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Review for Statendam to Transpacific
murphys
2-5 Cruises
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Age 70s
The Shore Excursions manager was hopeless, especially at Guam, where no shuttles had been organised, so people spent up to $70 for taxis to downtown (we did our own thing, near the ship, finding a beautiful hidden beach), but the pathetic Yankee GI Joe security guards armed to the teeth were just as bad if not worse. One said, "We're stopping you from getting off, there's 200 of you out there ...
Read MoreSail Date: September 2015
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for Statendam to Alaska
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boilerstoker
10+ Cruises
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Age 70s
We are long-time members of the Princess family but have always heard wonderful things about Holland America. We found a 14-day Alaskan cruise, round-trip Seattle that visited some ports we've wanted to see so we booked and looked forward in anticipation to our sail date.
Our first night out we elected to eat in the Rotterdam Dining Room. My first negative indication was when I asked for a ...
Read MoreSail Date: September 2015
Cabin Type: Large Interior Stateroom
Review for Statendam to Alaska
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Trail Dawg
10+ Cruises
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Age 70s
We went on a two-week cruise to Alaska, aboard the Ms Statendam. We had sailed with several other cruise lines before, but this was our first time with Holland America. In comparison, Holland America was below average. Our ocean view stateroom was equivalent to a two-star hotel; the bathroom… maybe one-star. The ship had a stale smell throughout, and our stateroom was poorly ventilated as well. ...
Read MoreSail Date: August 2015
Review for Statendam to Alaska
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StartrainDD
10+ Cruises
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Age 60s
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This review won't likely help future cruisers of the Statendam, as HAL is transferring the ship to P&O Australia. But it may help future cruisers on HAL's 14 night Alaskan voyage - which we really enjoyed!
This review is in a log format. If you just want the summary, scroll way down to the bottom!
Statendam 8-24-15 Alaska Explorer
We traveled to Seattle on US Air / American on Sunday, ...
Read MoreSail Date: August 2015
Cabin Type: Large Interior Stateroom
Review for Statendam to Alaska
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flyguy
6-10 Cruises
The crew was mostly exceptional other than I ordered two omelets (one for wife and one for myself) and cook prepared mine and then went to another passenger seemingly forgetting the wife's omelet. By the time i had hers prepared (he forgot it a second time) mine was cold so I guess it went to the fish-I went back for scrambled eggs. They seem to be in a hurry being the LIDO food line in that ...
Read MoreSail Date: August 2015
Review for Statendam to Alaska
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ImmaWriter
10+ Cruises
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Age 70s
Although there were a few glitches in this trip, (smoke in an elevator right after embarkment and an oil sheen on the water that prevented us from cruising Glacier National Park) all in all, the staff and the care we received was excellent.
To compensate for the change in plans (we went to Seward for ship inspection instead of Anchorage) each passenger was given $250 in shipboard money. My ...
Read MoreSail Date: July 2015
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom with Porthole
Review for Statendam to Alaska
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Singinman
10+ Cruises
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Age 70s
Cruise Review
14 day Round Trip from Seattle
Holland America Line
MS Statendam
27 July to 10 August 2015
Introduction: In picking a cruise, itinerary is paramount. A good cruise line and ship are a close second. This cruise was in celebration of our 50th Wedding Anniversary, 31 Jul and my birthday, 73rd on 8 Aug. We had a choice: do something radically different or go back to ...
Read MoreSail Date: July 2015
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for Statendam to Alaska
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SunLakesBob
10+ Cruises
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Age 60s
Holland America is the only cruise line that offers this 14 day experience. It visits small ports such as Homer, Kodiak and Icy Strait Point. These three ports offer what the real Alaska is like. There are no chain jewelry stores There are local folks selling their crafts and local fishermen. You can walk trails through the forest at Icy Straight and the shore at Homer. The restaurants sell fish ...
Read MoreSail Date: July 2015
Cabin Type: Neptune Deluxe Verandah Suite
Review for Statendam to Alaska
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Happy1211
6-10 Cruises
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Age 60s
The Statendam is incredibly well maintained and the crew is constantly working on it. While it has been 5 years since its last dry dock update, you would never know by walking around the ship. The crew is skilled, proud and enthusiastic about their work in taking care of passengers. No member of the crew disappointed us. Unlike most passengers, we took a 10 day land tour through Alaska Railroad ...
Read MoreSail Date: June 2015
Traveled with children
Review for Statendam to Alaska
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humingbird
6-10 Cruises
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Age 70s
I am an avid reader of Cruise Critic, and although we have taken ten cruises, I learn something new almost every time I log onto this site. Even though with ten Holland America cruises, I rarely give an opinion as there are so many of you who express yourselves so well. I also enjoy the reviews of other cruisers, and I wish I possessed the knowledge and time to include pictures in this review, ...
Read MoreSail Date: June 2015
Cabin Type: Large Interior Stateroom