Holland America Line Transpacific Cruise Reviews

The timings for meal were restrictive for us.
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Buffet breakfast was not up to standard.
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Smoking area was best we ever experienced.
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Nice ports!
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A bit of a Westerdam disappointment

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When and How
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We had sailed the Westerdam a couple of times before and felt that it was one of the best ships of a very good line. The ship itself is still very good indeed, so why were we disappointed? Alas, just about every staffer we encountered seemed unfamiliar with their job. Standing in line for the front desk, a staffer came out and asked who needed service, but obviously everyone did if they were in ...
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Sail Date: October 2023


A transpacific cruise with itinery issues and limited food choices - but still relaxing

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Mark N-Yoshi
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We wanted to take my MIL and FIL on vacation. Living in Hokkaido their entire life, they'd never been to the USA. We found this transpacific cruise last September and we chose it- my second repositioning cruise; their first cruise EVER. Embarkation - we'd received a message indicating the Inside Passage was now a no-go. Ok, I thought- though beautiful, it wasn't a deal breaker. We got on ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom

Traveled with disabled person


Sydney to Vancouver Trans Pacific.

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Bogie Man
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

Boarded in Sydney and with the VeriFLY app in hand we were onboard in 15 minutes. Our suite was ready and we dropped off our carry on bags and headed to the Lido. We had a signature suite which we received via an upgrade offer. We had booked a veranda cabin, and the upgrade offer to a suite was too good of a deal to pass up. Overall we enjoyed the ship and the 25 day sailing. We had 2 very ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Cabin Type: Superior Verandah Suite


Great Pacific Crossing and Asia Cruise

Review for a Transpacific Cruise on Westerdam

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sunhat123
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

This was our fourth HAL cruise in the Asia-Pacific region and we enjoyed it. Westerdam has been refitted in recent years and the ship was in very good shape. Carpets and furniture were clean and well maintained. Public spaces were very pleasant. We had a verandah cabin which was nicely maintained with a modern flat screen TV on the wall across from the bed, and a good bathroom with tub/shower ...
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Sail Date: September 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Very poor food and ship needs refurb.

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NSWP
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We chose this cruises from Sydney to Honolulu as we wanted to visit the islands and Hawaii. also to try out HAL for first time, we have done 27 other cruises mainly on Princess but also on Cunard, P&O, Celebrity, Carnival. Embarkation was ok. Had VD verandah cabin, aft near elevators, ok with cabin. Bed fine, settee a little hard. Shower ok. Ecko our steward was fine. Had various meals in ...
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Sail Date: April 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Down Market & In Need of a Make-Over

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tv24
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

This was our 33rd cruise and our fifth time on HAL. We chose this itinerary as a means to return to North America after a long adventure in Australia. First the things we liked: The BB King All Star Band was terrific every time they performed, playing excellent cover versions of classic pop, soul and funk songs The BB King club was a great place to relax and dance. Overall the food was good ...
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Sail Date: April 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Verandah Suite


Japan to Vancouver: 29 nights

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Vagabondvoyager
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

I chose this cruise because of the itinerary and the price. The first 14 nights were spent cruising around Japan with a stop in Vladivostok. The next 15 nights included two more ports in Japan and then 6 sea days crossing the north Pacific to our first port in Alaska, Kodiak. I have to say, the first 14 days were very busy with tours and I really enjoyed the sea days to rest up! I flew into ...
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Sail Date: April 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Bad service, bad facilities and bad food

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cosbytony
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

We booked this cruise to get home to Australia from North America. We were assured when booking that the ship was to be refurnished in early 2018. On embarking we found a stateroom with tatty furniture - holes in the upholstery, peeling wallpaper, chips in bath and sink and bathroom mirrors degrading. The public areas were no better. Meals in the dining room and lido were at best lukewarm no ...
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Sail Date: September 2018

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Our first Far East cruise

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Zyc
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We choose this cruise as we wanted to visit the Far East but couldn't face flying 14 hours each way. The cruise was 42 days from Vancouver to Hong Kong and it was everything we had hoped for. The weather was incredible, in all that time, there wwrw brief rain showers twice. We were the last ship of the season in Alaska and the weather was sunny. We had worried about being in Alaska the beginning ...
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Sail Date: September 2018


What has happened to Holland America?

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Wenlor
6-10 Cruises • Age 80s

Over the past few cruises I have watched a deterioration in the services offered on Holland America cruises. I love to go on long cruises of a month or more and love the sea days. This time there was literally nothing to do on board unless you were paying for an upgrade in the gym or drinking yourself into oblivion. No library service, no fun game activity program, no water aerobics or free ...
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Sail Date: September 2018


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