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Statendam Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 63

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Statendam

15 Night Panama Canal Eastbound (San Diego To Ft. Lauderdale)

Sail date: January 14, 2015

Ship: Statendam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 158

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

This ship was very old and had very little to offer.  Very little variety in the casino machines and allowed smoking everywhere in the casino.  First room we were in was very hot.  Next room vibrated so bad we had a hard time sleeping.  You could not sit in the theater seats without sliding forward.   

On the plus side, the crew was very good and the food and entertainment was good. The crew did everything they could to try to make us happy. This ship was being sold and a new ship will take it's place. This ship gave us a very bad taste for cruising Holland America. We will not cruise on Holland America again.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was great. Took too long in the main dining.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Very little to do if you didn't use the pool.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Only complaint was everything was geared to 80 and older croud.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Staff did everything they could to try to make us happy. (Jody Becker) was great.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Very old and not in good working order. Plumbing, A/C in poor condition

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
First room(807) was very hot. @nd room(158) vibrated so bad we had hard time sleeping.

Ship tip

Lido food was very good. Only complaint, it was not open enough.

Ports of call

San Diego, California

3 out of 5
Wish we had gone a day or two early so we could have seen more of the town.

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

3 out of 5

Huatulco, Mexico

5 out of 5

Puerto Chiapas (Tapachula), Mexico

3 out of 5

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

3 out of 5

Puerto Corinto, Nicaragua

1 out of 5

Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

Enter Panama Canal At Balboa

5 out of 5

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5
Didn't realize how fast the ships were raised and lowered

Exit Panama Canal At Cristobal

5 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5
Didn't realize what a large and moderen town Cartagena was.

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5
Only went to the airport.
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