Volendam Review
If you like an experience like this, HAL is your cruise line.
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April 2014 we were in French Polynesia and had a wonderful time. This time we choose a Volandam cruise Seattle - Sydney - Bali because we thought the itinerary looked great as well. It was partly great indeed, but also partly disappointing. e.g. To me it is a mystery why the ship went to Mystery Island. A lost day. In Honolulu the hop on hop of bus was not available. HAL had rented it for some excursion. We never join HAL excursions because you can save half of the money when you book ashore.
Climat control in the lounges and bridge room were inadequate. Most of the time it was freezing there. The tables and chairs in the Lido restaurant really should be replaced. Take care for the buckets in the corridors when it's raining.
Unfortunately the quality of food was worse again. Good bread and fresh orange juice, but cold soup, melted ice cream, bad coffee and overcooked meat and fish. Less expensive fruit and meat. Little variation as well. What a difference with 8 years ago!
Cabin Review
Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Our outside cabin smelled terribly caused by cleaning fuel tanks during 10+ days with a liquid that probably is a poison. Though we avoided to use our cabin as much as possible, it caused a headache and it took a week to get another cabin. This time much noise caused by an airco-room. Better than being poisoned. Nice to see the beautiful flowers when we arrived. What a gesture. A pity that they had put it on our bill however.