Holland America Line Volendam Cruise Reviews for Senior to the Eastern Caribbean

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A fabulous adventure
"Wish they could keep the in-room service food warmer.There was always room by the pools, and in various quiet spots on board...."Read More
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dianeh

2-5 Cruises

Age 20s

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Challenges cruising with Holland America

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Volendam

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Casperb41
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

We chose this cruise because it ended at our home port of Vancouver BC . It was also our first cruise with the Holland America line. Prior to boarding we had to sit on rows of chairs the were so close together that gave us a feeling of clostaphobia. Upon embarking we were informed that our suites had not been made available due to cleaning etc, so we had to find a spot to sit untill ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Cabin Type: Verandah Suite


A fabulous adventure

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Volendam

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dianeh
2-5 Cruises • Age 20s

Bucket list and a .uch needed break! Bonus was returning to Vancouver. We were upgraded from a window G to a larger window cabin 25**. No complaints. Our cabin stewards were terrific and always attended to everything. We both felt at home and after 21 days we hadn't grown tired of the pampering! The Ocean Band was our go to after dinner. And the food! Fabulous! Ate in the dining room, and 2x ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom


14 Day Southern Carribean

Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Volendam

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19Ahoymatey68
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

Get out of the continued long winter in Wyoming. The captain was amazing on communication and informational. Hedro in the Pinnacle was amazing as well. We enjoy the pool, and the DiveIn dining. The Pinnacle Grill is the gem of dining as usual if you enjoy steak and seafood, lamb chops, caviar, carpacio, shrimp cocktail. The surcharge is minimal and very well worth on the items (only a couple) to ...
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Sail Date: April 2023


Two weeks on Volendam

Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Volendam

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Seaspartan
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

The Cruisers: we are a retired professional couple around age 70, having cruised for more than 30 years on Celebrity, Royal Caribbean, Viking, and Princess (Elite status). We felt we were aging out of Princess and thought this would be a good time to try HAL. We sailed on a 14 day Caribbean cruise (10 ports)on the Volendam 3/18/23 to 4/1/23. The Ship: the Volendam is an older ship that was ...
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Sail Date: March 2023

Cabin Type: Large Interior Stateroom


Five Itinerary on a Three Star Ship

Review for a South America Cruise on Volendam

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R'man
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

I have purposely allowed some time to pass before writing this review. THE SHIP AND STAFF The review really concerns an apparently struggling cruise line, an aged ship, and a wonderful itinerary. The captain jokingly said it best when after it was mentioned the ship was 23 years old, a passenger asked him what was the effective service age of such a ship. He replied 22 years. The ship ...
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Sail Date: January 2023

Cabin Type: Large Interior Stateroom


South America / Antarctica Adventures

Review for a South America Cruise on Volendam

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TravelSoFar
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Initially, we chose this 74-day cruise based solely on the “Grand Voyage” itinerary. The ports-of-call for the cruise, most of the excursions we took, and the passengers & locals we met were great fun & exciting. However, Holland America’s cruise ship (the Volendam) was awful - and based on that we would never want to cruise w/ Holland America again or recommend the cruise line to anyone. We ...
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Sail Date: January 2023

Cabin Type: Verandah Suite


Great itinerary poor line/timing.

Review for a South America Cruise on Volendam

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BobN1947
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

This trip was all about the 33 ports and Antarctica. HAL is recovering from COVID like everyone but they seem to expect pre COVID world to return. Nice if incompetent staff. Many things done superbly and just as many SNAFU'S. 5 star passengers who waited many days with no hot water, heat or flushing toilet. I was lucky as cabin worked well throughout the journey. Overpriced spa, who pays $245 for ...
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Sail Date: January 2023

Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom


Extremely Aggravating & Disappointing

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Volendam

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Lorie313
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

In the past 27 years, we’ve spent over 300 days on cruise ships, and this was definitely our worst experience. And that’s including a cruise to Alaska on the Radiance of the Seas when the entire crew had walked out two weeks before… If we had not previously sailed Holland America, there’s no way we ever would again. We are low maintenance and have always enjoyed friendly relationships with ...
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Sail Date: December 2022

Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom


Old Ship Unexperienced Staff Don't Book

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Volendam

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AnaFlorida
6-10 Cruises • Age 30s

I travel often and booked this cruise with my family for my parents 40th wedding anniversary 3 months before we sailed. I booked two Vista suites online 7039 and 7041 3 months ago to be next door to my family since we were a larger group. Our total was over 13K for the rooms. As we boarded the ship. Without any notice our rooms were downgraded to the 6th floor with separate beds. We were ...
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Sail Date: December 2022

Traveled with children


Worst Cruise to date

Review for a Caribbean - Eastern Cruise on Volendam

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gidgetglam
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

This was our 6th cruise but first on HA. They had to be short-staffed or something. However, if it weren't for good experiences in port, it would have been a pretty miserable vacation. I am not looking forward to cruising again for a long time. Our first port day we set the card out for breakfast in the room the night before. We've done this on 5 previous cruises and have had no issues. ...
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Sail Date: December 2022


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