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Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Holland America Rotterdam
Catlover54
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
I usually cruise luxury lines, however all but one have been disappointing me since Covid. I was thus absolutely delighted to have a wonderful 10-day Caribbean experience on HAL's new Rotterdam, with an old friend. I booked everything online, without a TA, and never had to speak with anyone at HAL pre-cruise. We stayed in the 1200 square feet beautiful Pinnacle suite on the 7th deck (Schubert) ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2023
Review for a South America Cruise on Volendam
R'man
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
I have purposely allowed some time to pass before writing this review.
THE SHIP AND STAFF
The review really concerns an apparently struggling cruise line, an aged ship, and a wonderful itinerary. The captain jokingly said it best when after it was mentioned the ship was 23 years old, a passenger asked him what was the effective service age of such a ship. He replied 22 years.
The ship ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2023
Cabin Type: Large Interior Stateroom
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Nieuw Statendam
akcruiser29
10+ Cruises • Age 50s
As an avid cruiser with over a dozen cruises under my belt, I've sailed with a variety of cruise lines including Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Carnival, and NCL. My cruising adventures took place primarily between 2001 and 2012, with one additional cruise in 2016. When my children grew older and lost interest in cruising, I ventured into solo cruising and took my first solo trip with Virgin Voyages ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2022
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam
Byglandsfjord
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
We're past HA Cruisers. We have 15+ cruises that we've enjoyed. Everything was really good about his cruise except 3 things.
1. The boarding process was a cattle car. 1500 or so people stuck in a terminal in Ft. Lauderdale with room for 800 to sit. And it took forever to get all the groups aboard.
2. The internet speed.
3. The internet being down far too often.
This is 2023, not 1999. ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2022
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam
rmilller
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s
This was our 20th anniversary cruise, and we did back-to-back 7 day cruises (western/eastern Caribbean).
We are 3-star Mariners on HAL, and this was our 3rd trip since Covid hit. Compared to the last two post-covid trips, this was a good improvement. We started getting towel animals again (a simple add but delightful), they had some fresh flowers on board (prior two cruises they were mostly ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2022
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Nieuw Statendam
Scubamark
10+ Cruises • Age 50s
First time HAL cruisers, historically book Celebrity.
Cruise started off a bit rocky with the Airline delaying the bag with my wife's clothing. HAL was great and worked with the airline to eventually have the bag catch up in Grand Cayman. Porsha from Guest Services and our cabin stewards (Madey and Firman) put in extra effort to make my wife as comfortable as possible until her things ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2022
Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom
Traveled with children
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Holland America Rotterdam
Monagirl4
10+ Cruises • Age 30s
We are long time cruisers; many times with Celebrity. The idea of a music walk instead of the production shows enticed us to try our first Holland America cruise. We are happy that we did and will be returning. The ship is beautiful new, not too big and easy to get around.
Overall, the food was hit and miss. We tried three speciality restaurants; Calamita (Italian) was awful, but the Pinnacle ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2022
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Holland America Rotterdam
sneakypie
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
This was our first cruise since 2019 and was in celebration of our 50th anniversary. We'd originally planned an 11-day Panama Canal cruise, but decided a shorter cruise presented less Covid risk. Because the Rotterdam was new and the music venues sounded great, so we cruised with HAL for the first time.
As a first-time HAL cruiser, it was difficult to determine if we were experiencing the true ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2022
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam
ScottandAlison
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
This was our 12th cruise but the first in 10 years. 4 previous cruises on HAL. It began somewhat ominously. Check in took forever because they reassigned us to a different cabin-same category (Signature suite) but a deck lower at the very front of the ship with a handicap accessible bathroom that only had one sink. We were told our original cabin (SS mid ship) had a technical issue that could not ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2020
Cabin Type: Superior Verandah Suite
Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam
Paulinda
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s
This is the 3rd cruise to the Caribbean with Holland America for my wife and I, the 2nd cruise on the NA We chose the NA over the NS as it has less passengers
We stayed in a verandah cabin (4138) and since we do a lot of walking it was very convenient to the promenade deck being one floor up from the deck 3 promenade. The cabin was also on the port side more mid stern We heard very little ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2020
Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
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