Volendam Review

4.0 / 5.0
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Unfit for many passengers on this voyage! Following refit.

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Frank Mul
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Dec 2017

Just out of dry dock after a refit and many cabins unfit for human habitation. See other similar reviews. A/C in the cabin not working (75+ deg) while ice cold in the corridor outside!!! We had to leave the cabin door open to get cool at all. Our patio door out to the deck did not work so we could not even get a cool breeze. There were water leaks all over our deck ( although not in our cabin) and the smell of dampness permeated the atmosphere at times. There was a smell of burnt metal and sawdust for the first few days. maybe it went away, maybe we just got used to it. My wife, along with many other passengers, came down with a chest infection due to the poisonous air. Thankfully after $2000 of medical expenses she picked up by day 5 of our trip. Funnily enough this was just about the same time that the A/C and water leaks were repaired on our deck.

Crewmen were welding or cutting metal outside our door on the lanai deck.

A rail on the rear pool deck was missing a 3 foot length and was crudely repaired with a length of plank screwed across the gap.!!! I kid you not! (photos to follow when I find them)

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Cabin Lanai cabin

Would have been excellent if the A/C and lanai door worked. But 2 out of 5

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