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Item: Noordam
Rating: 3
Author: rickm87

Noordam Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

rickm87

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 103

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

15 Night New Zealand Discovery (Sydney Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 15, 2016

Ship: Noordam

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1028

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The first reason for choosing this cruise was that had eight stops and nine days to take incursions. I also have found Holland America a cruise line that fits my life pace and quality dinning. I was a little disappointed with both the quality and variety of choices in the main dinning room. The service was excellent as expected. I was also disappointed with lack of on board entertainment. Not taking away from the night show after dinner. There was know or little educational programs. I do want to thank Holland America for encouraging and allowing church services.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Inside on the main deck. I didn't mind that we did not have a window. The room was well layed out and had exceptable free space. Now I will list what I didn't like; first the temperature was imposible to requlate, either too cool or to warm, didn't really seem to mater of where the dial was set. The worse problem was the terible and load noises coming from down below, also the ship had several unsatisfactory alarms that we were told was from faulty systems - not at all welcome.

Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5

Cruise Milford Sound

3 out of 5

Cruise Fjordland National Park

5 out of 5

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

3 out of 5

Akaroa, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Picton, New Zealand

3 out of 5

Wellington, New Zealand

3 out of 5

Napier, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Tauranga, New Zealand

3 out of 5

Auckland, New Zealand

3 out of 5

Waitangi, Bay Of Islands, New Zealand

5 out of 5

2 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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rgbenning 8 years ago

I was on the HAL ship Noordam twice with the most recent time being last fall and found the main dinning room to have a decent but not large variety of offerings each night. I also found the food quality in the main dinning room to be quite good when compared to some other lines I have sailed on. As you stated the service was excellent. I also found the entertainment variety and quality to be not quite what you would expect. HAL is also a cruise line that seems to fit with my pace also. Thank you for taking the time to post your review. It is refreshing to see a well rounded review.

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