My husband and I are both retired and love travelling. Over the past five years we have visited a number of countries by organized land/bus tours, flying and cruising. Last year alone we took cruises to South America,the Greek Islands and Mexico. We usually chose the itinerary and not necessarily the cruise line.

We love Alaska having visited mostly by cruise ship but also on our own fly/drive tours. This year we booked another cruise, on the Zuiderdam, along with eight adult family members. This was our second cruise on this ship, the first a trip through the Panama canal five years ago.

Our stateroom was very neat and clean but the balcony ceiling had pockets of rust and the railing was very pitted. Read more