Not a bad trip

Zuiderdam Cruise Review to Caribbean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 35

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Zuiderdam

10 Night Panama Canal Sunfarer (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 18, 2018

Ship: Zuiderdam

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Overall, a nice trip, but, will not let them make arrangements for me again. They don't consider what's best for the customer.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
First, I let the line book my flights, NEVER AGAIN!! There were direct flights on Delta from CVG to FT. Lauderdale, but, they routed us through Chicago, in the winter, the day of departure. They should think about the customers first, but, they are looking at profits first, not customer service. Next, I bought the shuttle service from the airport to the Docks. The drivers make you stay on the bus while they unload the bags, just so that they can stand at the door for a tip. Won't happen again, I won't take their shuttle. Then when you get to the Docks, the lines are very long, and it seemed very unorganized.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
can't really complain about the food, and dining experience, pretty much all was very good. The salad bar was the best ever.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Nice Spa, and Fitness center. People were great, and knowledgeable. Movies and shows were OK too. Pools were quite boring.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Not bad at all.

Children's Programs

Didn't take Children, and I am too old to participate in those activities.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5
Don't see this as a Port of Call, it was the origination, and ending Port.

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

4 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5
They really tout the shopping here, but, what they don't tell you is that you either shop, or take an excursion, but, you can't do both. By the time you return from the excursions, the shops are closed. I think that they should be very upfront, and clear about this when they are discussing the excursions, and the shopping talks, but, one or the other is never mentioned.

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
Nice Place

Enter Panama Canal At Cristobal

4 out of 5
Interesting

Exit Panama Canal At Cristobal

4 out of 5
NA, took an excursion

Colon, Panama

4 out of 5

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

4 out of 5
Not much here, took an excursion, it was OK.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Not too bad. Don't know why they use the colored tags though. I was given brown tags, and, put them on 4 pieces of luggage, but, only 2 ended up in the brown section. The 2 others ended up in other areas, with additional tags on them, one yellow, and one purple????? Explain that.
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3 Comments

cruisellama    5 years ago

blessed30    6 years ago

Any recommendations on spa choices?

IkeDeb    6 years ago

Glad you had some fun. I do agree with you about the booking. We use a agent sometimes for the cruises. However, we book the transportation. 😋😋

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