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MS Veendam Reviews (30 reviews)
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Holland America Line, excellent with food.
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...
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Sydney to Auckland
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...
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Excellent Ship, Food, Accommodation and Service.
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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Great food; poor entertainment
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...
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Holland America advantages
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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Tired Old Ship
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...
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Amazon explorer March 2011
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...
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Rio to Fort Lauderdale
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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South America Cruise
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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South America - a staggering experience
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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Celebration cruising
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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NEW YORK TO BERMUDA
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, ...
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First HAL cruise was a disappointment
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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It could have been so much better!
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...
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A most enjoyable experience
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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In search of the White Lady
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...
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Good Ports of Call and Scenic Cruising
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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veendam south america cruise
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...
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IF THERE IS A HEAVEN THAN THIS IS IT
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...
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floating construction site
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...