We did 2 back to back cruises from Vancouver to Shanghai on the westerdam.
The staff as usual were friendly and very efficient from the room stewards to the waiting staff they were all very pleasant and full of smiles.
The food overall was a good standard in all dining locations though a little salty for our liking at times but great presentation and choices.
We had a signature suite ...
We wanted to embark at the Port of Vancouver, Canada as it is a short flight from our home. The repositioning cruise offered a fantastic fare and gave us a chance to visit Japan. We planned to join a land tour once we disembarked in Yokohama. This was our first ocean crossing and it was surprisingly uneventful (weather-wise). Except Typhoon Hagibis was scheduled to arrive in Tokyo the same day we ...
Holland continues to give you less on each cruise. Staff cutbacks and the quality of food products continues to degrade the experience. Have been sailing Holland for many years and have close to 500 actual days at sea with them. It looks like Holland's management is more interested in they yearly bonus than the experience for the passengers. Ship was headed for drydock and needs for TLC to fix ...
I wanted to wait a few months to go by to write this review of our trip on the Volendam which left Vancouver on Sept 29, and ended in Shanghai a month later. This was our fifth cruise on Holland America and longest by far. Having never been to the Far East, this cruise had us very excited with anticipation. The itinerary looked wonderful and we were curious to see if we would have any cruise ...
We live in Vancouver so departure port was perfect. We had a balcony on the first leg to Tokyo and then an inside for the second leg to Shanghai. As others have stated, the ship appeared rusty and needed some paint. Overall I thought it was a rather ugly ship on the outside with black deck and a square rear end.
On the first leg the lecturers and entertainment were superb. Best lecturers ...
Pick this cruise ( vancouver to tokyo) as a part of our round the world trip. We flew from London to vancouver cruise to Tokyo and then by air to Sri Lanka and London.
We have had two previous cruises with the sister ship Zandaam and this vessel is exactly the same. The crew was even better on this voyage, the food an average of the same quality, slight below par the entertainment. We had a ...
After giving up on Crystal due to their diminution of services on board and the frenetic pace of the main dining room, we decided on Silversea. What a difference! Crystal still has the best cream soups at sea and the best enrichment speakers and lecturers, but Silversea's service is the best bar none.
I agree with other cruise critics that Shadow is a little worn and shabby, but that will be ...
This was our 3 time cruising on the Millie - having sailed multiple times on the Connie, Summit, Mercury, Infinity and Eclipse - this was probably our 15th cruise on =X=.
Our cruise was 15 nights, "Japan Jubilee" from Vancouver through Japan and concluding in Shanghai.
We both agree that the Millennium and her crew are the least polished and professional. We are Elite Plus and on this ...
Critique of Cruise, Vancouver to Tokyo
We booked this trip while on last year's "President's cruise". The process went smoothly and we were well informed of all our amenities. Booking our return flight with Choice Air, with the help of our travel agent went very well, and Choice Air kept us informed of flight changes.
Upon arrival at the ship, all the shoreside personnel were courteous and very ...
Me and my wife cruise twice a year, so far this is the worse experience that we ever have. We were expecting lots of events during our 8 days of sea. The events is very minimal and you cant even compare it to other Cruise Line. SInger is awful, shows is below not good. To make things worse, they did take all the necessary steps to help us celebrate our wedding anniversary. We celebrated our ...