Nice ship...nice cruise...very cold pool

Maasdam Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Maasdam

7 Night Historic Coasts (Boston Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 23, 2007

Ship: Maasdam

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 14 years ago

Review summary

Another very nice HAL ship. Very friendly staff. HAL needs to choose a side of the ship for SMOKING or NON-smoking as smokers were allowed in all outdoor areas. That is very troubling to non-smokers. The stateroom halls often smelled of smoke from cigarettes. Also, as HAL is a Premium cruise line that caters to an older crowd, there needs to be pool supervision for children and they were jumping and diving into the pools and jacuzzis. Even though there is a NO JUMPING sign, there is no one form HAL to enforce it. As a result, my wife never got a chance to use the pool during our 7 day cruise. Holland still does a way better job than Celebrity or RCL, etc.

Ports of call

Halifax, Nova Scotia

3 out of 5
Nice port and fairly big city

Newport, Rhode Island

5 out of 5
Breakers and Marble House
Don't Miss: Breakers and Marble House

Saint John, New Brunswick

3 out of 5
Not much here

Portland, Maine

3 out of 5
Lobster rolls a rip-off. Blueberry pie is awesome
Don't Miss: Blueberry pie

Bar Harbor, Maine

5 out of 5
Cadillac Mountain
Don't Miss: Cadillac Mountain

Halifax, Nova Scotia

3 out of 5
Nice port and fairly big city

Portland, Maine

3 out of 5
Lobster rolls a rip-off. Blueberry pie is awesome
Don't Miss: Blueberry pie

Newport, Rhode Island

5 out of 5
Breakers and Marble House
Don't Miss: Breakers and Marble House

Bar Harbor, Maine

5 out of 5
Cadillac Mountain
Don't Miss: Cadillac Mountain

Saint John, New Brunswick

3 out of 5
Not much here

Pros: great size not too big allows tending into smaller ports

Cons: the swimming pools were very very cold. Main pool need refurbishment

Recommends Maasdam? Yes!

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1 Comment

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.