Holland America Line Zuiderdam Cruise Reviews for Singles to Europe

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Great itinerary, but the operation of the ship needs some improvement
"The bottleneck was the Holland America staff before and after customs, the customs people were fine The unloading in Dublin and also South Queensferry both had unexpected tender problem, but my point is that when this was obvious, they should’ve sent everyone back to their cabins and just announced the tender numbers, so people could hear it over the loudspeaker and just turn up at the right time, rather than making them having to sit in the lounge for 90 minutes, which wasThe Billboard lounge was not as bad as the Rollingstone lounge, but still too loud, and I could only listen to it by sitting right at the back of the room...."Read More
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Clive ross

6-10 Cruises

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Minus one star because: not enough Vikings!

Review for a Arctic Cruise on Zuiderdam

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Glicker
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

We had a great cabin - aft, veranda - that we loved. No diesel, smoke/ash and little noise from Lido above. Great views, tiny sitting area. We chose to take meclizine, starting the night before our cruise. This was the most sea we've seen on any cruise (still topped out at 2+ meters - 7-8 foot swells) and were both fine. I had anxiety but no actual motion sickness. There was an outbreak of ...
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Sail Date: August 2023

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Not Quite Epic, But Worthwhile

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Zuiderdam

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MostlyLegal
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

As one of Holland America’s Legendary Cruises (and also as one of the most expensive), the Voyage of the Vikings on the Zuiderdam, which sailed July 22-August 26, 2023, should have been nothing short of epic. It fell short of that goal, but was still very good and certainly worthwhile. This review will cover the good things we experienced, as well as the not-so-good things. THE GOOD ...
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Sail Date: July 2023

Cabin Type: Signature Superior Verandah Suite


Great itinerary, but the operation of the ship needs some improvement

Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on Zuiderdam

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Clive ross
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

This was a 35 days cruise and sure enough I got Covid after about day 25. It was well handled, but what surprised me was that there were no announcements each day at noon as to how many people were in quarantine. It was a big secret. Without transparency on this, it makes you reluctant to travel again. I also got a fungal infection on my toe, which makes me wonder about the hygiene standards ...
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Sail Date: May 2023


Smooth crossing, interesting ports, music walk entertainment was lacking.

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Zuiderdam

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BVI sail
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

This was our 6th HAL cruise. Our interest in this crossing was sparked by the interesting ports (Cork, Waterford, Torquay, and Dover) in Ireland and the UK. Our cabin stewards (Rio and Ewan) were phenomenal and kept the cabin in perfect shape. They are assigned approximately 35 cabins to take care of by HAL which is an unreasonable workload. We had great dinner and lunch in the Pinnacle Grill with ...
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Sail Date: May 2023

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


18 Day Voyage of the Vikings

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Zuiderdam

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fatcat12
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Choose this cruise for its itinerary. Ireland / Iceland / Greenland, wow. All cruises have their plus and minuses. Major plus was the limited passengers (under 1700), and the route. Minuses was the disappointment in the food. Signature suite 6055 was nice and roomy. Entertainment good, services great (go find David in the Oceans Bar for the 4-5pm happy hour, he has great ...
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Sail Date: August 2019

Cabin Type: Signature Superior Verandah Suite


Voyage of the Vikings and Souvenir Hunters

Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Zuiderdam

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ACA Jester
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

As always, this review will try to focus on the little things that might be missed, along with the details that may be overlooked in a broader review. This is especially true for the independent travelers who may wander off and do things on their own in each location. Rotterdam Pre -cruise/ Embarkation: We flew into Amsterdam and took the train to Rotterdam. Sine there were four of us, I took ...
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Sail Date: July 2019

Cabin Type: Standard Interior Stateroom


Great ports but HAL's food and service not so much

Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on Zuiderdam

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Janric
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

I'd have given this cruise an overall raging of 5 were it not for HAL cheating out on food, service and entertainment. Food was almost always JUST warm. No flavour and boring, I brought my own garlic powder is that's an indication. Wine staff are ill equipped to offer any advice and are mostly bored with the job. We usually like to attend the Sip and Savour but after one, we stayed away ...
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Sail Date: June 2019


Good value

Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on Zuiderdam

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Zen flower
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Holland america is a great line The zuiderdam was nice and clean and comfortable I like the food and the services Love the Baltic cruise St Petersburg Stonia Finland Sweden Denmark I had a great experience the excursions was beautiful The disembarkation and embarkatoin was nice and smooth Our dining room stuff ware wonderful specialy Herman and iman ...
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Sail Date: May 2019


Holland America Line Zuiderdam-Copenhagen to NYC August 2018

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kevingastreich
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

All in all, this turned out to be a pretty good cruise. The itinerary got changed around a bit for a number of reasons. We had bad weather in the Labrador Sea which caused us to miss two port calls, also, on the way to St. John’s , we needed to double back and assist in the search efforts for a person who went missing from another cruise ship that was in our area so we missed that port and ...
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Sail Date: August 2018

Cabin Type: Signature Superior Verandah Suite


First time with Holland Anmerica

Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on Zuiderdam

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cruisingandsnoozing
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We chose this cruise purely for the itinerary, and knew nothing about Holland America. But so glad we took a chance! Friendliest crew we have ever met on a cruise- ok. we didn't meet our cabin steward till the second day, but no problem. Lots of things on this ship that we felt were done very well. We loved the system with sunbeds- no need for pool towels in our room- they're already rolled up and ...
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Sail Date: July 2018

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


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