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Koningsdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Koningsdam

21 Night Southern Caribbean Seafarer/Wayfarer (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 25, 2018

Ship: Koningsdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5221

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Enjoyable cruise, very nice crew and ship. Amber Cove not our favorite port.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Long wait in hot hall

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Good but not as good as on previous HAL cruises. Slow service in dining room and not much variety in Lido. There were times during the day when everything was closed in Lido, very frustrating.

Canaletto

4 out of 5

Has been better

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Enjoyed a few. Venue much smaller so they could add more cabins, now need 3 shows per night.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All staff very friendly and helpful at all times. Our room stewards Juli and Ade were excellent.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Although there is a promenade deck it is much narrower than the older ships.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Cabin was excellent although seemed a bit smaller than usual. Storage good. Shower excellent, but position and angle of toilet a bit awkward for taller person.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

4 out of 5
Beautiful beach but very few chairs with shade. Great buffet

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5
Same as always, not much to do.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

3 out of 5
First time, took excursion from dock, tour of Puerto Plata. Don't understand why they didn't include a beach.

Kralendijk, Bonaire

4 out of 5
Beautiful place. Went snorkeling, had a great time on the Mushi Mushi

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5
Beautiful island, have been here a few times, did not do an excursion.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Great place. There on Sunday so many places closed. Went snorkeling off of catamaran and Palm Beach. Did this excursion before and will do again next time we are here. Great crew and great snorkeling.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Bit of a long line on ship but went smoothly.

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