Holland America Line Transpacific Cruise Reviews
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Review for a Transpacific Cruise on Volendam
Pippin60
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
The Japan to Vancouver 16 day cruise was our fourth on HAL. Volendam is the smallest of the four ships we have been on, but it has all the characteristics of the larger versions and we felt right at home from the outset. The crew is probably the biggest plus - as with all our other HAL experiences, with minor exception, all crew members were friendly, polite and could not have been more ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2017
Review for a Transpacific Cruise on Volendam
Lee Shar
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
My travel partner has a son living in Japan and this seemed a good way to visit Japan and come home easily. What a great decision that was. This was a well done cruise with three lecturers discussing the Japanese culture and as we crossed the ocean the topic changed to first Nations people. We also had lectures on the "One Ocean" and physics, which left us all with something to think about. ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2017
Cabin Type: Large Outside Stateroom (partial sea views)
Review for a Transpacific Cruise on Volendam
Cruisers from BC
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
The itinerary for this cruise - Japan, South Korea and the N Pacific crossing was great. We enjoyed all the ports. Embarkation and disembarkation was very smooth in Yokohama. Going ashore in the other ports was easy - the only hold ups were Japanese immigration but that is to be expected. Favourite ports - Osaka and Incheon
Service on the ship was very good but the cutbacks in staffing are ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2017
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for a Transpacific Cruise on Volendam
ToBe
10+ Cruises • Age 80s
We spent a few days in Hong Kong before we boarded the ship and had planned our ports with both HAL and private excursions. We chose the cruise because we liked the variety of ports. We wanted learn as much as we could about the ports and the history of the area.
the weather was cool to cold at times but we were prepared. Few people spent time at the pool since it was often gray and cool. Sea ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2017
Review for a Transpacific Cruise on Noordam
senior world travelers
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
Chose it because it went where we wanted to go but didn't ant to go all the way to Vancouver but we were told we couldn't get off in Honolulu unless we paid for entire leg to Canada. That being said the reasons we were terribly disappointed are many. I got food poisoning in the formal dining room and was treated like a criminal for even suggesting that the escargot was bad. The front desk told me ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2017
Cabin Type: Standard Interior Stateroom
Review for a Transpacific Cruise on Noordam
MostlyLegal
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
The Noordam is, on the whole, a beautiful, well-run ship and we were very comfortable on a 36 night cruise from Auckland, New Zealand to Vancouver, Canada. This was our retirement cruise, the longest vacation of our lives, and, of course, the most expensive. All in all, this cruise was a great way to “retire to luxury,” if only for a set period of time!
We absolutely loved every port in New ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2017
Cabin Type: Superior Verandah Suite
Review for a Transpacific Cruise on Noordam
mouseterd1
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
A repositioning cruise that took us 36 nights from Auckland/Sydney/Honolulu/Vancouver with no ship problems...so that is a very good and great thing!
But service overall ('anytime' main dining) was a big hit & miss for the whole cruise - often 3-4 hr dinner service, cold coffee (both breakfast & dinner service), orders not taken right or forgotten, lots of cold and unappealing food served, dry ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2017
Cabin Type: Interior Stateroom
Review for a Transpacific Cruise on Noordam
islandmanintas
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s
Three first time cruisers, 19 days from Honolulu to Sydney. Loved the ship, great size 1900 guests., not too big not too small. Found the ship to be elegant and stylish for my tastes.
Our travel agent choose cabin F1001 on the main deck with window on the outside due to three sharing (two singles + sofa bed. Great size and very quite.
Loved the MDR for breakfast and dinner, menu selections ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2016
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for a Transpacific Cruise on Noordam
cruznbuddies
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
We chose this cruise for the itinerary. We had sailed HAL once previously for a Sea of Cortez cruise which we thoroughly enjoyed.
The entire cruise was a repositioning cruise from Vancouver, BC to Auckland, NZ however, because we are not yet retired and the entire itinerary would have stretched our time off too much, we decided to pick it up for the Honolulu to Sydney segment. So when we got ...
Read MoreSail Date: September 2016
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
Review for a Transpacific Cruise on Noordam
cb10
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Having been on a number of cruises with Holland and having over 50 cruises of varying lengths we chose this one for the itinerary. While the entire trip was above average there were things like no hot water in our suite for the first week, long dinners (2.5 hrs at times) due to insufficient or lazy waitstaff, desk personnel who couldn't or wouldn't take responsibility and help, and a cruise ...
Read MoreSail Date: September 2016
Cabin Type: Superior Verandah Suite
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