This review and these opinions are based upon my cruise which originated in Ft Lauderdale on November 20th and ended in Ft Lauderdale on December 18, 2014. Your experience on the same cruise may or may not have been the same as my experience.

THE SHIP---This is an older ship built in 1988 and has sailed under the name of Seaborne Sun and Royal Viking Sun before becoming the Holland America Prinsendam. The ship is being maintained as well as can be expected however there seems to be constant issues that cosmetic repairs cannot help. We boarded the Prinsendam in Ft. Lauderdale and had what was labeled as a suite cabin (043) and found our cabin to be without air-conditioning. The temperature was measured in the cabin and was approximately 88 degrees. It took four days for the ship’s maintenance staff to be able to get air conditioning for our cabin. We were issued a fan for cooling.

While our cabin, and others hovered close to 90 degrees the showroom was at such a low temperature you usually had to wear a jacket to stay warm. Read more