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Zaandam Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
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Zaandam

7 Night Canada & New England Discovery (Montreal To Boston)

Sail date: September 21, 2019

Ship: Zaandam

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 2571

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

we booked last minute (2 weeks prior to sailing) Had a great time. we drove to montreal-apx 625 miles from Wooster Ohio. We will cruise Holland America again. We liked the size of ship-like our 1st cruise in 1991. Been on a couple of mega ships-4000 pass.- we perfer the 1500 pass. size.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
even with the ship docking in Quebec City do to mechanic condition-Holland America stepped up.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
went to dining room twice and specialty restaurant once-food was good- drinks a little expensive-liked happy hour pricing.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
used hot tub-liked open deck 3 to walk.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
went to shows-lounge enterainment-that is part of our cruise experience.

Children's Programs

no grandchildren with us-ship was mostly 50+

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Ono was great room steward,

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
ollder ship-great condition-clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
size was good-clean hard to tell morning-quiet-dark

Ship tip

be on time back to ship

Ports of call

Quebec City, Quebec

5 out of 5
wonderful city-no-did our own walking tour

Cruise Gulf Of St. Lawrence

3 out of 5

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

5 out of 5
yes-went to Anne of Green Gables

Sydney, Nova Scotia

3 out of 5
did walking tour-rainly-city in transition

Halifax, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5
went to citidel,garden-port 21 museum-very walkable

Bar Harbor, Maine

4 out of 5
took a bus trip once in town-waited over an hour to board trender-should have got tender ticket after clearing customs.

Boston, Massachusetts Did not visit port

took bus to airport to fly back to Montreal where our vehicle was parked.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
we should have taken cab to airport instead of booking transportation thru you.
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