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Great itinerary poor line/timing.
"We had 5 succumb on this journey, 4 seniors and a 34 year old staff musician.It is the old saw, cruising is for the newly wed and the nearly dead...."Read More
BobN1947
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Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Volendam
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 ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2023
Cabin Type: Verandah Suite
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Volendam
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 ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2023
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Volendam
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 ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2023
Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Volendam
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 ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2023
Cabin Type: Large Interior Stateroom
Review for a South America Cruise on Volendam
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 ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2023
Cabin Type: Large Interior Stateroom
Review for a South America Cruise on Volendam
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 ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2023
Cabin Type: Verandah Suite
Review for a South America Cruise on Volendam
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 ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2023
Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Volendam
coachmouchet
10+ Cruises • Age 50s
I originally selected a Baltic cruise 2 1/2 years ago. Covid prevented us from taking it in 2021. So, I did some research and selected the 10-night Panama Canal cruise with the Volendam. I am so glad I did!
First of all, the Volendam was beautiful! It has had a very nice refresh. The new carpets in different venues were beautiful. Everyone was so friendly. It also seemed to have more ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2022
Review for a Caribbean - Southern Cruise on Volendam
Mememe1
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
The loves lost on HAL.
Absolutely dissatisfied and disappointed with HALs commitment to running their operations aground.
Understaffed and overworked.
This ship was severely understaffed and as a result every aspect of operations was negatively affected. Im not sure if the excuses outnumbered the complaints but I did speak to a 4 star mariner who seriously considered disembarking mid ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2022
Cabin Type: Large Outside Stateroom (partial sea views)
Review for a South America Cruise on Volendam
Spitz55
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
This was the worst cruise I have ever been on, Holland ruined a once in a lifetime experience. Poor communication prior to the cruise: yellow fever issues, requiring a covid test for boarding that was NEVER looked at upon embarkation, telling us to use the verifly app that also did not allow us easy boarding~ never used. A 2+ hour embarkation process. Holland made a big deal NO PLASTIC water ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2022
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