Koningsdam - Reviews

I am really glad we went on this cruise. It was our first time in Spain and this part of France and Italy. I now know what areas I would like to revisit.

This was an excellent cruise and itinerary despite some bumps along the way as described above. The ship is beautiful and well maintained. This was probably the friendliest cruise that we have been on out of 14 cruises in terms of the passengers. The average age was 50 -70 years of well travelled people with most passengers doing 20 plus days. A very interesting group. The ship had many varied activities for the guests which were for the most part well prepared. The entertainment was skilled and varied. The only thing I think Holland America should reconsider is the Club Orange, which based on my discussions with other guests, think it is an elitist concept that is not consistent with the friendliness and inclusiveness that is promoted with the Holland America line and its position in the marketplace. They should leave this concept to the other lines that cater to the upper class.

The cruise was a wonderful experience. The ship was amazing and the tours were great.

Great relaxing and entertaining cruise on a nice ship with excellent staff.

6 different nights we had to move the clock ahead and hour. I haven't gotten back on USA time yet. It's funny, I'm not tired. Once I got over the fact that there wasn't something going on every minute I got into the groove and really enjoyed the cruise. The captain, the crew, the staff, everyone was so pleasant. I can't say enough. I would definitely do this cruise again and would definitely cruise Holland America again.

Best experience ever. Beaches were beautiful, ship is clean, staff friendly, food exceptional. Easy on and easy off.

Cruise was good guest services and dining little to be desired. Room steward was great

Good cruise at a good price. We have done many cruises with HA world wide, visited many port and enjoyed all of our experiences both on board and In port.

Good cruise, need to add some daytime activities on board.

We found our first time on HAL a great experience. The Kossingsdam was newer ship and well maintained. We liked the food and room and would go again.

This was our first time to this part of the Caribbean. Islands were good, Aruba was probably the best. In hind sight I prefer the Virgin Islands.

We had a great time. The crew was the very best. Could not of asked for more. Thank you.

Great experience with so much to do and the service was awesome!

This was a wonderful, relaxing cruise. The crowd is older than for a lot of cruises and this definitely is not a family oriented ship. There were very few children on the ship. The pool areas were fine, but not the large, central focus areas typical of more family-style cruises. This was a "relax and enjoy" cruise rather than a high-energy cruise.

I really enjoyed the ABC Islands and the Dominican Republic. The ship was not the best as far as activities and main dining experience. This was my first time on Holland America and I was disappointed in this ship.

We did our honeymoon , that was very wonderful and relaxing. But we didn't revived anything for our honeymoon that is the only negative thing

The crew care spv Juli is the best. Went out of his way to take care of us. Our room stewards Satria & Martin also were great

great cruise Just missing some sport animation may be like soccer otherwise I warmly recommend this company due especially by their great workers

We're still trying decide if we would do another cruise again. Everything was great, but the one thing we did not like were the 1-day trips and having to hurry back to the ship.

For those booking or who are booked on the Koningsdam- TAKE WARNING! We just got off and had major problems with our cabin. If you are booked in a mid-ship balcony cabin on decks 1, 3, 4 and 5 you will not be able to go to sleep prior to 11:30PM. These cabins are affected by the BB King Jazz Club on decks 2 and 3. The Base guitar and the drums are very loud and the vibration from these will shake your cabin and bathroom. The glasses in our bathroom were dancing and clattering to the vibrations. Place a washcloth under them to protect them. After speaking to Customer service and the person in charge of Housekeeping, we found out that when the ship was in Dry Dock for refurbishing, they neglected to put insulation to prevent this from happening. If you can change your cabin to forward or stern cabins, you will not have this problem. Also, if you go to sleep after 11:30 PM, you will also not be affected by this. Also, we found the entertainment to be terrible with virtually no production shows and a fair comedian. We this was our 92nd cruise and one of our worst. The ship is magnificent and beautiful but this is a serious problem.