Oosterdam Cruise Reviews - Reviews

The best part of the cruise was the staff. Friendliest I have ever experienced. Always there to greet and please.

My husband and I have been on numerous cruises and this was our first Holland cruise and it was by far the worst cruise. The food was HORRIBLE and DISGUSTING!! The only things edible were the Dive, salad bar and ice cream. When you pay for a cruise with food included in the price you are looking for food that you can eat without feeling like you have to regurgitate. I always assumed that if cooking dinner was hard the least one could do was cook a decent breakfast. The breakfast was terrible. For example, the scrambled eggs taste worse than powdered eggs (how is that possible...) and the regular bacon taste like it was boiled. My husband and I were celebrating our wedding anniversary and we made reservations at the Canaletto. We were under the assumption that the food would be better than the Lido and the main dining. Canaletto's food was miserably bad on a scale 1-10, it was a zero. My husband and I took one bite of our food and left the restaurant.

Have wanted to visit Alaska for a long time and am glad I have finally got to see it with Holland America.

Great Cruise line Food was OK Crew was nice Ports were amazing

I wish this would have been a better experience as we looked forward to it for a year. Perhaps had our agent not been useless and we would have gone into it more prepared, it would have been better as far as our attitude goes. Nice enough and probably GREAT for a first time cruiser or a cruiser who has never sailed on a better quality line.

Great views. Old ship in need of many updates. Great friendly staff. Food was okay but not great, even in the specialty restaurants.

This cruise delivered more than my mom and I could have hoped for. This was our third and longest together and by far the best. We live in the PNW so we know how beautiful it is, but nothing compares to seeing it from a cruise ship in Alaska. And the way the Captain moved the ship away from Hubbard sideways!! It's like every element of this experience was thought about and put together flawlessly. We couldn't have been more grateful for everyone's efforts to make my mother's Christmas present and my birthday the most memorable on record. See you in 2021 for some more cold sailing!

Very relaxing. Was impressed with Holland America. We are pretty quiet people and found that the ship fit with us very well.

First cruise so we didn’t know what to expect. Have to say it was much better than people have said. Not crowded and getting on and off ship was a breeze. Food was good.

The ports we visited were great. Saw whales and seals along the way.

Very satisfied our expectation for a very relaxing trip was fulfilled, love the overall friendliness and helpfulness of service staffs- with special mention of people like Wedyia, Ibrahim, Eula , Paul and Alfred. We wish there were better entertainment with more uplifting shows of song and dance.

Excellent first cruise to Alaska (though we have almost 30 cruises other places). HAL is a bit old school and more quiet, but the crew are fantastic and we enjoyed ourselves. Will be back.

The cruise was excellent paired with splendid weather, especially in Juneau on the Gletscher.

You get what you paid for with Holland America Oosterdam. Carnival and Norwegian would probably a better choice if I were to visit Alaska via cruise ship. Oosterdam Holland America have too many hidden fees. Be sure to ask for price different between a waiter or server since my mineral water bottle is $5.75 from a waiter vs $6.33 from a server. I got charge $6.33 for a glass of juice when playing slot in the casino and this is ridiculous.

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

Loved the cruise except for the dining and entertainment experience. Seemed like Holland was doing cost cutting in these areas and led to our overall disappointment with the trip. Since this is a major component of any cruise our personal overall rating is 2+ which is much lower than the computer generated average score for this website.

Excellent cruise if you want to spend a lot of time with family. Friendly staff, clean interiors. Not too impressed with the spa and its staff but over all experience was wonderful. Highly recommend Holland America.

All the staff was friendly, the boat has the perfect size, very clean, the food in the dining room was good, but at the buffet was not good.

It was a fun one night cruise from Vancouver to Seattle! Ship was nice!

Wonderful experience. Will definitely cruise on Holland America Line again. Take advantage of the Future Cruise discounts offered onboard, while you are cruising.