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Topic: Celebrity vs Holland America

Peter52
Just Boarded
Member # 1393

posted 06-29-2000 07:49 PM

My wife & I are taking my 81-yr old mother on a cruise to the Western Caribbean in January. I have narrowed down my choices to either the Celebrity Millennium or the Holland America Maasdam. Kindly provide your opinion.

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bonny
First Class Passenger
Member # 1347

posted 06-29-2000 09:37 PM

Holland seems to cater to an older crowd. We have been on 2 Holland cruises. We are in our 40's and we were one of the youngest couples. I like to take a quiet cruise once in a while and Holland is it. Very few children and no long lines.

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NAL
First Class Passenger
Member # 1102

posted 06-29-2000 10:03 PM

Make it the Maasdam.....a wonderful ship,
spacious, easy to find one's way around, an
all-around great cruise experience. Your
mother will be happy. The Millennium is too
large and too many pax for my taste.

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 06-29-2000 10:25 PM

I completely agree with NAL and bonny. HAL will be perfect for your Mom.

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gizmo
First Class Passenger
Member # 972

posted 06-30-2000 08:19 AM

I third that. Your Mom will love HAL.

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Patrick
First Class Passenger
Member # 364

posted 06-30-2000 01:08 PM

Even though I´m an ex-Celebrity, I also agree with NAL. Take the MAASADAM. For older people she´s a better ship. She´s smaller and might be more comfortable for older people.

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Grant
First Class Passenger
Member # 1000

posted 07-04-2000 01:39 AM

I have cruised both lines several times, and find them both VERY good. The weakness, for me,with Celebrity seems to be that those that organize the passenger side of the cruise are very poor at their job (could not organize a drunk is a brewery!). For example: dedicating a tender to just shore tour #7 with 15 participants, and letting it sail to shore with over 100 empty seats while 500 lined up in the stair towers awaiting a chance to tender. Could not the remainder of the seats in the tender been made available to those lined up? The weakness with HAL for me is the lack of good comedians; a very small item as I do not rely on entertainment to make a cruise. Hands down, I would select HAL over Celebrity while they are very close to each other in my mind. Why not a Princess cruise in your plans, as they too are ranked close to the above 2 lines?

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 07-05-2000 03:29 PM

I found Celebrities organization to be excellent!

Whenever I can't decide, I let my wallet make the choice! Check out the prices of both lines/cabins, your mind may be made up for you! (Unless money is no object - which is rare in my case).

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cruznut6
First Class Passenger
Member # 543

posted 07-11-2000 07:10 PM

Having travelled with both lines, I agree that HAL would be a better choice, do to the size of the Millennium. However, as far as organization, Celebrity is one of the best lines I've ever sailed on. HAL does half a wonderful ability to cater to the needs and desires of the elderly. I don't think any cruise line does it better (IMHO).

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