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Zuiderdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 11

Helpful Votes: 384

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5

Zuiderdam

21 Night Southern Caribbean Seafarer & Wayfarer Holiday (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 16, 2018

Ship: Zuiderdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 4034

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Exceptional service, food, music & excursions. Eka, Swampu & Ronald provided that exceptional service in the dining room.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

If you are not a 4 Star Mariner board after 2:00 pm to get aboard quickly.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The service is impeccable & is one of the main reasons we travel with HAL. The food in the dining is just as good as the specialty restaurants.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Nothing special.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The music venues offer something for everyone.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

The wait staff is fantastic as was the wine steward.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

No complaints here.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Plenty of storage space & it was nice to have on demand TV.

Ship tip

Utilize the dining room for breakfast & lunch when possible.

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Ports of call

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5

Great beach.

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Went on a snorkeling & stingray excursion. Wonderful experience.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Just walked around & tried the local beer.

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5

Best snorkeling in the world. Also a nice microbrewery that's about a year old a short distance from the ship.

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

A tour of the island to include a museum & a cave. Great tour guide.

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5

Just walked around.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Since we drove to the port, we left the ship in the last group which allowed us to have breakfast in the dining room.

Traveler Photos

How they get those great pictures!!!!

Christmas Decorations

Christmas aboard ship.

Great Little Island!!!

Holland America & AIDA both owned by Carnival Corporation.

Julia from the gift shop dressed up on Gala Night.

One of the beers at the Bonaire microbrewery.

This excursion company was fantastic for snorkeling & stingrays.

The ships must be empty!!!

Small with many stingrays in the water.

Friendly stingray.

Tallest bridge in the Caribbean.

The beach & infinity pool on the second floor of the Renaissance Hotel. A MUST SEE!!!

This is a sand beach on the second floor of the Renaissance Hotel & there is an infinity pool between the beach & the water.

Hanging out with the stingrays!!!

Tallest bridge in the Caribbean.

Christmas Decorations

Colorful Buildings

Walking the bridge

Eka & Swampu - Wonderful guys

Greeting A Sting Ray

3 Comments

cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Sounds like a great time.

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JenkinsCruise 4 years ago

Glad you had a great time

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cruisellama 5 years ago

Thanks

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