Not up to Holland America standards

Koningsdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 48

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
Verified Review
Koningsdam

21 Night Southern Caribbean Wayfarer/Seafarer (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 23, 2016

Ship: Koningsdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6006

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Favorite part was getting off the ship to check out the different ports, although you had wait in a long line to get off the ship.  The food in the dining room  was not good. Our waiter was literally running from table to table.  We had to ask his name and search him out for pepper or water.   Our table of 4 sent back food almost every night.  Too salty, bland and just plain bad or cold!  Seems like they did this purpose so we had to go to another restaurant and pay to eat out meal.  We were nickel and dimed on coffee, dessert and other snacks on this ship. The smoking in the casino, since it was so small, was unbearable.  So we were not able to gamble.   Disembarkation was a complete nightmare.  We were made to leave our rooms and there wasnt enough seating in the bars they wanted us to wait in.  So people were lined the hallways sitting on the floor waiting to leave the ship.  And we had wait an hour past our scheduled time.  Completely unorganized.  Our party of 4 would NEVER travel on the Koningsdam again.  I thought Holland America had experience in upscale cruising...not in this ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Cabin attendants were great!

Ship tip

Dont waste your money. Go on another ship

Ports of call

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

3 out of 5

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

1 out of 5

Fort-De-France, Martinique

1 out of 5

Daylight Cruise Past Mount Pelee

5 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

1 out of 5
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2 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

glomarrone    7 years ago

What a difference a couple of weeks make.  We sailed in Dec. & didn't encounter any of the problems that you mentioned.  We did have a couple of other issues, though.  I, too, though did  complained about the smoky casino.