Ryndam (Retired) Review

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Enjoyable Cruise on the Ryndam

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Ryndam (Retired)
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10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Sep 2011
Cabin: Large Ocean-View Stateroom

The cruise started in Barcelona and we flew in a day early to have a chance to see some of the city. From the Barcelona airport, we took the Aerobus (5.30 Euros) per person to our hotel near the Placa de Catalunya. The hotel was in an excellent location and we walked around the Gothic quarter and down Las Ramblas to the Columbus statue. Barcelona has good public transit and is an easy city for walking. On the day of the cruise, we took a cab to the pier (about 13 Euros including all the surcharges tacked on to cab fares in Barcelona). Embarkation was a breeze - no lines and we were ready to board the ship minutes after we arrived at the pier. One of the many nice things about Holland America ships is that rooms are ready when you board so you don't have to drag your carry on bags to lunch with you.

We had open seating dining and ate all our dinners in the main dining room. We never had a problem getting a table for 2 and the food was always well prepared. We ate a few breakfasts and lunches in the main dining room as well and as opposed to our experience on some other Holland America ships, service on the Ryndam was always prompt. Overall, service provided in the dining room and by our room stewards was excellent.

The Lido buffet offered a good selection of food, however, it seemed that some of the food was not held at a high enough temperature, and resulted in cool rather than hot entrees and sides.

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Large Ocean-View Stateroom

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Adequate space with a bathtub in the bathroom. Although the room's window overlooked the promenade, there was no noticeable noise from the outside. However, the room must be partially below the kitchen for the main dining room and at times there was noise from above, but it never seemed to last too long.

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