Holland America Line South America Cruise Reviews
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Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam
Stupid name
10+ Cruises • Age 80s
The Zaandam lived up to our four star mariner expectations clean, we'll run, great food, no sickness in 38 days, much better entertainment than in the past, the best staff in the world from captain to cabin boy. Good itinery of places that are hard to get to except at great expense making this very good value for money. Sea day activities were lacking especially to those who are regular holland ...
Read MoreSail Date: September 2017
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam
Richard2013
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
We wanted to explore South America and did. We explored ports we never even heard of in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Mexico. The ports were small but very interesting and exciting.
Holland America Line's strength is still their staff who were as always very friendly and professional, made up of, you guessed it, Phillipinos and Indonesian crew. The ship officers were not ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2017
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam
BestareCelebrityCruises
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
We chose mainly due to ports of call. Usually we go Celebrity.
Comparing Celebrity: younger average age (I read that Hal was trying to get their average age lower), more entertainment (Celebrity has a great Martini bar that is very active before and after dinner and has entertainment on pool deck, in lobby). In nightclub, HAL was very quiet--it only came live when our younger average age ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2017
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam
sailingdutchy
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Just to be away from the cold time in Ontario to return home not until spring arrives. We had not been to Peru, and Equador yet which were very nice . We really liked the size of the ship which has a great crew .
The archeological sites in Peru and Equador were very nice and we loved the South American people . The nature of these countries were also very different from what we had expected ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2017
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam
florenceo
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
The service was very good and the food was great! Some of the ports were not very nice but it was interesting to see other parts of the world. Embarkation and disembarkation went very smoothly. The staff was friendly and well trained.There were great lecturers and also a chaplain for religious services.
Shore excursions were well organized and there was a variety of them to choose from. ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2017
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam
mellowrose
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
We chose this cruise because of the itinerary and it was our first time on HAL. We had sailed Celebrity and Norwegian before. The Guarantee room landed us in 2500 which was actually a handicap room with a spacious bathroom and smaller bedroom. It was pretty cramped but we were not there a lot. The embarkation in Valparaiso was quick and the transfer arranged with HAL from Valparaiso was great, ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2017
Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam
dejadestin
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s
I wanted to go to South America and wanted to see Penquins. The cruise was extraordinary. Even though we missed one port due to weather I still got to see the penquins in Falkland Islands.It was awesome. I visited 4 countries and really got to experience the culture and life in each country. I had booked private tours and it made the tours very personal. It was also half the cost of the ship ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2017
Cabin Type: Verandah Suite
Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam
mkhall
2-5 Cruises • Age 80s
After returning from a Panama Canal on the Maasdam, sorting thru upcoming cruises the 32 day explore South America Passage and Inca Discovery was of great interest. Fortunately for future travelers, the Zaandam is going in to dry dock to be rehab in 2018.
In the Lido dining the chair cushions show great ware as they are sunken in. There was very little variety of foods from day to day. No ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2017
Cabin Type: Verandah Suite
Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam
Caseyman
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
After having sailed the Mediterranean last year we wanted to explore a part of the world that would be oh so unique. With HAL doing away with the South Pacific cruises of the last 3 years we decided to book this one. Having booked our flight from Vancouver to Buenos Aires through HAL's Flight Ease everything went smooth even the very tight connection in DFW. Sleepy eyed the next morning we ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2017
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam
Travelling Learners
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s
I have never written a review related to my vacations, Be it cruises, or stays at hotels, etc. I have read reviews though, and found that in most cases they never represent experiences as accurately as they most likely unfolded. Especially the cruise vacations. One must keep in mind that a review is based on the characteristics of the reviewer influenced by their values, formal and informal ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2017
Cabin Type: Verandah Suite
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