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Zaandam Cruise Review to Hawaii

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Zaandam

14 Night Circle Hawaii (San Diego Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 09, 2013

Ship: Zaandam

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 11 years ago

Review summary

I didn't enjoy this ship very much due to a variety of reasons. Primarily it was extremely boring, being that you are at sea most of the time you need proper and engaging entertainment on board. The average age is 74 so if you are retired and in this age group this cruise line is the one for you! However if you are looking for music, parties and dancing definitely NOT. The food in the the lido deck which is available most of the day was extremely average and it was repetitive same food every day, to the point where you didn't know what to eat by day 4.The food was usually cold and the plates scolding burn your hands hot, so that sucked. However, the food in the dinning room for the seated dinner was very good, great variety, tasty meals and nice setting. The staff aboard the Zandam was fantastic I don't have any complains from room Stuart's, dinning attendants or any other member that served or picked up after me. They always had a smile and were extremely helpful.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

San Diego, California

5 out of 5

Hilo, Hawaii

1 out of 5

Honolulu, Oahu

5 out of 5

Nawiliwili, Kauai

5 out of 5

Lahaina, Maui

5 out of 5

Ensenada, Mexico

5 out of 5
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TGE    11 years ago

Surely when you are spending the kind of money required for this kind of vacation, you should have done some research. This is a cruise, on the SEA, not Disneyland where the entertainment is designed for very average IQs. If you are complaining about being at sea so much and that it was boring, then why did you go on a cruise? Could you not appreciate the beauty of your surroundings and the sheer magic of the geography? Perhaps even Disneyland is too intellectual an environent for you?