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Oosterdam Sea Day: 600 Steps to Find Breakfast + No AC!

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👁️ 7K views📅 2 weeks ago⏱️ 29:56
What This Creator Said
Creator Had Mixed FeelingsCruise Vlog🥈Expert Creator
❤️ Best for CoupleMediterranean · 10 nightsVeteran Cruiser

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Creator's Key Takeaways

The measure of a cruise ship and how properly sized and staffed it is is always the buffet chaos.

I love the Holland America libraries. I think that every cruise ship should take a note and at least have what they have.

Creator's Tips & Advice

If you are looking for a quiet spot to read, the library is a great amenity on Holland America ships.
Check the weather before planning outdoor deck time as the Adriatic can be chilly and damp.

🆕New to Cruising? This Creator Addresses:

Finding dining locationsPay attention to deck numbers and stair locations early on to avoid long walks.

Questions This Creator Answers

QWhat is it like to spend a sea day on a Holland America ship?
QHow is the food and service quality on the Oosterdam currently?
QWhat activities are available for passengers during a sea day?

Topics Covered

Dining Main½ Sad BaconDining Buffet3½ Sad BaconDining Bars Drinks2 Happy BaconEntertainment Activities3 Happy BaconService Crew2 Sad BaconCabin Interior2½ Sad Bacon

Port Highlights

Corfu4 Happy Bacon
Dubrovnik4½ Happy Bacon
Kotor
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YouTube Video Description

Sea day on Holland America's Oosterdam - and we're keeping it REAL! After five exhausting days walking Italy, this Adriatic sea day was desperately needed. But nothing's ever simple - 600 steps just to find a breakfast table, a broken air conditioner climbing toward 80°F in our cabin, and a dining room playing the "half empty but still making you wait" game! Balanced against the good stuff: a genuinely impressive library, an excellent port talk from cruise director Gage (who refreshingly used ZERO teleprompters!), formal night beef tenderloin that had Jill raving, and a magical evening with our 30 Canucklings in the Crow's Nest with the best Glacier Blue martini we've had on HAL in years. After 55+ cruises, we know what's changed on Holland America - and we're giving you the honest picture alongside all the wonderful moments that remind us why we cruise. 0:00 - Adriatic Sea Day Begins (Finally Some Rest!) 2:00 - Breakfast Chaos: 600 Steps to Find a Table! 4:30 - Library Visit + Rainy Adriatic Views 7:00 - Port Talk: Split, Dubrovnik, Kotor & Corfu Preview 9:30 - Main Dining Room Lunch: Hits and Misses 13:00 - Broken AC + Canuckling Group Events 16:00 - Tea Time + HAL Cutbacks Reality Check 19:00 - Formal Night: Getting Dressed in a Sauna! 21:00 - Formal Dinner: Tenderloin Win + Menu Disappointments 24:00 - Captain's Toast + Evening Entertainment 26:00 - Crow's Nest Magic: Best Glacier Blue + Duck Farts! 29:00 - Honest Sea Day Wrap-Up: What's Changed on HAL Hi, we are Jill and Jerry, and we invite you to subscribe to our channel. We have cruised for over 20 years now on ten different cruise lines, and we look forward to sharing our experiences with you. We will be posting Cruise VLOGS, videos that cover ship reviews, cabin tours, ship tours, and all of the fun in between! 🔥We hope you Subscribe for more cruise adventures!! ⭐️ Join our Socials at: ➡️ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CruisingCanucks ➡️ Instagram: @cruising_canucks ➡️ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cruisingcanucks ➡️ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TheCruisingCanucks/ ➡️ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/cruisingcanucks.bsky.social ➡️ Our WEBSITE at: https://www.cruisingcanucks.com ➡️ Check out our Merchandise at: https://cruising-canucks-shop.fourthwall.com/ ➡️ Join our EMAIL list at: https://cruisingcanucks.ck.page/dd2b4b8b3f We can be reached at: Cruising Canucks • P.O. Box 122 • Hilton Beach, ON, Canada P0R 1G0 ➡️jillandjerry@cruisingcanucks.ca ⭐️Fair Use Disclaimer: This video may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Section 29 of the Copyright Act of Canada and in Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.