Oosterdam Review
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We chose this cruise because it was easy port to drive to and we wanted to celebrate my Mom’s 75th birthday on 02/26. The itinerary was round trip out of San Diego and the port stops were Cabo, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta.
We stayed in a Signature Suite. There were 3 adults in our room, one of whom used a rollator to get around off ship and used a cane to get around on ship.
It was my first time sailing Holland America and some of the cruise critic postings made me wonder if this was the right line/ship for us. It turns out we had a great time. We bought the Thermal Suite spa passes and spent several hours relaxing there each day. We only made it to a couple of the shows, but we entertained ourselves with many hands of pinochle, thermal spa visits, reading on the balcony, and generally relaxing.
Cabin Review
Signature Superior Verandah Suite
Size of the cabin was good. Our third slept on the sofa bed and we had to add an extra blanket under the sheet to make it a bit more comfortable.
Bathroom with double sink separate shower and tub, was very nice. It was a big selling point to me, as my dad can’t step into the shower/tub combo. However, we ended up taking most of our showers at the spa after the thermal suite, so it wasn’t used as much as I expected.
Big downside to the room was that you could hear all of the carts running between one part of buffet and another. Plus the room service carts that went down the hallway were very loud.
Port Reviews
Mazatlan
We hopped into a pulmonic taxi and did a two hour tour of old Mazatlan. It was a little cloudy when we started and the open air taxi was a bit on the cold side when we got back to the ship.
San Diego
We stayed at theWyndham across the street from the pier. It was great to wake up and watch the ship pulling in to port in the morning.