Maasdam Review

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Not what it was cracked up to be.

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seniorcruiser1956
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: May 2016
Cabin: Large Ocean-View Stateroom

All of my friends told me the wonders of Holland America and how great they were...we were excited. Paid a lot of money for a room in the bowels of the ship, lots of noise from the engines but we figured, how much time do you spend in your room anyway?

First of all, we paid extra for the thermal room. My neighbor told me it was the best money he ever spent. There was one Jacuzzi and I've been in larger Jacuzzi's in hotel rooms. Worse, the jets didn't have hardly any pressure, I used the room ONCE. Way too much money for that.

The buffet was not a serve yourself buffet, it was more like a cafeteria and they were really small on the helpings and they ran out of food all the time. There were hardly any vegetables. They actually put bacon bits on my breakfast place more than once when I asked for bacon, there were no bacon strips only some crumbs left in the pan. The salad bar ran out of lettuce.

Cabin Review

Large Ocean-View Stateroom

Cabin FF

The temperature was either hot or cold, no in between. Noisy. Nice stateroom attendant. Always fresh ice. Kept the room clean and stocked.

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Spent time with a friend. It was wonderful, got to see a goat farm, an off grid house and a cute little tourist trap town with the smallest airport runway I've ever seen.

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