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Zaandam Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 91

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
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Zaandam

7 Night Alaskan Inside Passage (Vancouver Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 14, 2024

Ship: Zaandam

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 3321

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 months ago

Review summary

You need to recapture whatever magic you had pre-pandemic. I loved everything about HAL and went cruising just to enjoy the whole ship experience. It's not the same, you no longer cater to adults, and I'm sorry.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
perfect

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Pinnacle Grill was great, both food and service. Main dining room and Lido were uneven in food quality. Lately, the food quality is worse with every cruise.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Snore-fest

Entertainment

Was there entertainment?

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Personnel were great, as usual.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Needs an overhaul badly.

Ship tip

Bring a couple of books.

Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

4 out of 5

Cruise Inside Passage, Alaska

4 out of 5

Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska

3 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

4 out of 5

Cruise Glacier Bay

4 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
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2 Comments

Gwbigdog     2 months ago

Oops sorry thanks

cruising2004     2 months ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise.