Zaandam Review

Very disappointed in the cruise

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10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Jul 2017
Cabin: Verandah Suite

Holland America used to have a very good reputation but since Carnival bought the cruise line forget it. It is a typical Carnival owned cruise line, mediocre at best. We ate in the main dining room and never went back. We had dinner in the Pinnacle Steakhouse and it was not a good steak. I get better steak consistently in my local Texas Roadhouse. The buffet was blah. I even had one of the cooks tell me I didn't know how to order my eggs correctly. In our cabin, we had a broken lounger on our veranda that I wouldn't sit in. I told the room steward and his response was "I know". What was really strange, and not very nice, the entire ship was non-smoking except they allowed smoking in roughly 1/3 of the casino so naturally you smelled smoke. The ship however was clean. This was at least my 10th cruise, not counting a river cruise, and would I sail on Holland America again; No way.

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Verandah Suite

Cabin B

Cabin was OK but you don't need much on a cruise ship.

Port Reviews

Glacier Bay

We just cruised up the passage and nothing special. I've been on glaciers before and this wasn't worth the the time because we saw nothing special.

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