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Wonderful cruise to the Panama Canal by sylviaprince104

Sail date: / Traveled as: Couple
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean

Overall a great experience. Great room attendant. The 2nd floor dining room staff was exceptional

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Great Itinerary - service aboard the ship very poor by ChristianGohn

Sail date: / Traveled as: Couple
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean

Service aboard the Zuiderdam was very disappointing. Ship itself was nice.

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Mediocre by larrysoden

Sail date: / Traveled as: Couple
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean

I have taken over 14 cruises over my life and this cruise and ship was the greatest disappointment to me and my wife. Some of the cruise lines we have been on are: Regent Seven Seas, Radisson before it was bought by Regent, Carnival, NCL, Chandris Lines, Cunard, Disney Cruise Lines, and Holland America. I am nearing retirement and my wife and I will be planing 30 and 40 plus day cruises and even a 1/2 year cruises and Do not know if I will put Holland America in the hat. But I must say that the size and layout of our room 8082 0n the Zuidurdam was excellent for a long term cruise. The Overall Rating you assigned me below is wrong, I wuld rate this cruise as a 2! Not 3.6.

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Zuiderdam Panama Canal Sunfarer - Great Cruise and Itinerary by Brucebear

Sail date: / Traveled as: Couple
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean

Great itinerary. Neptune suite is pricey but is well appointed with terrific service from stewards, laundry included and access to Neptune Lounge with concierge services. Service in main dining room was friendly and attentive to individual needs. Food quality was excellent. Highly recommend the Pinnacle Grill steak and seafood specialty restaurant. Outstanding food and service. Captain on this ship was very accessible to guests. Entertainment was good especially B B Kings Blues Club and Billboard on Board. Shows were good overall especially the ship's singers and dancers, the individual acts only fair.

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Great Panama plus cruise by rwbulda2323

Sail date: / Traveled as: Couple
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean

We will definitely cruise with Holland American again on this ship or one of similar size

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great cruise, great excursions, great staff! by buckml67

Sail date: / Traveled as: Couple
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean

Great itinerary, great staff, great food, comfortable stateroom

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Fantastic Vacation by Troy

Sail date: / Traveled as: Couple
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean

great time. would recommend this trip to anyone.

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Great service but VERY MOLDY smelling by matr

Sail date: / Traveled as: Couple
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean - Southern

Wonderful food and great service and staff. Unfortunately the ship was very moldy and when we tried to tell the customer service desk - they kept telling us to come back later(after we waited in line many times for at least 30 minutes.) Also the only place to lay outside in the sun was in the back of the ship where there were smokers and smoke from the smoke stacks. I was sick most of the cruise from coughing and not being able to breath. I have gone on 1-2 cruises every year for over ten years and never have experience this before. Very disappointing for Holland America

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Fun on the Seas by gogirltoday

Sail date: / Traveled as: Family (older children)
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean - Southern

Nice trip with the grandchildren. Islands didn't offer too much for us but grandchildren did their own thing such as scuba, snorkeling and beach work. We had some good tours. The sub to the ocean floor was great. We also did sightseeing trips giving us an overview. Excursions were expensive. I wouldn't recommend this trip to anyone. One section especially the last portion was enough. Virgin Island was the best island. After awhile the islands all look the same with the vendors selling the same things. Too much advertising for jewelry. Internet was expensive on the ship. Bed was terrible. Room as good. Food was OK.

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Great fun and easy on any age or moblity level!! by SFGal

Sail date: / Traveled as: Family (older children)
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean - Southern

Holland America is great for multi-generational and or older groups and is very nice without being overly priced or over run by single and kids.

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Holiday Happiness by Cruise4Pleasure

Sail date: / Traveled as: Singles/Friends
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean - Southern

On and off was easy and fast, very well coordinated to minimize wait times.

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Great fun and easy on any age or moblity level!! by SF7Gal

Sail date: / Traveled as: Family (older children)
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean - Southern

Holland America is great for multi-generational and or older groups and is very nice without being overly priced or over run by singles and kids.

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nice cruise experience with some dissapointments regarding special foods ordered in advance. Being a vegeterian I ate the same things most of the time. After a few days I was tired of having to eat the same thing 3 days in a row. by tarasamsudean

Sail date: / Traveled as: Couple
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean

great experience, except in the dining experience as a vegetarian. They always get the special order wrong and I was server the same dinner 3 days in a row even though I ordered something differedt. At disembarkmetn I ended up with a broken suitcase handle and a cut finger as a result. Also a bottle of liquor broke because it was not padded properly in the hand carried box. Big diasppointment with the packaging at the duty free store. They need to have bubble wrap instead of paper bags. Please advise who will pay of the broken sitcase handle.

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Passing through Canal was great by krbowen1978

Sail date: / Traveled as: Large Group
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean

Staff great, ship clean, food good, shore excursions horrible.

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I would not take the Panama Canal trip again. by juana20676455

Sail date: / Traveled as: Couple
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean

The number of days at sea combined with onboard activities bored m3 to tears. If reading books or watching movies on your stateroom tv is not your favorite pastime, this cruise is not for you.

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Neptune Suites are enormously valuable to travelers... by CruiserAZ13

Sail date: / Traveled as: Couple
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean

Panama canal (partial transit) great views and opportunity to relax and unwind. Neptune Suite is a MUST. HAL remains thoughtful in their approach even if execution is a tad problematic sometimes. Would recommend to folks who want a very low key relaxing trip.

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Best cruise Ever!!! by birdbathannie

Sail date: / Traveled as: Couple
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean

This was the Best cruise we've ever taken! We've sailed four other lines, but will stick to Holland America in the future. Really, we can't say enough. The staff was So very kind and helpful.

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Itinerary Great...Zuiderdam NOT by Lives2vacation

Sail date: / Traveled as: Couple
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Caribbean

5 days with insufficient A/C in cabin. Tub drained slow. Broken, fogged, or dirty windows throughout ship. Closed 1/2 of the buffet due to excessive condensation. Ran out of orange juice and bacon 1 sea day morning. Completely close down buffet 3 times throughout the day. Stopped show due to mechanical stage issues. Ran out of ice at self serve areas daily. Ran out of plates and glasses in buffet. Removed top rail around part of back deck; strung flimsy line. Safety issue! No poolside entertainment.

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Enchanting & Historical Vacation c by whoope

Sail date: / Traveled as: Family (older children)
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Canada, New England, New York

Great introduction to Quebec, Nova Scotia & Bar Harbor, Boston & Cape Canaveral. Will go back to explore more one day.

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Canada and New England cruise by dmw351

Sail date: / Traveled as: Singles/Friends
Ship: Zuiderdam / Destination: Canada, New England, New York

Fall colors were beautiful at the ports. Had a lot of rough weather out at sea, bad enough to close the Charlottetown port so that we couldn't stop there. Other than that, which is out of everyone's control, we had a good cruise.

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