Nice cruise wit a few hiccups

Westerdam Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Westerdam

14 Night Australia & New Zealand Holiday (Auckland To Sydney)

Sail date: December 20, 2022

Ship: Westerdam

Cabin number: 7041

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall Holland America is a good cruise line but cheap in some ways. Including soft drink beverages should be a must. Drinks and food in the informal dining places and their timings need improvement.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
AA cruise failed to inform me about my boarding time. Even the boarding point was not informed until I sent an email

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Restaurants were all very nice but cuisine could be better

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Onboard Billboard was terrible. BB King blues was OK. No really enjoyable music.

Children's Programs

Solo traveler

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
FB manager Jit, maitre d Fery, Lido market's Johnny, Eko, last part of name Yudi, Ni putu, Ketuk, Siri and many others, and Dining room's Tom, Yuda were all very helpful.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Good layout, very clean

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Very nice

Ports of call

Napier, New Zealand

4 out of 5

Picton, New Zealand

4 out of 5

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

4 out of 5

Cruise Fjordland National Park

5 out of 5

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

4 out of 5

Melbourne, Australia

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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4 Comments

MountainMama08    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

MountainMama08    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

AFE8Ret    1 year ago

Anything that is "included" in the price just drives the price higher.

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the review

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