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About Your Ship: Westerdam

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Departs Seattle aboard Holland America Line – Westerdam

Sailing Date(s): Jun 2013, Jul 2013, Aug 2013, Sep 2013, May 2014, Jun 2014, More Dates


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	Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: First cruise Stateroom Type: Balcony First class service and food! by Maureen McGlynn from Rochester, NY Sailing date: Mar 2010 Pros: The attentive staff: Room stewards, front desk staff and all waitstaff Cons: Nothing! Everything was perfect. However, it tends to be for an older group, but there were also a mix of young, single and families with youngsters. The majority were retirees. Cleanliness was most noticeable! Great care was taken with food handling and all precautions nessary were taken to prevent any illness on ship. Service was everywhere...all staff were friendly and accomodating. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities 3 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Family w/older children Stateroom Type: Balcony A great experience! by Lisa Marie from Toronto, Ontario Sailing date: Mar 2013 Pros: elegant, beautiful ship, fun casino Cons: pools were quite small, not many chairs to lounge in, unless your over 65 you may be a bit too young to go on this ship! Overall, it was a stunning ship that was highly elegant, with quality food, drinks and great shopping. Beautiful decor, very professional on every front and the casino was fun. There was lots to do throughout the day, however, at night it was rather boring. Ship Details: Ship Quality Stateroom Quality I stayed in a balcony room. We had 3 people in our family, and it was quite spacious! Ship Staff Quality Fun, professional, and hard working. Entertainment & Activities 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple A Real Vacation. by Beth from Charlotte, NC Sailing date: Oct 2006 Pros: The variety of activites and the attention to detail each one had. This cruise was so wonderful, becuase our only worry was whether we'd eat first or just go to the pool. The ports of call were all very unique. We did 4 in a week, which kept everyday very special. The value of this trip was worht 3 times what we paid. I would recommend a Holland America Cruise to people of all ages adn agendas. It was great! Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities Activities: There was something for everyone. I liked the gym and the location. It looks out in front of the ship. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Family w/older children Stateroom Type: Balcony Some shortcomings by Eugene H from Lake Worth, FL Sailing date: Apr 2010 Pros: Dinner in the formal dining room -- each night dinner was excellent....also Joel Mason's entertainment was great! Cons: Dirty room....took two days to resolve, two managers, gurest relations manager had to get involved we sailed on the HA westerdam...when we checked into our room it was dirty... first impression is a lasting impression! Took two days to resolve....two days too many! everyone was "sorry" but there was no real effort to resolve until I had to become visibly upset about it and force the issue. We enjoyed the nightly dinners in the formal dining room...diner was excellent each night....Joel Mason's Elton John impersonation was on the money as was his comedy routine...the ship was quaint, lots of older people, not many fun activities on the ship, the ship itself was clean...staff was spiteful in making it difficult to find our luggage when we returned... they had cut off all our luggage tags, 5 pieces of luugage with 3 luggage tags each....MISSING! - even the HA staff at Ft. Lauderdale thought it was suspicious Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food However, the breakfast and luch buffets just okay.... special dessert buffets on deck were terrible--- cheap food! Stateroom Quality as i mentioned, DIRTY.... even the closets had a scent of high school lockerroom Ship Staff Quality overall staff was friendly, however the removal of our luggage tags really spoke volumes of the lack of professionalism, spitefulness, immaturity Entertainment & Activities most activity was boring...the ship's dancers/broadway show was lacking in entertainment quality...Joel Mason was a saving grace for the ship... Children's Programs Terrible! 5 out of 9 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Quite good, except for the virus. by Andy from Tewksbury, MA Sailing date: Feb 2006 Pros: Staff Our party consisted of two mature men and two mature women. Both men contracted a stomach virus during the cruise. The dining room staff were sensitive to our needs/condition. Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 65+ Cruise Experience: 7+ cruises Traveler Type: Family w/older children Nothing to complain about. by Tanner from Bedford, PA Sailing date: Jul 2006 Pros: Ambience. Good cruise, our choice of aft cabins was excellent, great views from veranda. Good weather helped. Ship Details: 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: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Great overall trip. by Karen from Westchester County, NY Sailing date: Apr 2006 Pros: It's hard to pick one--the ship was physically very lovely, and the staff was very friendly and attentive. My husband, son, and I had a wonderful time. The ship was not too big, and it had a luxurious feel, but it wasn't stuffy. The food was generall very good, but rarely outstanding. The ports were all very enjoyable. Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities Activities: Fitness center had a nice view. Pool area was nice, and it had a retractable roof. Entertainment: Great magician and comic--dancers were just okay. 2 out of 4 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: Family w/older children Stateroom Type: Inside Westerdam HAL March 2010 West. Caribbean by NataliyC from Raleigh , NC Sailing date: Mar 2010 Pros: Services, food, cleaneness, rooms, public places, intertainment Cons: Tendering services , Excursions This is my 7 cruise with HAL. We love this cruise line. Services, food, and activities is all about Holland America Cruise Line. If you want to cruise with class and comfort , go HAL. Will cruise again. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Children's Programs 1 out of 3 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 Ship Review by Deborah from USA Sailing date: Dec 2006 Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities 0 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Couple Ship Review by Chris from USA Sailing date: Feb 2007 Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities 0 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful?
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