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 Noordam

When the Noordam entered service in 1984, she was Holland America's largest-ever purpose-built cruise ship. Today the 33,933 gt vessel is the smallest in HAL's fleet. She is deployed in Northern Europe during the summer.

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 Professional Reviews

Linda Faseason

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2006-03-15Eastern Caribbean

A CRUISING EVOLUTION The Noordam is a brand new ship sailing from NYC that sets a...read more

15users found this review helpful.

 User Reviews

  • Name Age # of Cruises Desitination
  • Ray Niacaris  62 2 Eastern Mediterranean

    Mediterranean cruise July 8-18 2009 Line: Holland America Ship: Noordam This was our second cruise; the first was with Carnival, Elation to the Mexican Riviera. If you want an...read more

    43 users found this review helpful.
  • Natalie Reyfman  35 1 roman empire Rome-Croatia-Corfu-Ephesus-Santorini-Athens-Messina-Rome

    Noordam was truly a terrible experience. The worst thing was the children's pool. During our 10 days on the cruise it was only cleaned once and only after we complained to the ship's staff about...read more

    5 users found this review helpful.
  • K Gustafson  58 6 Rome-Croatia-Corfu-Ephesus-Santorini-Athens-Messina-Rome

    This was the absolute best cruise of all for a family! The ports provided a buffet of sights for our grandsons and a real opportunity for them to see a brief, but comprehensive, view of the ruins....read more

    4 users found this review helpful.
  • josh  44 2 Roman Empire

    The service was OK, our room was clean but the best thing was the meals. They were delicious, and much better than I expected. The room was excellent. It was clean and the hallway was very...read more

    4 users found this review helpful.
  • Darren  34 2 Eastern Med

    HAL is terrible at handling any problems that arise. We had multiple problems. Most of them small, but a couple of them major and they simply have no ability or willingness to fix problems. It's...read more

    21 users found this review helpful.
  • E. Kilpatrick

     
    59 11 Southern Caribbean

    EMBARKATION: We went to the pier and took an elevator to the embarkation area, we were given a number and sat down until we heard our number called.  (about ¾ of an hour)  We then...read more

    49 users found this review helpful.
  • Joseph

     
    55 20+ Eastern Caribbean

    O verall Noordam is a great ship. Facilities are excellent from the dining rooms to the restrooms. Staff constantly cleaning the ship day and night, and I've never seen a ship so clean and...read more

    33 users found this review helpful.
  • Theresa James

     
    54 7 Classic Europe

    BOOKING: Our first HAL cruise was aboard the Noordam (Rome to Barcelona cruise date: May, 2002). Because of the impeccable service, great ports and overall satisfaction with that cruise, it...read more

    2 users found this review helpful.
  • Sue Frost

     
    n/a First Cruise Baltic Capitals

    I have just returned from our first cruise holiday with Holland America on MS Noordam. We had such a fantastic time we are already planning our next cruise! We checked in a few minutes...read more

    2 users found this review helpful.
  • Michael

     
    n/a n/a Southern Caribbean

    If you are from the warmer areas of the earth, you may like your cabin with temperatures in the high 80's ore 90's. Also, if you have taken a cruise in the past on Commodore Lines or on...read more

    3 users found this review helpful.
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Ship Summary
  • Operator:Holland America Line
  • Capacity (double occupancy):1214
  • Builder:Chantiers de l'Atlantique
  • Full Capacity:1350
  • Inaugurated:1984
  • Space Ratio:28.0 / 25.1
  • Gross Tonnage:33,933gt
  • Crew:530
  • Length:704 ft. / 215 m