Loreto

Hi Jacqui, I have been following your Volendam cruise and hope you are enjoying it🙂! Please add Loreto Noordam 05-Oct-25 7 day Great Bear Rainforest This sounds like a unique itinerary...I booked on board the Zaandam last month and it appears to be selling well!. Thanks, Karen

We occupied #7033, a Neptune Suite on the Zaandam this month facing the hall opening for the elevators and stairs. It was never noisy in the area and very convenient for stairs to the Lido.

We were parked next to her in Huatulco Mexico in March 2023...she looks good!

Hi islandwoman! I am with you on the 42 day in November🙂. My past Koningsdam experiences have been terrible. Acoustics in the MDR are awful and we never went there on a coastal cruise (which resembled Carnival.) The only thing we like is Gelato and Grand Dutch Cafe. We ate most meals in specialty restaurants. Like Cruiser Bruce We are just off the sister ship, Zaandam, which was sold out. I never felt crowded anywhere, and marveled at how many times we got in an elevator and were the ONLY ones! I have sailed the Volendam a number of times and it never felt crowded. You will love the Volendam! Karen

We're in 7033 Zaandam....sister ship of Volendam thought it would be quiet under the Canaletto...wrong! since they tiled the lido area the rolling carts are really loud, but stop by around 10pm so it isn't that bad and no early am rolling carts. We were in an SB Volendam for the Amazon and it was great..I think it was 7004 which was under the beauty salon at the forward stairs opposite the Pinnacle Suite. We get off the solar eclipse cruise tomorrow. Great cruise 😀! Karen

Our experience on the Zaandam was great today! Many thanks to the first time HAL cruisers who shared the 2 unused chairs at their table😀! I was surprised that there was a lot of open deck space, but not enough chairs. I don't know how many people used the bow, but the lido pool area was a perfect spot.

Hope you get your Neptune GTY!

We have a Neptune which we are not giving up!....love the bigger verandah on this ship🙂. That was a fair offer to downgrade. You are on my Nov. 9th 42 day cruise...I have a vista for that one, going as a single. Hope to meet you onboard.

We will be there too! Have had our cabin since Nov. 2022. We will have a meet and greet Sunday around 11:15 crows nest after the astronomy talk at 10am. Speaker is supposed to come to our m&g. Our checkin is at 11, I have my umbrella ready!

I was going to suggest that, too☺️! The gelato stand by the pool on Pinnacle Class ships is very popular, and I have suggested that it be implemented on other ships, but so far, no.

we stayed in SB 2004 on the identical sister ship Volendam for 28 days....very quiet, under the beauty shop. Great location! We are in SA 7033 Zaandam March 30th, under the Canaletto and hope it will be a good choice. Verandahs are large on both ships. The Zaandam is a favorite ship!

So glad I found these posts! I have sailed to Alaska many times,( including 4 14 day cruises...best ever!) but Great Bear Rain Forest Cruise is unique and I may book it onboard later this month. Being from the desert, rain is always welcomed!

The police at the pyramids in Egypt offered to take pictures of tourists...they didn't was dollars as a tip, they wanted Euros!

My husband will need wheelchair at embarkation. I let my ta know and I received an email from Guest Accessibility and filled out the required form. I received a follow up email from them and a wheelchair symbol appeared on his boarding pass.

Thanks Lisa! It seems to me that the world cruise participants this year stayed and gathered at the Rennaissance close to the pier. My cruise is 42 days and I must be on the ship for the transatlantic. The itinerary was amazing until the tragic conflict in Israel. There have been a number if itinerary changes.