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Zuiderdam Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

rodmarsh512

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

Zuiderdam

30 Night Baltic Adventure & Viking Passage (Copenhagen To New York)

Sail date: August 11, 2017

Ship: Zuiderdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 4032

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

overall it was very good but they will have to fix the food problem before we sail with HAL again and also watch out for the beverage package {15 drinks a day ) doubles count as 2 drinks ,so when you get to 7 double you have 14 drinks the next one they charge you for the whole double not a free single and a charged single no big deal but was surprised how petty that is

Embarkation

5 out of 5

great

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

food was really bad could not drink the coffee gravy stone cold same menu for 30 days with maybe 2 or 3 different items

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

there was nothing to do geared to the 75 and older crowd

Entertainment

3 out of 5

3 good shows

Children's Programs

no kids

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

everyone was great but the chef and higher ups you complained and it was the same the next day

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

it is going into dry dock in October for major upgrade was not aware when I booked this cruise still paid a lot for it

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

typical cruise ship cabin

Ship tip

dont go till it has been upgraded

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Ports of call

Copenhagen, Denmark

5 out of 5

awesome

Kiel, Germany

5 out of 5

rained but still got to see a little of it

Tallinn, Estonia

5 out of 5

this is an awesome port with lots of old buildings

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

5 out of 5

2 best part of the cruise

Helsinki, Finland

3 out of 5

it was a lousy day so we walked around the port

Stockholm, Sweden

5 out of 5

awesome but expensive

Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

5 out of 5

took a steam train which was great

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

absolute chaos 3 hours late

28 Comments

cruisellama 5 years ago

Thanks

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carlsbad55 7 years ago

We've always had exceptional food on HAL cruises. What was the issue?

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

And I do agree that their drink card policies are not the best. That's why I usually try to book cruises when they offer the Explore 4 promotion that includes the drink card.

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majmom96 7 years ago

Please expand on the food problem. I sail HAL all the time and have always thought the food was exceptional.

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judysan 7 years ago

What was the food problem?

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