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Zaandam Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Zaandam

7 Night Alaskan Explorer (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 12, 2009

Ship: Zaandam

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 14 years ago

Review summary

easy to find places in the ship well planed. Did not like the food choices they had for vegeterians and they were not considerate enough to make proper accomodations for it either. Room services were OK - didn't get a fresh batch of towels everyday. internet service was horrible and very unreliable. did't have much for entertainment - would be nice to have comedians like in Carnival. Never heard of "sorry sir, we are out of it" in a cruise before during breakfast or lunch. overall, not very exciting that would leave a lasting impression.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
especiall for vegeterians

Entertainment

1 out of 5
they need to cruise in NCL or Carnival

Children's Programs

1 out of 5
beautiful decor and friendly staff but didn't work out for us with 6yr old especially for port of calls. also the daily schedule was bad with breaks in between.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
hard working but unfortunately our cruise money doesn't get to them

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
would be nice to get fresh batch of towels everyday

Ports of call

Sitka, Alaska

3 out of 5
hiking and/ or bike riding was great

Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5
only port where whale watching is guaranteed
Don't Miss: whale watching

Ketchikan, Alaska

3 out of 5
don't forget to pick up a hulu knife

Victoria, British Columbia

3 out of 5
wish we had more time here

Ketchikan, Alaska

3 out of 5
don't forget to pick up a hulu knife

Sitka, Alaska

3 out of 5
hiking and/ or bike riding was great

Victoria, British Columbia

3 out of 5
wish we had more time here

Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5
only port where whale watching is guaranteed
Don't Miss: whale watching

Pros: plan of the ship- very well planned

Cons: evening entertainment

Recommends Zaandam? No.

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