A quiet beautiful cruise

Zuiderdam Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 112

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Zuiderdam

7 Night Alaskan Inside Passage (Vancouver Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 18, 2022

Ship: Zuiderdam

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7064

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

A beautiful relaxing cruise with a helpful relaxed crew made our cruise wonderful

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Even with all the requirements with verifly we were on the ship within minutes

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
We did not eat on the lido buffet but everything was excellent as usual

The Dining Room

5 out of 5

Just excellent food great service just ask your staff they eeil make it happen if they are able

Dive-In

4 out of 5

Okay I like to get a hamburgers or hotdogs once in awhile not high class but sometimes hits the spot

Pinnacle Grill

5 out of 5

Best food on the ship and you really have to exceed yourself to say that because all the good is excellent to my pallet

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
The ship was at about 50 to 60 percent full so I found some the activities not available due to either crew size or training totally understandable in my opinion

Neptune Lounge

5 out of 5

If you get a chance and can justify the expense of a neptune suite this is the biggest perk just go to the lounge get help from the staff fix problems get things for your room, change money, change excursions your own conceige

Lido Pool

4 out of 5

We would not normally use this as it usually is really crowded but in port with the roof open mountains as a backdrop spectacular to sit in the hot tub and relax

Hydro Pool

5 out of 5

I use every day really loosens up tight sore muscles for my wife and I

Casino Action

4 out of 5

We love interacting with the staff do not expect to leave rich but enjoyable

Entertainment

4 out of 5
We enjoyed everything but because the cruise was less full we had a more relaxed laid back cruise we were not going to run around going to shows so we did not see every show but the 9nes we caught were excellent

Crow's Next Lounge

4 out of 5

Great inside place to see and enjoy scenery and have someone pointcoutcitems of interest

Billboard Onboard

4 out of 5

Wife played bingo here and we watched the trivia and dueling pianos

Rolling Stone Lounge

4 out of 5

Great smaller performance stage with great blues, comedy

Children's Programs

Did not bring any children with us

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone was just seemed ecstatic to help us even above and beyond

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Super clean someone always working keeping up every area with a smile

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We took an upgrade to a neptune suite ot is a roomy large beautiful room with some perks we enjoy

Ship tip

A kind attitude seems to get the absolute most out of crew and people you interact with it really goes a long way to you enjoying your cruise

Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

5 out of 5
I was born and raised here so I am a little biased but even with all its many faults still a beautiful green city

Cruise Inside Passage, Alaska

5 out of 5
The coast of bc what more is needed beautiful scenery and mostly calm waters no better cruising

Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska Did not visit port

Due to changes to speed restrictions in the inside passage ship could stop and do this and still make time to juneau

Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5
I love Juneau this time snow on all the lower mountains and a beautiful sunny day

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
Snow everywhere you could see on local hills town warm and sunny

Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5
We have been up here 4 times since 2011 still get amazed at the beauty

Ketchikan, Alaska Did not visit port

My favorite town just gorgeous with lots to do and see didn't rain but wasn't sunny so kind of a normal Ketchikan day

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We self disembarked we got off ship at 8:30 picked up by a friend and was home by 10:00 AM and we live 45 minutes outside of Vancouver

Traveler Photos

White pass train Margerie glacier Coming into juneau Mushers camp White pass
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5 Comments

byhisgrace    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback

Cruisiegal    2 years ago

Thank you for this great review!!

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

javawoody    2 years ago

Appreciate you sharing your experience

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.