Holland America Line Noordam Cruise Reviews

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Worst cruise ever

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Craig1964
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

We have been on many cruises before this one and by far this was our worst cruise every by a country mile. Embarkation was quick and efficient and on the ship in no time ( which turned out to be the best part of the cruise) The ship is in need of some desperate overhaul as it is looking very old and run down. Their was no sail away party on any deck, only soft music which no one could ...
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Sail Date: January 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Wonderful ship! Thank you Noordam!

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dutchie6
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

I have just returned from a Vanuatu, New Caledonia 14 day cruise from Sydney returning back to Sydney cruise, and it was fabulous. What fantastic service, what wonderful delicious food served every day! I could not find a thing to complain about, sure the ship is a little worse for wear, and it can definitely do with a renovation, which I believe is going to happen at the end of 2019, or so I was ...
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Sail Date: January 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Tired looking ship, poor customer service

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JACANT1
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

When we booked the cruise we were unaware that our departure was from the White Bay Cruise Terminal. Only good point was you sail right under the Harbour Bridge. On the back deck when leaving Sydney, the atmosphere was very lack luster, no music to signal the start of the journey, although there were drinks available, you had to guess if they were alcoholic or not. There was no photographer taking ...
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Sail Date: January 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Syd to Pt Arthur, Hobart, Adelaide, Kangaroo Is and return to Sydney (10 nt).

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Snowytom
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

All ports were good. Cruise Tours were very expensive so we organised our own. Left from White Bay and getting aboard was smooth and easy. Once we departed things were a bit disorganised. On stern pool deck there was a table of drinks but no assistance from wait staff as to price/type of cocktail. There was none of the usual atmosphere of departure (same at every port). Only advantage was going ...
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Sail Date: January 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom

Traveled with disabled person


Fantastic cruise

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Suz123
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

We chose this cruise mainly due to the Australian itinerary & to see Kangaroo Island. We had low expectations of the condition of the Noordam given the reviews I had read were not very complimentary about the condition of the ship. We were pleasantly surprised that it really wasn’t as bad as some of the reviews I had read had indicated. Yes the ship is due for refurbishment but the staff seem ...
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Sail Date: January 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Unfortunately our worst cruise ever, and there have been many

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aussiealoha
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

Overall Rating - Pacific Isles, Tasman & Bass Srts 1/5 We have completed over 50 cruises including World cruises on Cunard, Celebrity, Princess et al, with another booked in April on Celebrity Solstice. This cruise on the Noordam has been our worst ever, never to be repeated. I do not enjoy writing a bad review, but this needed to be said, honestly and fairly as it happened. Here is ...
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Sail Date: December 2018

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


A Bad Experience

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Oscar2019
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

We chose this as Holland America once had a good reputation for cruises. The dining was very poor quality food with very little choices offered ( no turkey for Christmas day dinner). The ship is very outdated and in dire need of major refurbishment and we found that the balcony in our cabin to be extremely small given the extra cost paid to have one. Only just about enough room for two deck ...
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Sail Date: December 2018


Another Great With My Friend HAL

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lyndarra
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Of fourteen cruises this was my third with HAL. It was nice to renew our acquaintance after a five year hiatus. I'm happy to say that HAL have maintained their high standard, mostly. More on that later. We came down to Sydney by train and four of us took a taxi from Central to White Bay. I was amazed at how much luggage space was available in the hybrid Toyota, it all went in the back, no bags ...
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Sail Date: December 2018

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Time to lift your game HAL

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highriding
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

We had sailed with HAL on 3 previous cruises. We chose this cruise for the itinerary and had just been on Celebrity Solstice six weeks prior to this one and so comparisons between them were fresh in our minds. Where Solstice is clean crisp lines with what we thought were much higher ceilings, Noordam is lower ceiling, less open spaces, fine arts but darkened lounge areas. Noordam did not ...
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Sail Date: December 2018

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


A pleasant cruise on a cruise liner

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realisticus1
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Background and embarkation We chose this cruise as we had been to New Guinea only once and the ports appeared interesting. and it has been on our list for some time. The other reason for choosing this cruise being to experience the Noordam, we had previously cruised on her sister ship “Oosterdam”, a ship we were quite fond of, so we were eager to revisit this class of HAL ship again. We ...
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Sail Date: December 2018

Cabin Type: Superior Verandah Suite


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