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Volendam Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
Volendam

30 Night Amazon Explorer (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 20, 2019

Ship: Volendam

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

I wouldn't recommend this cruise but I've been happy with HAL in the past.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
The Volendam had very few activities compared to other HAL cruises. In particular they had only a few educational lectures on Brazil and the Amazon. The excursion department was the worst of any HAL cruises. The selection of excursions was rather poor and three that I choose were cancelled at the last minute. The Gym was good and the cruise director Ian gave great presentations.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The new tv's, showers and floor lighting in the cabins were nice.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Castries, St. Lucia

4 out of 5

Cruise Amazon River

2 out of 5
Unfortunately the Amazon cruise was underwhelming. We ran aground and missed two ports. Manaus and Belem are large, dirty cities. The excursions were disappointing and we saw few animals and virtually nothing about the Amazon rainforest.

Belem, Brazil

1 out of 5

Cross The Equator

2 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Devils Island, French Guiana

5 out of 5

Key West, Florida

4 out of 5

Falmouth, Jamaica

1 out of 5

Alter Do Chao, Brazil

1 out of 5

Gustavia, St. Barthelemy

3 out of 5

Macapa, Brazil

1 out of 5

Manaus, Brazil

1 out of 5

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Santarem, Brazil

1 out of 5

Parintins, Brazil

1 out of 5

Boca Da Valeria, Brazil

1 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

4 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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1 Comment

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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