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Zaandam Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

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Reviews: 3
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Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
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Zaandam

25 Night Canada New England & Iceland (Boston Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 29, 2023

Ship: Zaandam

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7075

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

This is the first cruise line (out of 7 cruise lines) that had its Officers welcome their Guests to each port. Additionally, with only a handful of exceptions, the Staff were friendly, helpful and caring—VERY unusual in all the other cruises we’ve been on.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We don’t participate much in the activities but HAL had some interesting daily activities

Entertainment

We didn’t participate in the evening shows

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Boston, Massachusetts

5 out of 5

Portland, Maine

5 out of 5

Sydney, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5

Corner Brook, Newfoundland

5 out of 5

Qaqortoq, Greenland

4 out of 5

Cruise Prins Christian Sund, Greenland

5 out of 5

Isafjordur, Iceland

5 out of 5

Akureyri, Iceland

5 out of 5

Seydisfjordur, Iceland

5 out of 5

Djupivogur, Iceland

5 out of 5

Reykjavik, Iceland

5 out of 5

Grundarfjordur, Iceland

5 out of 5

Nanortalik, Greenland

5 out of 5

St. Anthony, Newfoundland

5 out of 5

St. John's, Newfoundland

5 out of 5

St. Pierre & Miquelon

5 out of 5

Halifax, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5

Bar Harbor, Maine

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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