Very Good Cruise but with too few port stops

Zuiderdam Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 29

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
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Zuiderdam

14 Night Panama Canal Eastbound (San Diego To Ft. Lauderdale)

Sail date: November 17, 2022

Ship: Zuiderdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6145

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

The Zuiderdam staff, food and entertainment were all excellent, but the ship did appear to need some maintenance work in a few areas. In general we would have like to have more port calls as we felt there was too much time at sea.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Very slow with long lines

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
You should shield your pickleball court from the wind!

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Excellent all around especially the Lincoln Center Stage musicians.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Excellent, friendly, helpful staff

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Some areas appeared to need some maintenance

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Excellent but could have a little more refrigerator space

Ship tip

A little too much time at sea (but we understand the circumstances that created this)

Ports of call

San Diego, California

5 out of 5

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5

Huatulco, Mexico

1 out of 5
We understand the circumstances, but the ship did spend hours off the coast. It seemed to us that we could have docked and stayed another couple hours and been able to actually visit Hautulco. We are hoping to actually be able to get a refund from the private tour we booked there.

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

5 out of 5

Puerto Corinto, Nicaragua Did not visit port

It should have been explained to everyone why this port was eliminated just prior to departure

Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5
Excellent preliminary talks, videos and canal transit talks and descriptions

Cartagena, Colombia

3 out of 5
Need to allow more time at this port to account for the traffic especially if it rains.

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

We only disembarked here

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

bookerkd    1 year ago

I'm tired of the same lido deck pickings.

WhippetMum    2 years ago

Thanks for your review

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your experience

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