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Volendam Cruise Review to Transatlantic

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 116

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
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Volendam

28 Night Turkey Greek Isles & Passage To America (Venice To Ft. Lauderdale)

Sail date: October 22, 2022

Ship: Volendam

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7009

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Excellent itinerary. With the exception of two days, the weather and seas made it a wonderful experience. The staff on the Volendam was outstanding as usual. There were issues with the specialty restaurants that we have not experienced in many past voyages with HAL. For example, in some cases food was cold/barely warm and on one occasion not edible. Sometimes service tended to be very slow. It seemed that there weren’t sufficient numbers of staff. Management issues involving the main office in Seattle were painfully slow and required far too much passenger scrutiny to assure the accuracy of their responses.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Great older ship.

Ports of call

TRIESTE (VENICE), ITALY

3 out of 5

Split, Croatia

5 out of 5

Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5

Nafplion (Nauplion), Greece

5 out of 5

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

5 out of 5

Cruise Dardanelles

3 out of 5

Istanbul, Turkey

5 out of 5

Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5

Souda (Chania), Crete

5 out of 5

Taormina, Sicily

5 out of 5

NAPLES (POMPEII), ITALY

4 out of 5
Ran into inclement weather.

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

3 out of 5

Alicante, Spain

5 out of 5

Malaga, Spain

5 out of 5

Cadiz (Seville), Spain

5 out of 5

Ponta Delgada, Azores

5 out of 5

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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