Holland America Line Oosterdam Cruise Reviews for Singles to Europe - Western Mediterranean from Rome (Civitavecchia)

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Beware Holland America

Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Oosterdam

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2FLfriends
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

Beware of this ship!!! My cruise began with a huge stain on the couch in our stateroom. I also got food poisoning and as a result I was unable to go on the tour we had scheduled for the next day. I requested a refund but they denied it. The service was sub par but they still charged us $32 per day for poor service. The crew was unable to help with basic questions. In the dining room I asked that ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Traveled with disabled person


First & last time on Holland America

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Oosterdam

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onespots
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We chose this cruise strictly for the itinerary & only 3 sea days. This cruise is the 24 Day Greek Odyssey & Mediterranean Empires from July 28th to August 21 2022. By way of background about us. We are in our early 70's. We have over 15 ocean cruises, 3 Riverboat trips, & several land tours. The towns & ports are our destination not the ship. Our expectation is simple... a clean room & ...
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Sail Date: July 2022

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Mediterranean

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Oosterdam

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Andrewvaz
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Itinerary was great. 12 days was my longest cruise thus far but the best way to see a good number of the Greek islands and tick off Rome Athens and Venice as well. Shore excursions were generally expensive and I would recommend you pre book online directly as they generally weren’t value for money. Be prepared to be a little bit adventurous here otherwise you will get caught up with the ...
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Sail Date: October 2018

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


With thanks

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annemaddock
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

My husband and I had a fantastic cruise on Holland America, the Greek Odyssey 16 August - 27 August 2018. The embarkation, sailing and disembarkation was amazingly perfect.The crew and ship were amazing. We would like to thank the following crew for their exceptional customer service - Puput from Lido, Su Mantra, Gusti and Jonathan at level 2 fine dining for table 61 and our exceptional cabin ...
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Sail Date: August 2018


Great cruise shame about aircon

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Oosterdam

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Adeles1
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

We are a couple in our early fifties and this was our third cruise our first on Holland and America. We have previously cruised once with Celebrity and once with Oceania and probably the similarities were more than the differences . The Ship- The Oosterdam was a lovely Ship . The public spaces were always spotlessly clean . There were usually sun beds available although sometimes it was ...
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Sail Date: August 2018


Not Perfect

Review for a Mediterranean Cruise on Oosterdam

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Saltydip
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

We chose the Rome to Venice Twelve day itinerary for the ports of call in Greece. Boarding and departure were handled very well with lots of directions and assistance. Food was very good but the main dining room was dark, chilly and quite noisy. We preferred the buffet on the Lido deck with lovely views from the window tables or the after deck open air tables. The servers here were very helpful ...
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Sail Date: June 2018

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Mediterranean ports of call were amazing

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❤️holidays
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

We chose this cruise because it offered good value for money compared with Celebrity our favourite cruise line. They were the same priceleavu g the same port on the same date but HA seemed to offer more pre cruise ie. 2 nights accomodation in Rome and transfers. In saying that after flying for 32 hours from Australia our HA transfer failed to meet us at Rome airport. On reflection we would ...
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Sail Date: June 2018

Cabin Type: Signature Superior Verandah Suite

Traveled with children


Excellent Service and fun Mediterranean Cruise!

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socalhiker
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

My husband and I just turned 40, so we decided to celebrate by booking a Mediterranean Cruise! We had a great Alaskan cruise with Holland America a few years ago, so we decided to go with them again. And we're glad we did! We also really liked the itinerary: a 12 day cruise starting from Rome, traveling to a variety of Greek islands, and then arriving back in Venice. The Oosterdam was a lovely ...
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Sail Date: June 2018

Cabin Type: Interior Stateroom


Ship was a Disappointment

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Pdouglas
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

We had traveled on Holland America before and whilst disappointed decided to try the Oosterdam as it had been recently re furbished. Check in was good but then nobody to direct or show you to your cabin. The cabin was good and furnishings excellent. Before dinner we looked for a nice comfortable bar to have a drink but found there were none. The Crows Nest bar, normally a feature was ...
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Sail Date: June 2018

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Holland America Info Services

Review for a Greece Cruise on Oosterdam

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Jemaca
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

Holland America’s greatest flaw is not providing enough accurate information. This is not a new problem. We have observed this on all our HAL cruises. Celebrity does a much better job. There are so many ways that the information services could be improved. For example: •Put the port talks on the TV like you used to. We can’t always attend in person. •If you list port information on the ...
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Sail Date: May 2018


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