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Zaandam Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
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Zaandam

25 Night Canada New England & Iceland (Boston Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 29, 2023

Ship: Zaandam

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7049

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall, a great adventure. I look forward to doing it again... without COVID isolation.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
VERY poor. HAL needs to learn from the airlines how to embark special needs passengers, and not leave us sitting and wondering what happens next!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Zaandam is an old ship with lousy traffic flow and small cabins.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
It was clean and the stewards were great. For the second best cabins on the ship, it was REALLY small.

Ship tip

Club Orange was great getting priority, especially dining seating.

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Ports of call

Portland, Maine

2 out of 5

Sydney, Nova Scotia

4 out of 5
Loved the fiddle.
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Corner Brook, Newfoundland

3 out of 5

Qaqortoq, Greenland

3 out of 5

Cruise Prins Christian Sund, Greenland

5 out of 5

Isafjordur, Iceland Did not visit port

Isolated with COVID
Thumbs Up

Reykjavik, Iceland

4 out of 5
Finally freee of COVID. Lovely opera house...
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Grundarfjordur, Iceland

4 out of 5

Nanortalik, Greenland

4 out of 5

St. Anthony, Newfoundland

4 out of 5

St. John's, Newfoundland

3 out of 5

St. Pierre & Miquelon

1 out of 5
Cold, foggy and the dock was way away from the town.
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Halifax, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5
Port well designed for cruise ships and the boardwalk is nice.
Thumbs Up

Bar Harbor, Maine

5 out of 5
Lovely little tourist town!
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Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We were medically disembarked.
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5 Comments

Ladyjunecliff    1 year ago

Sorry you had a disappointing cruise.
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AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your feedback. Sorry you were disappointed.
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javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the review
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Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise
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cruising2004    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.
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