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About Your Ship: Maasdam

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Departs Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades) aboard Holland America Line – Maasdam

Sailing Date(s): March 28, 2014


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	Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Inside Perfection! by A Traveler from St Louis, MO Sailing date: Dec 2012 Pros: Service, Food Cons: Age group Ship is very clean...It never felt crowded even though we we were in Christmas holiday cruise. Plenty of time at pot of calls..My only complaint is that the average age of passengers in the ship is very high. Their entertainment is also tuned to 70s! Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Stateroom Type: Balcony A great Trip by A Traveler from Birmingham, AL Sailing date: Dec 2011 Pros: The Food, and staff were great Cons: The staff in dinning room were a bit slow The trip was very nice was not sure about length, but turned out great. The food was good and the staff was friendly and helpfull. Room was nice and very clean. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 7+ cruises Traveler Type: Group Stateroom Type: Oceanview Very nice! by Eleonora S. from Las Vegas,NV. Sailing date: Oct 2011 Pros: Everyone is very friendly,service is great! Cons: Internet connection was very bad,ended up using iPhone,accumulating big charges. We enjoyed the cruise,the ship is old,but clean and comfortable. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Wonderful staff in upstairs buffet,very friendly photographer,great Roterdam dining room manager! Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Bar Harbor, Maine; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Quebec City, Quebec; Sydney, Nova Scotia; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Bar Harbor, Maine Halifax, Nova Scotia Boring guide,the whole bus fell asleep.. Quebec City, Quebec Great guide,funny and witty,kept everyone laughing!His name is Brian. Sydney, Nova Scotia Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Inside New England 1st week of July by Richard W. from Palmdale, CA Sailing date: Jun 2011 Pros: Comfort and class Excellent trip with good weather in every port. Dining was excellent. Entertainment was excellent. Shore excursions were just as expected. Ship is in excellent shape and staff was very attentive to our needs. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Bar Harbor, Maine; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Quebec City, Quebec; Sydney, Nova Scotia; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Bar Harbor, Maine Halifax, Nova Scotia Quebec City, Quebec Sydney, Nova Scotia Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Couple Overall poor value. by Dennis from New Jersey Sailing date: Aug 2007 Pros: Its service people. My wife and I do not get much if a chance to travel. When we do we always upgrade and pay a little extra for more comfort and better experience overall. I was disapointed with the overall value of this trip. The whole cruise experience to me seems to be like a tourist trap. Ship Details: Dining/Food Service was excellent. Stateroom Quality Tight accomadations and noise from next cabin was very loud. Most often after 12 am. Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Portland, Maine; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Saint John, New Brunswick Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Portland, Maine Relaxed stroll. We just stayed close to port to shop and eat. Very good experience. Don't Miss: Local vendors and food. Halifax, Nova Scotia Peggys cove. Wonderfull little village and worth the trip. Save time and skip lunch. Don't Miss: Peggys cove. Saint John, New Brunswick To little time. Just walked to shopping district. Met some of the friendliest people. But no time to experience any thing else. 13 out of 15 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Couple Excellent First Cruise Experience. by Charles from Annandale, VA Sailing date: Aug 2007 Pros: Smaller size relative to some other cruise ships. The fact that you are allowed to bring your own wine and champagne. I would not take a cruise on a line that does not permit this. Overall experience was very pleasant. Comparable to a visit at a 4-5 star hotel. We enjoyed the relatively smaller ship (approx. 1200 passengers) and expect that we would not enjoy anything larger. The shore excursions were well organized and conducted. Ship Details: Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Newport, Rhode Island; Portland, Maine; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Saint John, New Brunswick Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Newport, Rhode Island Nice Introduction to Newport. A place we had always wished to visit. Would have preferred a longer day to give more time for tours of mansions, and just walking around. Don't Miss: Ocean walk. Portland, Maine Recommend Excursion to Kennebunkport. We enjoyed the basic excursion to Kennebunkport. Sufficient bus touring to get a feel for the area and a look at the coastline, and plenty of time to walk around and do some shopping. Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax an unexpected pleasure. Beautiful waterfront development and impressive historical fortress (Citadel). We had an very nice excursion to Peggy's Cove, which is beautiful, but the large number of tourist (in additional to cruise boat passengers) detracts from the overall charm. However, it is possible to obtain excellent photo vantage points that obscure the crowds. Halifax is one place we wished we had more time to explore. Don't Miss: The waterfront, the Citadel and Peggy's Cove. Saint John, New Brunswick St. John is St. John. I have been to St. John several times on private sailing trips. It is a nice enough town, but much less impressive than Halifax. The most interesting feature is the St. John River and the Reversing Falls. I have been throught the falls twice by boat, but had never seen the water actually reversing, as we did on our shore excursion. Don't Miss: The Reversing Falls. 5 out of 6 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 7+ cruises Traveler Type: Couple Very friendly. by Alan from PA Sailing date: Jan 2007 Pros: It was quiet. Would go again. Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Service was good. Food was fair. All act by Michael from Iowa Sailing date: Mar 2007 General experience was good. Itinery was great. Onboard activities lacking for mid 50's age group. Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities Activities: Not enough onboard activities for days at sea. Activities geared towards much older crowd. Read this user's port of call reviews: Willemstad, Curacao; Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Cruiseline Private Island); Roseau, Dominica; Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Willemstad, Curacao Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Cruiseline Private Island) Don't Miss: Personal watercraft island tour. Roseau, Dominica Don't Miss: River tubing excersion. Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. Don't Miss: On deck ocean racing. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 65+ Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Couple 11 Days of Bliss. by Robert from Virginia Beach, VA Sailing date: Oct 2006 Pros: The staff. We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary by going to sea on the HAL ms Maasdam, sailing from Norfolk, VA for the Southern Caribbean. The cruise exceeded our expectations which were already very high. The ship was beautiful, the staff were superb and the shore excursions great fun. We will go again in a couple of years and are already looking forward to the experience. Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities 0 out of 0 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 65+ Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Couple The Holland America - Maasdam. by Marlene from Ohio Sailing date: Jan 2007 Pros: The food and the staff were great. We also liked the perks of the wine and the specialty dining reservation that was provided with our reservation. We liked all of the stops except Half Moon Cay which is owned by Holland America. Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities 0 out of 0 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful?
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