Holland America Line Southern Caribbean Cruise Reviews
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Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Koningsdam
rcl cruiser
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Disappointing 13 day cruise.
Pro: clean ship, accommodating staff, friendly interesting captain.
Con: Very few activities. Sea days were particularly boring. Lack lustre cruise director.
Food and entertainment were not at all up to par. Limited options and repeated offerings in dining room and Lido buffet. Little fresh fruit and berries. Got worse as days went by. None left half way ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2019
Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Zuiderdam
Macie28
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
My wife and I chose this cruise because of a special promotion and it being a Panama Canal cruise. The ship itself was well maintained and the overall service was good, at best. The Captain and the crew were quite visible during the cruise and friendly. Service in the Lido Market was quite remarkable as compared to the dining room where if you arrived 45 minutes late, you weren't served. This ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Cabin Type: Large Interior Stateroom
Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Zuiderdam
R Keiser
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s
Our family chose the Panama Canal 10 day cruise with Holland American. We had 6 adults and 3 children. We planned this cruise a year in advance.
When we got to Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale 2 of us had passport cards and were not allowed to board the ship. The passport cards would not work, so if you are planning a cruise that requires a passport do not get the passport card and note you ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Traveled with children
Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Zuiderdam
BJMBigdog
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s
We have always wanted to see the Panama Canal, and this cruise checked all the boxes. We embarked the ship at Fort Lauderdale, the process was quick and efficient. We went to our room, cabin 5013, dropped our carry-on and proceeded to the Lido deck. On our Alaska cruise, we purchased the hydrotherapy spa; we again purchased the hydrotherapy spa on this trip.
After our muster station and safety ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2019
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Koningsdam
Cruiser21779
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s
Would not recommend. Ship was clean and rooms were nice but woefully understaffed. Waited endlessly at dinner and for drinks. Tables around pool were left with trash and drink glasses for hours. Food portions at dinner were ridiculously small. Extra hidden charges in main dining room for lobster. Beverage backage was terrible. $9 was the maximum allowed per drink and if you ordered a drink ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2019
Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom
Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Nieuw Statendam
MinnesotaPal
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s
We were on a 10 day Southern Caribbean Cruise aboard the Nieuw Statendam. Here is our experience:
First the good: Food was great, staff were great (with the exception of the 3rd floor Dutch Cafe who were real sarcastic and darn right nasty), accommodations were great.
Now the not-so-good: The entertainment, in our opinion, was poor. Same performances repeated over and over again. We ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2019
Cabin Type: Standard Interior Stateroom
Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Zuiderdam
seltzer
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
The food was worse than you could imagine -- think truckstop, then go three grades lower.
The problem is the sourcing of their ingredients -- EVERYTHING loaded up for an 11 day cruise in Ft Lauderdale and frozen or refrigerated, and NOTHING brought in fresh from ports visited, as I've seen on many cruises. Rancid looking shrimp, overcooked dried out chicken, beef you can't cut, slimy BBQ chick ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2019
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Koningsdam
JOSEPH R
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
Entertainment was the worst ever nothing to do on this ship . They just added Rolling Stone room two 45 min sets most days the only good entertainment on the cruise . Everything shuts down at 10:30 pm you cant find a cup of coffee or a snack anywhere . The days we stoped at a port of call the casino was closed and there was no entertainment on the ship not even the rock & roll room had a show ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2019
Cabin Type: Family Oceanview Stateroom
Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Koningsdam
Hss244
2-5 Cruises • Age 80s
This was to be a second honeymoon but turned out to be a huge disappointment. It took years of saving on a disabled veteran's compensation to pay for the cruise and we feel ripoffed. Embarkation was slow and disorganized. When boarding, we were summarily given directions to an elevator and told how to go find our stateroom. Hardly the reception we had anticipated. No one told us that they was ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2019
Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Volendam
Mike#1
10+ Cruises • Age 80s
The cruise started with the worst embarkation situatin. We need wheelchair assistance to embark because of the long walks. Holland America's Ft. Lauderdale operation to have two wheelchairs used for a significant number of people. who would be taken to a table top counter, processed and assigned to a holding area to await wheelchairs to board the ship. Never, in our 50 some cruise experiences, ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2018
Cabin Type: Lanai Ocean-View Stateroom
Traveled with disabled person
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