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Item: Zuiderdam
Rating: 3
Author: rritthaler

Zuiderdam Cruise Review to Caribbean

rritthaler

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 62

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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18 Night Eastern Caribbean & Canal Sunfarer Holiday (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 28, 2015

Ship: Zuiderdam

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 4092

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

To start out with our Island ports were short like 6 hours or less per port not a lot of time to enjoy it.Thers nothing to see on Grand Turk and the beach where the ship docked was as nice as any of the others we paid to see.The food was nothing to write home about,no buffet just serving stations with small portions,first cruise i ever went on where i didn't gain an ounce. I found the dinning room staff rude at times and we even complained about them.There was a lot of vibration from the engines in the dinning room and other parts of the ship.If your going to take advantage of your passengers buy doubling the cost of the cruise because its New Years you should try to make it more enjoyable.In closing probably the last trip on all the Carnaval Cruise Lines for us.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Every morning at 5:30 am a guy outside would spray water on our window and wake us up.Plenty of closet space bed was very comfortable pillows not so.Our cabin boys did a great job.

Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

1 out of 5

Nothing to see on the Island.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Great restaurants and shopping,fun town to just walk and sight see.

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Cute town also walking to shops and restaurants.

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Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

3 Comments

gmacruzer 8 years ago

First of all, you can look at your itinerary because you book a cruise. Most of them are only 5-6 hours. I have been on about 30 cruises on different cruise lines, although mostly Holland America, and I have NEVER had rude crew members, only rude passengers.

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2LoveBikes 8 years ago

Very misleading and unrealistic view of what is expected. Do they math when a 7 day or 10 day cruise is advertised. it takes time to get from one port to another and you want for the most part to arrive and depart when beach and tours are most enjoyable (daylight hours). Should they advertise 2 ports or 4 or 5? Do the math.

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sheetara86 8 years ago

GREAT!!! Try purchasing your own private yacht you will feel better. lol

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