Background Information - I am 36 and my husband is 44 and in the last three months we have cruised transatlantic, caribbean and now most recently Hawaii. We have never been displeased with a cruise experience aside from a few details that were missed on our recent RCCL experience that were actually rectified when we arrived home from our HAL cruise in a letter. Hotel Info 4 nights at the Holiday Inn directly directly across from the ship.

Ship Info Zaandam Activities There is tennis and a small gym Service The staff were great, I have nothing bad to say about any service. Only an observation that we found it very odd that the staff were always using the lido deck dining area, the restaurant there and the deck to eat...occupying the long lines and the few tables. I have never seen this before and found it very against the rules of any hotel operation.

Shore Excursions We rented cars or toured on our own which worked out fantastically. Plus there were many many taxi's , as expected, available for our departure though the cruise line would go a long way to suggest none would be available in order to gain a large fee for their shuttle. Read more