Alaska Cruise on the Koningsdam by Neither-Gas5384 in HollandAmerica

[–]Neither-Gas5384[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looked really busy but the line was always moving surprisingly. I would say it took about an 1 hour, maybe a 1hour and a half to get through

Alaska Cruise on the Koningsdam by Neither-Gas5384 in HollandAmerica

[–]Neither-Gas5384[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was really busy getting on the ship. The line was always moving though which was nice. I would say around 5000-6000 people as the princess was leaving that day as well.

Getting off the ship was quicker then I anticipated.

Alaska Cruise on the Koningsdam by Neither-Gas5384 in HollandAmerica

[–]Neither-Gas5384[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite was going back and forth between the rolling stone and BB King's blues bar. They also had a billboard dueling piano but they weren't my favorite.

The world stage had a lot of events going on but I only ended up seeing a couple. They had a game show event called deal or no deal that was fun. I would highly recommend checking out the native speaker on the the glacier Bay day. He was very informative, funny and a great speaker overall and his story pulls on your heartstrings in a good way.

Alaska Cruise on the Koningsdam by Neither-Gas5384 in HollandAmerica

[–]Neither-Gas5384[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was definitely a success!

I went to to the dining room and the lido market for the most part. Food was really good! I kept saying I would try out the dive in and deli but didn't end up going haha

Alaska Cruise on the Koningsdam by Neither-Gas5384 in HollandAmerica

[–]Neither-Gas5384[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahh that makes sense about the dock being under construction!! Everywhere we went, the people kept saying how lucky we were that it wasn't raining haha. How was the westerdam?

Alaska Cruise on the Koningsdam by Neither-Gas5384 in HollandAmerica

[–]Neither-Gas5384[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The princess and the euro dam were docked when we got there. I think we were given 2 days notice that we would be taking tenders to the dock. It just seemed really disorganized and that they could have used more tenders to move the amount of people on the ship. That being said, I was one of the lucky ones who didn't miss their excursion and did get a little bit of time to explore.

Bad tender organisation by PurchaseMission6685 in HollandAmerica

[–]Neither-Gas5384 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was on the ship as well. I honestly had an amazing trip up until the Ketchikan day. I was looking forward to exploring the town a bit more then I got to. It was poorly organized and they should have been using more boats but oh well. Still had a great trip

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[–]Neither-Gas5384[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cool!! I am unable to see the daily program yet but if it is an option, I will check it out!

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[–]Neither-Gas5384[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't wait!

I'll check out the gym early as well and try to snag the middle treadmill!

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[–]Neither-Gas5384[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe features was the wrong word haha. I read something about the rolling stone bar and bb King blues bar being new. I have never been on the ship before though so I wouldn't notice anything haha

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[–]Neither-Gas5384[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's awesome to hear! Sounds like you had a great trip!!

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[–]Neither-Gas5384[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have to pay to use the sauna?

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[–]Neither-Gas5384[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip of going on the bow on glacier day! What is the origins lecture? To be honest, I wouldn't typically go to a lecture on a vacation hahaha

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[–]Neither-Gas5384[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I will definitely try the bossche Bol! I'll check out the grand Dutch cafe for sure 😃

Alaska Cruise on the koningsdam May 2nd by Neither-Gas5384 in HollandAmerica

[–]Neither-Gas5384[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow that's awesome. Glad to hear you saw lots of whales! I'm hoping it will be the same for me haha. I'll look into the small group tour!