We love to cruise! We chose this 14 day cruise with HAL because of the number of days at sea and the closer proximity to where we live. The ports of call were great--the Sea of Cortez, San Diego Santa Barbara, Victoria and Vancouver. I dislike writing negative reviews. We will always make the most of our cruises, and generally make our own fun. Here is what I wrote on the survey to HAL. ...
We have cruised previously, mainly with Royal Caribbean and felt that this ship did not in any way match up to their standards,. The ship is old, overall well maintained but very dated - it is definitely ready for a total refurbishment.
Starting with embarkation, our advice would be ignore the informationyou re sent to check in at 12 - we did that and waited 3 hours to get through US customs - ...
The ship is rather tired looking from the outside although the inside doesn't disappoint. Cabins pretty much the usual standard for any cruise ship but not having any tea and coffee making facilities in the cabin was not good. You don't always want to summon room service just for a cup of tea or trail up to the buffet.. Food in the restaurant a little too Heston Blumenthal for us - Pineapple and ...
My husband and I took the Holland America Land & Sea Journey on the Zuiderdam. We flew to
Anchorage where we were met at the airport for transport to the Westmark Anchorage for the start of the Land portion of our trip. It was the first trip of the season so that may have accounted for the disorganization the next morning as we were taken by bus to Holland America's own domed rail cars for the ...
I dealt with Holland America directly to book the cruise and prepaid 2 dinners for my family of 6, a $25.00 soda card, $250.00 Spa access and I also requested Wheelchair service for my mother. After 10 trips to the front desk in the first 2 days I found out that everything I preordered didn't get added to my profile because Holland America switched my cabin. This shouldn't have been a quick easy ...
I wish I could say that this cruise was fantastic, but it wasn't. My husband and I sailed from Vancouver for a 7 night cruise to Alaska round trip. There was roughly 1600 people onboard. 80% were over 65 years old, aprox 100 kids under 18 and the rest were between 30-65. Mostly couples.
The food was very good considering there is only one restaurant that you could go to without paying an ...
After wanting to do an Alaskan Cruise for years, I did a ton of research and chose Holland America inside passage. The itinerary was great, priced well, and very scenic. Overall, the cruise was very nice but not great.
Leaving out of Vancouver's Canada's Place was easy and hassle free. My husband and I got in the night before and took a cab to the port. The drivers know the drill and knew ...
This was our first time on HAL, but we have been on 7 other cruises. We had heard wonderful things about HAL since my parents who were accompanying us had sailed with Holland America before and enjoyed it in the past. We chose HAL because of it's Alaskan itinerary included Glacier Bay, a service call at Tracy Arm a and had long port times.
We embarked around 11a in Vancouver which was a ...
Holland America Zuiderdam Alaska Inside Passage 7 night Cruise
We took the cruise as part of a holiday which included stays in Banff and Vancouver and a trip on the Rocky Mountaineer. Our travel agent suggested Holland America and the Zuiderdam departure fitted our schedule. We last cruised 15 years ago, in the Mediterranean on The Oriana.
Firstly, Alaska is not often hot and sunny in ...
We joined my parents for what we were expecting to be a great Alaska cruise in HAL's Zuiderdam. Unfortunately, the ship was a disappointment.
Our last cruise was on the Eurodam and it was a great ship with good food and service and this was a deciding factor when looking at Alaska cruises. Our Zuiderdam experience was just the opposite.
First - The ...