Maasdam - Eastern Caribbean
Trudy and Sid provide a frank review of the positive and negative aspects of this cruise ship.
Maasdam - Western Caribbean
Mary and Vincent Finelli take their 27th cruise overall, but their first on Holland America. They found the cruise and the ship excellent.

Rotterdam VI - Mediterranean
Linda and Larry celebrate their 30th anniversary while cruising from Rome to Lisbon.

Ryndam - Vancouver to San Diego
At age 22, Brian has already been on a dozen cruises.

This was his first on HAL, and he enjoyed the trip and plans to choose Holland America again.

Statendam - Alaska
Doug takes his 6th trip to Alaska. This time he does a back-to-back.

Alaska Cruise on the Holland America Statendam
John cruises on the Statendam to Alaska.

Statendam - Mexican Riviera
Bill and Lu contribute some excellent observations of the Statendam, the ports, and the crew.

Statendam - Vancouver to San Diego
Brian and his family start out on a three-day cruise from Vancouver to San Diego. However, the ship struck a barge and lost power, turning it into a longer trip!

Statendam - San Diego to Vancouver
Brian and his family return to the Statendam for a repeat cruise. They had a good time, and this time they didn't hit a barge!

Veendam - Alaska
Steve and his wife take their nine year old grandson on back to back cruises to Alaska on the Veendam. Excellent discussion of the HAL kids' program and of Alaska shore excursions. Steve provides links to many of the shore excursion vendors' sites.

Zaandam - Alaska
Alan takes his first cruise to Alaska. Excellent tips for first time cruisers. Alan tries to answer all of the questions HE couldn't get answered prior to cruising.

Zaandam - Alaska
Pam is a travel agent whose clients had a bad experience on a Zaandam post-cruise extension in Alaska.

Zaandam - Eastern Caribbean
Paul and his sister get stalled by some birds to start their cruise. This is only the first of a few unusual events on his 15th HAL cruise.

Zaandam - Western Caribbean
Nina and her family enjoy their cruise on this new HAL ship, but do find a few peculiarities in the cruise.

Zaandam - Western Caribbean
Valerie and her husband celebrate their 25th anniversary while the Zaandam avoids Hurricane Gordon.

Zuiderdam - Western Caribbean
Mary and Vincent have been on many cruises, and they take their first on the Zuiderdam.

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