Overall a great cruise
Maasdam Cruise Review to South Pacific
33 Night Hawaii/Tahiti/Marquesas (San Diego Roundtrip)
Sail date: March 24, 2017
Ship: Maasdam
Cabin type: Oceanview
Cabin number: 620
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
In general, the food on the Maasdam was excellent, as was the service. Although there was a variety of entertainment offered in the theatre, the performers, with only a few exceptions, were just average. The HAL singers and dancers were quite good, but only performed 6 or 7 nights of the 33. On several evenings, there was only a Natural Geographic film offered. There was a wide variety of daytime activities to chose from. Tendering presented a problem in several of the ports, with either rough seas or a very slow disembarkation process upsetting passengers. The ship itself had problems with the air-conditioning and plumbing, and even engine problems. Staterooms and hallways flooded, saturating carpet inside cabins and down hallways. This caused very unpleasant moldy and worse! smells. Snorkeling and swimming in the turquoise waters of the islands, relaxing on white sand beaches, and taking in the French Polynesia culture were the highlights of this trip. It is just unfortunate that HAL, which has a r long-standing reputation for immaculate ships, tarnished its reputation this cruise with the Maasdam, which is definitely in need of maintenance and repairs.
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Ship tip
With the condition the Maasdam is in at present, I would not recommend that anyone book a cruise on this ship right now.
Ports of call
Fanning Island, Kiribati Did not visit port
Raiatea, French Polynesia Did not visit port