We are a family of 4 and we chose the Ship and route by reading reviews and deciding that we wanted to leave and return to Vancouver. We didn't want bells and whistles of rock wall and ice rinks and Vegas style shows. We are busy and we wanted family time. The Volendam seemed to fit us perfectly. We all had a great cruise and would do it again in a heartbeat.
August 24: Vancouver
We were dropped off by a friend on their way to work so we were at Canada Place by 8:30 in the morning. Since is was a beautiful day we decided to sit outside and enjoy it. The ship was in and passengers were disembarking. I spoke to the doorman in the Pan Pacific hotel and he gave me a tip that the customs and immigration really start at 10:30 so we waited until 10:40 and took the elevators down to "CS" level and before we knew it we were just waiting to board. The lines moved constantly and we waited maybe 20 minutes until we were on board. Easy!
Our cabin location on the Main deck was quiet, never heard a peep, bang, or hallway noise. It was clean and ample space for the 4 or us, although we never sat in the cabin. Lots of storage and the shower was large enough. We pushed the coffee table under the desk to make more floor space as the chair had been removed.