ms Maasdam, Eastern Caribbean December 7-17, 2005
I returned from an Eastern Caribbean big band cruise on Holland Americas Maasdam the week before Christmas. Here are some of my impressions;
Ship: This was my third cruise on Maasdam, and she still looks as fresh and well maintained as she did in 1998. She did have a couple of mechanical problems, which slowed us for a few hours; hopefully these will be corrected during her scheduled 2006 dry docking. I think that here has been a major improvement in HALs food and the English capabilities of Indonesian staff also seem to be improving. Good cruise staff and thankfully the number of PA announcements is limited, although still not as good as Crystals no announcements policy.