Vancouver to Australia & New Zealand Holland America Line Noordam Cruise Reviews

We selected this cruise for the itinerary for 43 days. We wanted to see Hawaii, some of the South Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand. We opted for a Neptune Suite which had the perk of the Lounge, which we thoroughly enjoyed and used a lot for an intimate continental breakfast and lite bites throughout the days at sea. The suite itself had very comfortable beds and an abundance of space ...

This was our 6th cruise and the third aboard ms Noordam, our last cruise was back to back on this ship on the Med. And we really enjoyed that. So based on our previous Hal experience we booked Alaska on the Nieuw Amsterdam... EXCELLENT. The Noordam was a 29 night PACIFIC CROSSING and our expectations were high based on Hal experiences. BUT, our STATEROOM ( nice as it was, clean and neat ...

At our friends' urging for us to try cruising, and not wanting a daily docking, we went all out with this 25 day, 10 port cruise. It took two days to get the gist of the routine, but by day three, we were hooked. HAL definitely met our expectations and pleasantly so. We knew the average age would be senior and often less mobile, but that was ok. This was our first retirement getaway and we were ...