This was our 2nd cruise. Our 1st one was a Disney cruise, that put this cruise to shame. The beds were hard the maid picked up anything and everything that was on the floor onto the kids bed/couch. Not very good cleaning service. Plus my bling belt went missing and I know it was in my room because I didn’t change my clothes anywhere else aside from my room. When I went to report it they had ...
Beware,
came on healthy, left with covid! Food was awful! They broke my luggage as well. Value of 250. Gave me a cheap bottle of champagne to compensate me. The food was so salty. Every time I ate it my feet and hands were swollen. Also went down to get medicine and I asked the nurse if there were people on board with covid and she said yes. I asked her to give me the symptoms of covid and ...
We did this same cruise on Volendam 14 years ago with kids and friends. It was our first cruise ever. But goes to show you can’t relive things twice….
What worked?
-great weather and scenery
-calm seas
-overall very friendly crew
-consistently clean cabin, cabin steward made silk from a sows ear
-performers and dancers entertained with passion and enthusiasm. Grace in the piano ...
We have cruised northern Europe, Mediterranean, China/Hong Kong/Viet Nam, Australia, Hawaii, on a variety of ships.
We enjoyed this cruise the least. The ship was so loud and so crowded, so full of drunk people day and night. The center of the ship, the Atrium, was very difficult to conduct business at Excursion desk or Customer service or eat at the Tavern due to microphoned staff playing ...
It was recommended by our travel agency so I will try to be fair but also clear on my assessment.
Outstanding service and cleanliness all the employees were top notch with friendliness and helpfulness.
The food in the buffet was cheap and really poor quality the other restaurants on the ship were very good but beware the cost will stifle you to a point you will lower your view they of them ...
Decent cruise. Staff was polite, professional, and very helpful.
Ship itself was clean and well maintained.
Sometimes the elevators had a bit of a wait, but nothing horrible.
Long lines/wait for gelato. Food was ok. Not fantastic, but not bad. Hard to get reservations at the desired times - but we were able to tag into other cruise-mates reservations to make it work.
Room service ...
Well....I figured Holland was on the upper end of the cruise lines so we booked a 7 day to Alaska on the Eurodam. I gotta tell you, I go on cruises to enjoy the hell out of the food. This was a MAJOR disappointment! I will say that the "sit down" Dining Room food overall was pretty good, but we like to do the buffet mostly. Holland (at least on this ship) has one of the crew "serving" ...
Let’s start with the good Everyone was very nice and worked very hard to begin with, the food was the worst I’ve ever had on a carnival ship, everything was cold not many options. Also, it was like the people that were serving the food was trying to limit what you can eat. That’s very disappointing next the cruise Director can use more training you could never hear him, and he did not energize ...
The good: animals, glaciers, crew, naturalist. The very bad: the ship in poor condition, the food was bad. Sorry it took me so long to post this. I booked this through Orbridge travel & the Notre Dame travel alumni. ND and Orbridge immediately stepped up when I reported the deplorable conditions to them once home. I really appreciated Orbridge "making things right" with me. Anyways, the cruise ...
This cruise is not a value for the money in my opinion . Although Alaska is spectacular, you do not get to spend much time on land .
Excursions are way over priced and not a good value for the money .
Ship is tired and outdated .
Food is mediocre.
Entertainment on this cruise was very boring . We were disappointed there was zero Alaskan culture represented .
Very difficult to get a ...