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Zaandam Cruise Review to Caribbean

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
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Zaandam

16 Night Caribbean Holiday (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 20, 2022

Ship: Zaandam

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2504

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Great cruise beautiful islands. Staff needs to keep adult areas for adults only! Need more enforcement of handwashing in food areas.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Well organized

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food was great! Servers were hard working, I feel it was a little short of staff.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Not enough activities. Nothing most nights after 11pm.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Nightly shows were low grade most nights. Musicians and singers in Lounges and bars were great, just finished too early.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Servers went over and beyond to serve.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Beautiful ship, well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Requested an ocean view, this cabin is smaller than most and has two portholes. Also requested not to be were we would hear the motors, motors always woke me.

Ship tip

Book a room on higher floor so you do not hear the motors.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5
We only arrived very late the night before so bordered the ship in the morning, than flew out when ship returned

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

4 out of 5
Beautiful great beach, enjoyed the bar b que!

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
Loved this stop, the pool and thing to do are great!

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5
A lot of history, had an interesting tour.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5
Great for shopping

St. John's, Antigua

4 out of 5
Beautiful island great beaches

Castries, St. Lucia

4 out of 5
Beautiful island great beaches

Bridgetown, Barbados

4 out of 5
Beautiful island great beaches

Fort-De-France, Martinique

4 out of 5
Beautiful island great beaches

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

4 out of 5
Beautiful island great beaches

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5
Arrived Jan 1st relaxed at Margaritaville.

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5
Beautiful island great beaches

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

4 out of 5
Beautiful island great beaches

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Well organized fast and easy.
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3 Comments

javawoody    1 year ago

Adults only on HAL? That is about all of the passengers that are on HAL ships

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us

GSSI    1 year ago

Adult areas only on Holland? This is new to me since the only adult area I can come up with is The Retreat area which this ship doesn’t have.

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