Westerdam Review

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AWESOME first cruise

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2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Jul 2018
Cabin: Neptune Deluxe Verandah Suite
Another HAL ship at Glacier Bay for the day
Haines...Fast ferry and helicopter onto glacier. Looking at ice field
Juneau Holicopter to glacier and mush sled dogs for a 2 mile trek. We spent
Towel animal surprises in our cabin from our stewards
Neptune Suite views
Neptune suite view

Holland America reviewed well for our selection with our 2 friends and we wanted to go to Alaska. We booked the Westerdam on the southbound cruise from Seward to Vancouver with strops in glacier Bay, Haines/Skagway, Juneau and Ketchikan. HAL has priority over the vessels to cruise glacier Bay where 2 boats/day are allowed and docking privileges for a once a week ship at Haines. We booked the Neptune Suite and selected the drink package, upgraded restaurant 1 night and shipboard credits. We pre-cruised with 3 days in Anchorage and the pre-cruise train from Anchorage to Seward.

Our introduction to HAL was minutes after the easy boarding process and entering our awesome stateroom. Absolutely WOW and a large balcony and enough closet/drawer space form many large luggage pieces. Our service stewards throughout the week gave us many WOW moments, from the afternoon snacks to towel animals greeting us in the afternoon. Service aboard was incredible from our stewards, concierge, bartenders, and dining room staff. Most notable is the Pinnacle Grill which serves breakfast to Neptune guests. The best food we experienced was clearly the Pinnacle Grill and then fooled by our lunching at the Dive-In hot dog and burger bar. Dining room and Lido buffet food was decent but nothing to WOW about and we would give it a C+ with some food much better. Never without an opportunity for food.

The shipboard atmosphere was relaxed and only required pants and a collared shirt for men in best dining evenings...So no Tux needed!

Cabin Review

Neptune Deluxe Verandah Suite

Cabin SA

As above. Awesome. Hughe suite, balcony, bathroom. Storage cabinets enough for an elephant with young. Very comfortable king bed and couches. We really relaxed and used the cabin as it has large slider glass doors and a large picture size window for view outside. We spent time on the balcony that was about 12 feet long containing a round table with 4 chairs and 2 chaise/foot stool cushioned chairs.

Port Reviews

Seward

We took the Alaska railway from Anchorage - 4 hours; very nice

Glacier Bay

An awesome day cruising around the are on our mother ship

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