Holland America Line Zaandam Cruise Reviews

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Bucket List Cruise

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Zaandam

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HappyHippies
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

We've always wanted to do the Panama transit and Curacao has been on our bucket list for a very long time. Overall, the cruise was pretty good. The crew were amazing!!! The ship is a little smaller so we got to know a lot of our fellow passengers and it was easy to get around. We really enjoyed the Lido for the late night snacks opportunities. The food is always amazing on HAL but this cruise ...
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Sail Date: April 2018

Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom


What’s Not To Love?

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Zaandam

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grammawalt
First Time Cruiser • Age 80s

My first cruise!...And the first question asked by almost every other passenger we visited with was “How do you like cruising so far?” My honest answer each time was “What’s not to love?” ...Start every day with coffee delivered to your room; go up a couple of decks to find a huge selection of breakfast items; return to your room to find your bed made; check your newsletter for what you’d like to ...
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Sail Date: April 2018

Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom


Problems abound on ship straight out of dry dock, good ports

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Zaandam

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Trixieng
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Spouse wanted to transit Panama Canal and this cruise was the right time, ports and price. However we found out Zaandam was coming out of dry dock for this cruise from Cruise Critic, not HAL. It was not ready. Our cabin reeked of construction adhesive for the while 23 days as the bathroom had been completely remodelled (looked great, smelled horrible but love the new shower which replaced the ...
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Sail Date: April 2018

Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom


Sick Ship

Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam

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AnneFrank75
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We chose this two week cruise as it was visiting some places we had not been to before. From Chile north through the Panama Canal to Florida. We like the ship and the size; not too large. So assume everything is good except for the following comments: The daytime 'entertainment was quite poor; no lectures ; no silly sports games; no competitions for table tennis or tennis or ...
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Sail Date: March 2018

Cabin Type: Verandah Suite


Very Good

Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam

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pirasea
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

Embarkation: Check-in was very fast and the cabin was ready when we got on at 1:00. One suitcase came very fast, the other came later. Cabin: This was our first time in a Neptune suite and we liked it – lots of room, excellent big balcony. Could not believe HAL is still using old technology TVs and DVD players, though – it’s well past time to upgrade to interactive TVs with on-demand ...
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Sail Date: March 2018


Awesome For A Virgin Cruiser

Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam

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grammawalt
First Time Cruiser • Age 80s

Couldn’t ask for a better first time cruise! Ship is beautiful (a couple of issues from being right out of dry dock, though) and each and every crew member was helpful, friendly and willing to go above and beyond. The food was dependably delicious with a large variety from which to choose. The one problem we had was there weren’t enough people working the buffet...this caused long waits for ...
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Sail Date: March 2018

Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom


Continual maintenance, poor food

Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam

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philsailaway
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Our cruise was chosen for Itinerary which included Panama canal and reputation of HA for good food. However unknown to us the ship was due to go into dry dock at end of cruise. Presumably to cut time in dock and costs the crew were constantly carrying out noisy chipping / grinding of rusting paintwork, cutting / welding with debris falling down onto public areas. On one at sea day when I ...
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Sail Date: March 2018

Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom


Disappointing

Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam

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oceanpark
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We were on this cruise for the 14 day portion. After sailing many times with Celebrity, we did our first trip with Hal two years ago and enjoyed it. We decided to do this trip with Hal based on our previous experience on the Volendam. Our cabin turned out to be under the galley and we were kept awake at night with constant noise. When we complained at 1:00am and then again at 4:00am the front ...
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Sail Date: March 2018

Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom



Robbed by cruise employee

Review for a South America Cruise on Zaandam

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dlpenner
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

We were disappointed with our Australia/New Zealand cruise for a couple of reasons: - the ship was dated, in good repair, but older looking. - we noticed an ongoing attempt to nickel and dime us along the way. Excursions were seriously marked up and to eat in a good dining room cost extra along with a list of things that were all extra. - a cruise employee stole our iPhone. Quite a ...
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Sail Date: January 2018

Cabin Type: Large Outside Stateroom (fully obstructed views)


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