Does not compare to Princess or Carnival

Volendam Cruise Review to Alaska

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
Volendam

7 Night Alaska Inside Passage (Vancouver Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 31, 2017

Ship: Volendam

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The ship itself was nice. Accommodations were nice. The room Steward did a great job!  However, the food service at the buffet was crappy, and the food quality was not good! Upon boarding the ship we found that they were not ready for us at the buffet! Very unorganized! All the food was not out yet. Only one side of the buffet was open so we had to stand in long lines. You had to enter and exit the same entrance which made it very congested. People were bumping into each other. Food got spilled. Worst pizza ever tasted! No 24 hour pizza bar or ice cream bar. The upstairs Grill was good! They serve fajitas burgers and chicken. But they were not open for breakfast or dinner! Each morning you stood in a long line to get an omelet and there was only one person on each side cooking omelets for 3,000 people! By the time you got your omelette your wife were friends were done eating! Be water and juice and coffee servers were nowhere to be found! So it was Serve Yourself, Or don't drink a liquid with your meal.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Good

Ship tip

Don't! do princess instead!

Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

5 out of 5

Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska

5 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5
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5 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

cruisellama    5 years ago

submarineman    7 years ago

Are you sure you are on the volendam?

RizzosMom    7 years ago

I was shocked to see 3000 as well.

twangster    7 years ago

This ship accommodates 1,400 passengers. They put 3,000 on it? I think I see the problem.