Holland America Line Noordam Cruise Reviews for Gay & Lesbian to Europe

We were on a cruise of 3 eleven day legs and if not for the ports, which is what we took this cruise for, the experience of Holland America and the Noordam would turn you off from ever wanting to go cruising again. We are not novice cruisers and have taken at least 15 cruises on other cruise lines but this was the first and last on HAL and have never experienced such treatment. We were in cabin ...

From start to finish, this 22 days Mediterranean cruise has been the worst cruise we have taken. It all started on day 1 when our Signature Beverage Package cards were not in our suite. Several hours later, the Neptune concierge advised that we only had an 11 day card beverage card because the 22 day card was very expensive. It took four additional days for the front desk supervisor to call ...

This was our 5th and last cruise with HAL. From the moment we arrived in Barcelona to be met by a porter with no English (The HAL rep was 20 minutes late) and a taxi driver who could not find his cab in the airport car park we should have realised this was a sign of things to come!!! The HAL ***** hotel was not conveniently located, had a trainee receptionist who took 20 minutes to check us in ...

I booked a 10 night Holland America Western Mediterranean cruise on the Noordam for five people after having enjoyed a 10 night Eastern Mediterranean cruise in August 2007 on Celebrity. What a mistake to change from a quality service -oriented cruise line like Celebrity to the hostile, servile experience on HAL! The booking was made through the same internet agency I have used successfully for the ...