Ryndam (Retired) Review

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Good cruise, but......

Review for the Baltic Sea Cruise on Ryndam (Retired)

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Sail Date: May 2012
Cabin: Large Ocean-View Stateroom

Although mnay aspects of this fjord cruise were very good -especially food in the Rotterdam restaurant, there were aspects which were much less satisfactory.

The itinerary was changed at short notice and we visited Molde which was very disappointing. Many passengers were particularly disappointed that, although we had booked a fjord cruise, we only visited one - the Sognafjord going to Flam which we actually travelled to and from during the night!

Our most serious complaint was the cost of the excursions which was outrageous and did not reflect the actual cost as we found when we booked both the Flam railway and the 4 hour fjord cruise and discovered that we had spent only £160 against the £370 charged by Holland-America for these same excursions.. At Molde, there was an excursion to the open-air village museum which cost $84.95. We walked there (less than one mile from the ship)and found out that because it did not open officially until June, entry was free. The only cost therefore to Holland-America was a single bus fare for a mile - $84.95 per person made this an extremely expensive bus journey!

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Large Ocean-View Stateroom

Cabin F

Our cabin, being located astern, was a little bit noisy from the engine room.The cabin was otherwise comfortable. The bath was far too small, and it would probably have been better to have had a large shower.

The television reception was far from satisfactory.

The service from the stateroom stewards was excellent.

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