We chose this cruise to fit in with school holidays and to meet friends in Hawaii.
The stateroom was excellent. See below.
The ship was very lush and we enjoyed the ambience in every venue. All areas were well maintained and elegant.
We knew the wifi would not be good, so we enjoyed having 2 weeks free of this.
Dining. We could not fault any meal, whether it be in the Vista Dining ...
We chose this particular cruise based on our schedule and desire to see Sydney, Tasmania and New Zealand after a week on Australia's Gold Coast. The Noordam cruise was perfect for us (our 10th cruise, and first on Holland America).
Embarkation at the White Bay Cruise Terminal was fairly quick. Our boarding pass showed 12:30 pm boarding for a 6:30pm embarkation. However, we arrived at 11am by ...
We have always wanted to go to Australia/ New Zealand. It did not disappoint. The New Zealand part was very busy with many different stops, all interesting. One of my favourites was Tauranga, where we rented a car and went to Hell's Gate Mud and hot spring pools. I was just getting over a cold and loved the soak in the warm mud and then the hot springs.
The Dunedin Awesome Tours Royal ...
This was the third HAL cruise for me and second for my wife so we knew what to expect.
We were travelling with our three young children (1,4 and 6) plus my parents and 11 year old niece so spread across verandah cabins 10004, 10008 and 10010 on the Observation Deck tucked behind the Crows Nest. Embarkation was smooth however the obliging staff who allowed our baby to sleep through the ID ...
Christmas Cruise. Loved the ambiance of the ship - it was warm and cozy. The cabin was very clean, the steward excellent. The food was great! We had dinner in the dinning room every night and I thoroughly enjoyed it every night. The staff was wonderful. The Captain was a very compassionate man. He spoke on Christmas Eve and their was not a dry eye in the audience. Very considerate of his ...
The reason we choose this cruise, well just to be away from the family for a change over the Christmas & New Year and we were not disappointed
The ship & crew were fantastic, the food again was really, really great with plenty to choose from
The ship was decked out in Christmas decorations & New years eve was a blast, with great entertainment on the Lido pool deck
Fiji was not to our ...
New Zealand was on my husband's bucket list for a long time. We decided the best way to get a feel for the country is to do a cruise & sample as many ports as possible. So we chose Holland Americas 14 day cruise with 8 ports. It was fantastic. Lots of stops in the South Island and also on the North Island. Unfortunately, because of large swells in the port of Christchurch where we were ...
my 3rd time on the Noordam, 9 weeks totol, so i know her well.
For the price of apx 110 per night for a balcony the value is terrific.
The BBKing band plays 3x per night and are an exellent ship dance band.
The Theater is awsome, the shows ok. The piano bar is good, The room good,
the food great. The evevators were fast and frequent and all over. There are two one hour ...
We chose this cruise because we were traveling to Sydney to see family. My cousin suggested a tour of New Zealand, which we took by bus. - It was with APT Tours & was wonderful
After a 3 week stay in Sydney we wanted to take a leisurely trip back to the US via Vancouver, BC
There are not enough accolades to give the Noordam & her crew. From the moment of embarkation until we docked in ...
This was our 2nd cruise with HAL. Last one was on MS Oosterdam in Dec 2014, which was good but some aspects were definitely lacking. By comparison the MS Noordam is far superior in every way. First & foremost, the food was perfect & we ate every dinner at the Vista dining room. Had same table every night, same wonderful servers & wine steward, all gracious, friendly, eager to please, accommodating ...