Yes, we lost three ports early in the cruise, but most people understood that the captain was doing what he thought was correct for our and the crews safety. I'm sure that HAL would much rather go to a port and increase revenue through excursions, give crew a chance to rest and not have everyone onboard and try to entertain them while fighting the weather. Negative reviewers should also attest ...
Venice was nice hotel good location, thought the ship was gorgeous food lovely sometimes cold , waiters great and room attendants too we went Holland America because it was our 38 yrs anniversary and loved the itinerary we had been to Florence, Rome, piza,before but wanted to go to Dubrovnik which we did and had a great day we were looking forward to Corfu,kotor,lovorna we did not get to see them ...
This was our second cruise on the Nieuw Amsterdam in 2 years and the ship continues to have a high standard of dining, cabin service and general cleanliness. We noticed a big improvement in the in cabin TV service facility with new hi definition flat screen TV's and movie selection facilities.
Disappointment for passengers in not getting into 3 Mediterranean ports due to poor weather but the ...
The above referenced cruise was the most disappointing my wife and I have taken. under the guise of inclement weather the captain cancelled three ports reducing the itinerary by 38% from eight to five. he made several announcements that existing weather conditions eliminated any possibility of making alternate ports throughout the entire coast line of the Mediterranean. in lieu of visiting ports ...
My wife and I are retired, seasoned travelers having experienced many land and cruise tours.
For this cruise we arrived in Venice two days prior to disembarking for the Mediterranean. We spent two nites at the Rialto Hotel right at the Rialto Bridge. Our travel agent made the reservation, she did a wonderful job of it.
Our ship was the Nieuw Amsterdam. It was adequate not overwhelmingly ...
My wife and I traveled on the Venice to Barcelona cruise on the Nieuw Amsterdam on May 16th.
This was our third cruise on Holland America and we expected a special cruise. Unfortunately it was a disappointment.
The Nieuw Amsterdam was to have been their flagship but seemed no better than the other Holland Ships we have been on.
Embarkation – the embarkation was relatively easy however ...
Great Cruise, much better than i expected. Wish more time was available in each port, that is the only drawback i found. Trying to see Rome in 11 hours is sub optimal. Kotor could easily be skipped, the old town smelled like an uncleaned kitty litter box. Stay on the ship if you must stop there. Dubrovnik old town was a real pleasant surprise. Corfu was ok. Naples was outstanding, ...
Aug. 18, 2013 sailing from Venice to Barcelona: As retired New York teachers now living in Fla. almost 20 years, we have many choices of cruise lines and itineraries. We thought we would never vacation in the summer, but we do want to get away from the heat of Fla., so we chose our vacation by the ports, not the cruise line. We were pleasantly surprised by what HAL gave us: great service, ...
My earlier review was the Eastern Med leg of this long cruise. We had done the western Med twice before, so some of the ports were familiar to us. In addition, we had spent a month touring Italy on our own. This leg and the prior one were very port intensive, so we did not spend a lot of time on the ship. We ate breakfast in the Lido. The Lido on the HAL ships is far superior to Princess. Both ...
After completing a number of investigations into cruising we decided to choose Holland America and their new ship Nieuw Amsterdam. It was a fantastic cruise with lots of things to do onboard and the food was of a high standard. Below I have listed pros and cons. After reading a lot of reviews we decided not to do any shore excursions by HAL and organised a few with cruise critic roll calls, the ...