Good Cruise but with ship problems
Zuiderdam Cruise Review to South Pacific
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Deck Hand
Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9
Review summary
Great cruise but we were faced by a lot of rain till the last three days when the weather finally improved. Even early in the cruise through Hawaii we started having rain and it never stopped till three days before the end. I did apprecite that the rain which kept us cool. The last Nuku Hiva day was hot so all in all it was great. One risky place on the ship was the gym. The yoga mats were dangerous and would slip and slide on the floor they did disappear after the first few days. The mats left were too thin and you needed at least two on top of each other. The young man in charge was very young and I am not sure he knew how to work with older people. You need a more experienced person there. Also the scale at the gym was very poor. You step on it five times and you get five different weights.Embarkation
Good. Holland America line decided to have us test for Covid after they said that we did nit have to test if fully vaccinated. I was unhappy because the Holland America lady denied that. She said we had to test is what th instructions were. Finally I found a lady that said they added last minute testing for safety, and that is what I expected to hear from the beginning and i am fine with safety. I am just not fine with denying last munite change in instructions.
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Onboard Activities
Entertainment
very good
Service and Staff
Service was excellent. all the service people were excellent. Thank you.
Ship Quality
Commun areas were clean. What was the least clean was the Lido.The tables and chairs needed better wiping and the backs of the chairs was filthy and greasy and repeated greasy fingers on the back of the chairs was obvious. The workers were cleaning and shining brass late in the evenig when I went to get water but maybe new chairs are needed without fabric on the back.
Cabin / Stateroom
It was small cabin but it was our choice. It was clean and well maintained.
Ship tip
Pick a larger room if you can afford it for such a long cruise.
Thumbs up
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Ports of call
BAHIA D OPUNOHA, MOOREA, FRENCH POLYNESIA
Disembarkation
Very good disembarkation but I had trouble wlkind and I needed a wheelchair and that complicated matters.