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HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / South America
By Maresz, Huntingdon on 7th May 2012
The Veendam is a very
impresive looking Ship
and we were meet by a
very smart officer and
stewardsissued with ID
card, ships plan and
showen to our cabin. This
was an interior midships
an deck 5...
HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / Australasia
By rowling, Burnham-on-crouch on 18th Mar 2012
our first experience with
HAL and it was
pleasurable and
memorable. the cabin was
well appointed and
spacious with double bed,
fridge, settee table dvd
and tv. (should you so
desire there are...
HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / South America
By Douglas, Ipswich on 18th Feb 2012
Excellent Ship, Excellent
food and service,
Excellent accommodation
coupled with an easy
going ambience makes it
one of the best cruises
we have ever taken. The
commonly held view that
Holland...
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HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / South America
By Rock, Maltby on 18th Feb 2012
The Veendam is a bit
tired and in need of a
refit. Elevators
frequently broke down as
did in cabin fridges.
The food was excellent;
however, the
entertainment was very
poor...
HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / Australasia
By Clare, Ellesmere Port on 16th Sep 2011
There were several
aspects of our cruise
with Holland America that
we were very impressed
with. Firstly it is very
unusual on board cruise
ships to find that they
have a pastor taking
daily services...
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HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / South America
By Rock, Maltby on 7th Jun 2011
It was supposed to be the
holiday of a lifetime,
but turned out to be
mostly the disappointment
of our travel life. We
went on a 30 day cruise
around Cape Horn with
dear friends from
Scotland on...
HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / South America
By Webb, Torquay on 25th Apr 2011
We booked this cruise to
celebrate our 25th
wedding anniversary. It
was chosen mainly for the
itinary which started in
Rio De Janeiro, went up
the Brazilian coast, up
and down 1, 000 miles of
the...
HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / South America
By Walker, Darlington on 22nd Apr 2011
After 14 months we were
back on the Veendam this
time travelling north via
the Amazon and Caribbean
to Florida. Some of the
crew even remembered us
which was nice...
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HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / South America
By donkin, torquay on 9th Mar 2011
The Veendam is a well run
medium sized cruise ship.
The staff were very well
trained and the ship was
kept very clean. A couple
of criticisms we had, the
chairs in the bars and
lounges were very...
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HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / South America
By Bell, Bradford on 3rd Mar 2011
We cruised on the Holland
America ship - Veendam in
February 2011 from Buenos
Aires to Valparaiso
around Cape Horn. We
booked our own flights to
Buenos Aires and back
from Santiago...
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HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / Bermuda
By charman, waterlooville on 2nd Mar 2011
As it was our 25th
wedding anniversary last
year we decided to have a
'big holiday'. We sailed
to NY on QM2 (absolutely
fantastic) and after a
few days in the Big Apple
we set sail for Bermuda
on the...
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HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / Bermuda
By Peers, TARLETON, WEST LANCASHIRE on 27th Feb 2011
We embarked in New York
and sailed odwn the
Hudson River which was
lovely. then we had two
days at sea before
arriving in Bermuda.
What a beautiful island
this is, its like going
back in time, ...
HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / South America
By Liem, Untersiggenthal, Switzerland on 13th May 2010
In March we sailed from
Rio to the Amazon and
further to New York on
the M/S Veendam of HAL
(30 days). The ship
underwent a refurbishment
about 1 1/2 year ago,
adding more cabins in the
back of the...
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HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / South America
By WEBB, RADSTOCK on 18th Mar 2010
This was our first cruise
with HAL, the itinerary
being the main reason for
our choice and over the
years having good reports
of their ships from
friends.
Check in at Valparaiso
was handled...
HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / South America
By Head, Fleet on 22nd Feb 2010
Following three days in
Rio de Janerio we boarded
the Veendam for what
turned out to be a
holiday beyond
expectations.
Unfortunately the ship
had experienced an
outbreak of GI and our
embarkation...
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HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / Antarctica
By Walker, Darlington on 2nd Feb 2010
This seemed a cost
effective way to visit
the Antarctic. Started
the cruise in Rio then on
the Beunos
Aires, Montevideo and the
Falklands before the
Antarctic Peninsular...
HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / South America
By Curtis, Dunfermline on 14th Jan 2010
This cruise did not get
off to the best of starts
as we were unable to
embark until the early
evening due to the
delayed disembarkation of
passengers from the
previous voyage...
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HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / South America
By morris, trowbridge,wilts. on 14th Jan 2010
have just sailed on ms
veendam to south
america.ship is excellent
even though it is quite
old it has been
refurbished to a high
standard.staff on board
are some of the
friendliest of any ship
we have...
HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / Alaska
By WHITTALL, WOLVERHAMPTON on 15th Oct 2009
ME AND MY PARTNER HAD
FANTASTIC CRUISE TO
ALASKA ON VEENDAM.WHEN I
SAW THE SHIP IN VANCOUVER
I THOUGHT SHE WAS A OLD
SHIP, BUT I WAS AMAZED
WHEN I BOARDED HER HOW
BRILLENT SHE WAS VERY
SPACECOUES , THE...
HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Veendam / Panama Canal
By Davies, Swansea on 17th Aug 2009
Our so special cruise on
board the refurbished Ms
Veendam or so they said,
it was a disaster from
start to finish, from our
delay in boarding at fort
lauderdale to our delayed
disembarcation at san...