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Oosterdam Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Oosterdam

7 Night Alaskan Explorer (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 28, 2019

Ship: Oosterdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5085

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Beautiful scenery and our weather was exceptional.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Paid for a Veranda balcony but got very little use of it because of a very foul odor. Contacted Guest services 3 times and told pour room steward and they could not fix it.Smelled like either sewer gas or something dead in the lifeboat. When the wind was blowing into the starboard side it was not as bad but could not stay out there at the Hubbard Glacier because of the smell. Only complaint with this cruise though. Would do it again but not on deck 5.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
See comments about balcony previously entered. Cabin stewards were fantastic. Inside the room was great.

Ship tip

If you plan to eat at the Lido Market, either go early or late; tables are sometimes hard to find during main time dining. Food is good.

Ports of call

Victoria, British Columbia

4 out of 5
Not enough time there. We caught the shuttle ($16 each) to go into town. By the time we were seated and ate at Finn’s there was barely time to get an ice cream and catch the shuttle back to the ship.

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

Sitka, Alaska

5 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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2 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review.

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