We travelled as a party of 9 and had really looked forward to seeing Alaska with Holland America. Boy were we disappointed.

Every show, talk, movie on the cruise was an attempt to sell something. Although we are used to cruises and expect this to happen, their selling attempt was too blatant and started to ruin our experience.

A season on the history of diamonds led to a pushy sales effort to sell items from the stores on the ship. Read more