LisaKitty Cruise Review on Oosterdam on May 04, 2019

Item: Oosterdam
Rating: 4
Author: LisaKitty

Oosterdam Cruise Review

LisaKitty

Contributor Level: First Mate

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Reviews: 14

Helpful Votes: 183

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

1 Night Pacific Northwest (Vancouver To Seattle)

Sail date: May 04, 2019

Ship: Oosterdam

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

My husband and I sailed on Oosterdam on one of the overnight repositioning cruises from Vancouver to Seattle, so I'm aware we did not get the full HAL cruising experience. That said, we loved the food, the entertainment, the overall ship decor and layout, and (for the most part) the kind and helpful staff. Not so pleased with the inefficient boarding process, chaotic way they ran muster drill (we referred to it as "Muster Cluster"), and lack of common activities like a proper sail-away party. We definitely got the feeling this ship was catered to the over-70 crowd, which we are not. Overall feeling is that we would try HAL again, but likely a different ship, and still probably wouldn't be our first choice.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

We have cruised on the Oosterdam twice and enjoyed both times.

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kmf1955 5 years ago

We did a 14 day Mediterrean on the Oosterdam thoroughly enjoyed. The food was excellent,the staff was great. The entertainnent was okay. We are not in the 70s group and there were some children aboard . We would certainly take another cruise on her.

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