Lots of Fun & Some Room for Improvement on South Holland Tour

Overall this was a great trip despite the less than ideal weather at times. The boat itself was nice – bigger than most that this outfit uses in the Netherlands. It was comfortable in both the private and public spaces. The meals were decent thought the breakfast (and the supplies for making lunch) could use a bit more variety. The dinner portions were large and the food good. The card system for buying drinks worked well if you didn’t want to buy a drink plan. The e-bikes worked well and the crew that helped with them was great. The Ride with GPS app was fantastic and we were really glad we had it on this “unguided” tour. Though a word of warning for those who are not up on the latest technology like mapping apps and do not have a good mobile phone data plan perhaps you should consider a guided tour. A couple on our ship should have! One negative with the South Holland tour was that the ship actually was docked two of the seven nights in an out of the way dock in Amsterdam. Pretty boring if you wanted to go into town. Due to weather issues we were actually there three nights! It would have been nice to be in other ports. Another negative was that on some days we had to be back to the ship early which reduced the amount of time to explore towns, etc on the bike route even when doing the short routes. We felt rushed. Finally the two “tour guides” were helpful though at times they downplayed the detours on some routes that were not outlined in the Ride with GPS app. At times it was confusing. More time should have been spent outing those alternative routes. Despite these couple negatives it was a fun experience!