The zuiderdam is another beautiful Holland ship. The staff was great. We got the stink package for the first time and I'm so glad we did. The excursions on the 12 day Baltic Sea were fabulous

Item: Zuiderdam
Rating: 4.1
Author: momfromhome

Zuiderdam Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

momfromhome

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

12 Night Baltic Adventure (Copenhagen Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 11, 2017

Ship: Zuiderdam

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

great cruise. Love the Holland app to plan daily events. Cruise lines need to add email capability among passengers. We always travel with friends and it can be hard to find everyone

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Perfect

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The buffet food was great as were the dining room and pinnacle grill

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Not enough activities in board but we spent most days in excursions. Only had two sea days

Entertainment

4 out of 5

The performers and dancers were excellent but not all shows were tight for their talents. The comedian was not so good

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Copenhagen, Denmark

5 out of 5

Lived Copenhagen. We went out in our own

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Kiel, Germany

5 out of 5

We took the bus to the concentrationcamp

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Tallinn, Estonia

4 out of 5

We went out on our own

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St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

5 out of 5

We did the 18 hour trip to Moscow the first day. It was long but wonderful We had a private tour on the second day in St. Petersburg. So glad we did because we were exhausted from the Moscow trip

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Helsinki, Finland

5 out of 5

Went to the ice bar and loved it. We had a ball doing the ice slide and riding the dog sled

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Stockholm, Sweden

2 out of 5

Do not do the ice bar in Stockholm. It is a ripoff. You just go in and get your drink and turn around and leave

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Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

5 out of 5

We went to Berlin and had an excellent guide.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Perfect as always. This was a continuation cruise so not everyone was disembarking

8 Comments

cruisellama 5 years ago

Thanks

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WeCruiseToo 7 years ago

Sounds like a great itinerary, thanks for the review!

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PDXrae 7 years ago

by the time you sail on the Z, it will have been in dry dock and refurbished so I am not sure where the best places to hang out will be.

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majmom96 7 years ago

I see great reviews on the Eurodam in this app. They just refurbished that ship so it should be very nice. We're cruising 3 HAL ships and itineraries next year! The Koningsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, and the Zuiderdam. I've sailed K and NA before (both very nice) but I'm looking forward to trying the Zuiderdam. Any recommendations on nice places to hang out on the ship?

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PDXrae 7 years ago

thank you so much for the additional info. We sailed on the Zuiderdam last Dec. and would have liked this option, but we will check it out when we sail on the Eurodam in Jan.

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majmom96 7 years ago

Interesting. It's not really an app, it's their intranet on the ship. It only works on the ship and is specific to the cruise you're on. The info on how to set up your account is contained in the daily paper. Once you set up your account (it's free), you can access the daily schedule and select the things you want to do to set up your personal schedule. It makes it nice to plan your day and if you forget the time for something, you can just hit the icon on your phone and the daily itinerary shows up. It's also great for checking your account and keeping track of any charges.

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PDXrae 7 years ago

what app did you use? the HAL app I downloaded did not do anything except show info for future cruises

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majmom96 7 years ago

Agreed. We use the HAL app all the time, but messaging would be nice. How did you like the Zuiderdam? We cruise her the Canada/NE itinerary fall 2018. Any recommended venues? Thx!

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