

We chose this cruise and the cruiseline because of tbe itinerary. Before start of the cruise we already received change of itinerary whereby 1 port of call was cancelled. During the cruise 2 other ports of call (out of 6 remaining!) were cancelled (due to wrather conditions and mechanical problems to the ship) and 1 was changed due to political troubles. As a compensation we received 200 USD non ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Horrible experience. Terrible Cruise Director and schedule!!!!!!

Review for a Hawaii Cruise on Volendam

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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 ...
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Sail Date: October 2023

Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom


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