14 day Alaskan voyage

Zaandam Cruise Review to Alaska

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5
Zaandam

14 Night Great Land Explorer (Seattle Roundtdrip)

Sail date: June 18, 2018

Ship: Zaandam

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 3413

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Two weeks was too long and we could have done without seeing Anchorage, Homer & Kodiak. And our room, although not considered an obstructed view, it was obstructed and did not have a great view at all. ABSOLUTELY NOT WORTH THE ADDITIONAL MONEY PAID.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Extremely slow dining service, lunch & dinner buffet the same every day, food not very tasty and dining food options not varied

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Ship charges for most activities. Free stuff was the nightly entertainment, movies, EXC talks

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Staff always friendly and smiling. Our room attendants were awesome! Everyone always asking if we needed anything.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

4 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Took a helicopter ride up to Herbert Glacier and did the authentic dog sledding at a mushers camp. Highlight of our trip!

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

5 out of 5
Met native Tlingit carvers who told the story of their history.

Anchorage, Alaska

2 out of 5
Could have done without this stop

Homer, Alaska

2 out of 5
Could have done without this stop

Kodiak, Alaska

2 out of 5
Could have done without this stop

Sitka, Alaska

4 out of 5
Beautiful town that I wish we could have stayed longer in

Victoria, British Columbia

1 out of 5
Sadly the Captain could not get us to dock due to high winds. Highly disappointed because Victoria looked so pretty and we were looking forward to enjoying a day to explore and couldn't.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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2 Comments

tomkitten    6 years ago

You start your review with complaints about the duration of the cruise and the ports that you stopped at. Were you kidnapped and forced into this cruise? Did you book it without knowing the number of nights and where it went?

renaedave    6 years ago

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