Awful ship to cruise on

Item: Oosterdam
Rating: 3
Author: toniferris669

Oosterdam Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

toniferris669

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 71

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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7 Night Alaskan Explorer (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 12, 2019

Ship: Oosterdam

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 8008

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

There are 8 of us who will not ever sail on holland America again

Embarkation

2 out of 5

No wheelchair available. I am disabled and had a really hard time

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

The Buffett was disappointing. We like to serve ourselves. And my 61 year old nephew got his hand slapped for taking a cookie

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

What activities. Not even music or a heater on deck

Entertainment

4 out of 5

The comedian was good but that’s it

Children's Programs

I had no kids with me

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

The only person or people that I can praise are the waitress and bar tender on the smokers deck. They were amazing

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

It was clean but designed for old rich white people

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Our room attendant was very good

Ship tip

Don’t sail on it

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5

It was fine

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Cruise Puget Sound

3 out of 5

Boring

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Juneau, Alaska

2 out of 5

I found this port not so inviting

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Cruise Hubbard Glacier

4 out of 5

Super pretty but freezing with no heaters

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Sitka, Alaska

5 out of 5

Loved it here

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Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5

Great shopping but not enough time in port

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Victoria, British Columbia

3 out of 5

Didn’t interest me

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

My husband who is elderly had to push my chair. No help from the staff

7 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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jojo625 5 years ago

If you ever cruise again, with any cruise line, make sure you do your research ahead of time. If not, you'll never have a good time. If you can't find the good wherever you go, and whatever you do, you might chose to stay home.

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schola 5 years ago

If you can't find anything interesting In Juneau you're not looking. Btw we love Holland.

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mojitomeg 5 years ago

Sounds like you did not use a good, human TA nor did you do any research. If you had, you would know that you need to rent a wheelchair, they are not provided except in emergency.

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Daviac 5 years ago

Wow - you should have stayed home with that attitude.

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olddbob 5 years ago

What an old grouch

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joeglo67 5 years ago

Old rich white people? So were claiming racism?

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