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Koningsdam Cruise Review to Hawaii

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 49

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5
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Koningsdam

18 Night Circle Hawaii (San Diego Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 31, 2023

Ship: Koningsdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7058

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Definitely would not recommend Holland America. Too many Old, handicap passengers. Food sucked, not enough to do. Only positive was the Rock group and Blues group!

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Went pretty smoothly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Same menu everyday. Lack of flavor. Charged extra in specialty restaurants if you wanted another appetizer or entree. Really? You’ve paid big bucks for the cruise, and then more for the specialty restaurant and then they charge extra if you want an additional appetizer or entree!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Not a lot to do during day on sea days which there were 10! Evening entrainment was good. Rock group and Blues group excellent. But they only played 2-3 sets in the evening. Dual piano duo horrible!

Entertainment

3 out of 5
As above

Children's Programs

1 out of 5
N/A

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Staff were great. Especially in Lido and Room service.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
All ok but felt vey crowded

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Ok size, a little small. Bathrooms could have better design to allow for more room.

Ship tip

Do not take this cruise unless you are OLD and/ or handicap. The average age was 80+ with many, many handicap. I never saw so so many walkers, scooters, canes, etc. I’m so many different variations and colors.

Ports of call

San Diego, California

3 out of 5
Seemed vey disorganized for embarkation and disimbarking

Nawiliwili, Kauai

2 out of 5
Got there too late therefore excursion cancelled. Did our our tour with a local whic was great.

Honolulu, Oahu

3 out of 5
Very disappointed with whale watch.

Lahaina, Maui

1 out of 5
Never made it there secondly to weather. VERY disappointed!

Hilo, Hawaii

4 out of 5
Ok, just visited town , shopped and had lunch at a local place

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

4 out of 5
Excursion booked with Cruises Only excellent! But stuck there x 2 days secondary to weather in Maui which was cancelled. Rained all day second day, just took a trip to Walmart!…lol

Ensenada, Mexico

2 out of 5
Same old, same old Mexico. Excursion took us to places that were so,so and just looking for us to spend money

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Very disorganized getting luggage. One line in, same line going out. Scooters, walkers etc. with luggage. Very hard to maneuver around!
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2 Comments

JimOhio     10 months ago

Wait 40 years. My grandchildren will be delighted to complain about your existence, particularly if you are on a cruise with them.

Thebutlers96    1 year ago

Thanks for the review. Sorry to hear you did not enjoy your cruise.

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