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Item: Zuiderdam
Rating: 2.8
Author: lindabowser26

Zuiderdam Cruise Review to Caribbean

lindabowser26

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

2.8 out of 5

10 Night Panama Canal Sunfarer (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 18, 2018

Ship: Zuiderdam

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

My first cruise on Holland America & it will be my last.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The specialty restaurants are not 5 star as promoted.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Only 1 venue for dancing. No music on Lido deck

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

This ship needs to be decommissioned

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Ports of call

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

3 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

3 out of 5

Enter Panama Canal At Cristobal

4 out of 5

Exit Panama Canal At Cristobal

4 out of 5

Colon, Panama

3 out of 5

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

9 Comments

cruisellama 5 years ago

Thanks

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cruisellama 5 years ago

Thanks

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urodoc 6 years ago

We went ten days last summer on zuiderdam. Going again this summer on zuiderdam

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mgoose806 6 years ago

Love this Zuiderdam Crew...food fantastic

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kevinthompson95 6 years ago

What on earth happened? Of all the Cruise lines we have sailed with, Holland America has always been the best as far as staff, food, and ambiance. When did you go?

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celticflyer 6 years ago

It's one of their small ships. We cruised on it before it's upgrading. Staff were great, food was excellent.

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wl1962 6 years ago

Fairly useless review

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joe3d 6 years ago

I’m curious what made them so bad

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elizabeth1947 6 years ago

We went on the on that ship to Alaska our 1st cruise and it was amazing about 6 yrs ago

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Wonderful , relaxing cruise

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Holland America is still my favorite cruise line