Nice Holiday Cruise

Amsterdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 181

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Amsterdam

14 Night Southern Caribbean Holiday (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 22, 2012

Ship: Amsterdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 years ago

Review summary

The Amsterdam was decked out for the Holidays. Christmas trees everywhere.. Santa came on Christmas morning and the kids loved it. He gave out toys and posed for photos. Sail away parties at most ports were very nice also. Tables for 2 were hard to come by in all the restaurants except the Pinnacle. Eat there as often as you can afford it ($25 pp)

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Pinnacle has best food!!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Wine tasting very poor.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
Lots of kids on board but never under foot

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
great stateroom service

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Needs updating

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5
Do the Everglades air boat ride

St. George's, Grenada

3 out of 5
Lots of spices

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

3 out of 5
Most shops clossd in town- shop at pier

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

3 out of 5
take a tour- town not much to see

Pointe-A-Pitre, Guadeloupe

3 out of 5
Very French

Kingstown, St. Vincent

3 out of 5
same- take a tour

Soufriere, St. Lucia

3 out of 5
Just a sail by- can not get off ship

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5
Shops too crowded in town-sail to St John

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5
Lots of water sports

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5
Kind of crazy- 1/2 day at each of 2 ports

Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5
Go to the Harrison Caves
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2 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

glomarrone    10 years ago

Many passengers mention the paucity of activities.  I enjoy reading anyway.  What bothers me more is your lackluster rating on the entertainment.  This the one part of cruising that I really enjoy.  I hope that the the entertainment is better on my cruise.  I'll write a review afterwards. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Gloria