NORTHERN EUROPE KONINGSDAM CRUISE

Koningsdam Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Koningsdam

21 Night Baltic Jewels & Norwegian Fjords (Amsterdam Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 19, 2016

Ship: Koningsdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

THE SHIP WAS LOVELY, BUT NOT SPECTACULAR

we were excited to be on a new ship

but surprised that is was not special

 

the itinerary was great, but would NOT recommend booking tours thru the ship

A BIG MONEY MAKER

other guests booked thru other companies and paid half

we had a mobility scooter and we were told that St Petersberg was not ready for them....we felt forced to book a private tour-$1,000 for one day

we were given the impression that we had to book thru Holland if we di not have a visa-NOT TRUE!!!  Spoke to many other guest who booked private tours and paid half.  VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW

We felt as many others felt that Holland Line is trying to save money

Entertainment and activities could have been better.  Going to all these ports were very meaningful.  No one lectured about any of the ports.  The guest on this ship were well traveled and felt many activities were to make sales to make money

the specialty restaurants were pretty good-did not love the dining room menu

WE HAVE BEEN ON AT LEAST 10 CRUISES 

so we are comparing this cruise to other experiences

MANY GUESTS AGREED

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
DAYS AT SEA WERE NOT EXCITING activities to make money

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
THE SERVICE STAFF WAS THE BEST PART OF THE CRUISE

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
nice, best of all were the help-they deserve the most accolades

Ship tip

we paid double for excursions when we compared with other guest who are very savvy travelers you do not need to book thru Holland to go into Russia-rip off

Ports of call

Copenhagen, Denmark

3 out of 5

Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

5 out of 5

Tallinn, Estonia

1 out of 5

Helsinki, Finland

1 out of 5

Stockholm, Sweden

3 out of 5

Kiel, Germany

3 out of 5
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5 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

glomarrone    7 years ago

We have been to St Petersberg but we needed a visa back then,.

rmayhew    8 years ago

We were on same cruise and had 5 star experience except the one night we showed up at the busiest dinner time. Suggest organizing dinner differently. This was the best of our 12 cruises. It had everything we look for in rating 5 star and compared to 3 other cruise lines.

aljo    8 years ago

Find this review a little strange as there were numerous port lectures during this cruise. Agree about private tours and cost of ships tours but this is the same for all cruise lines

carolynwalker    8 years ago

How were the restaurants?

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