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Item: Nieuw Amsterdam
Rating: 4
Author: debpv789

Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 22, 2015

Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8061

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

There were many things we liked about our cruise - wonderful food, great staff, beautiful ship, our balcony. We loved the elevators on the outside of the ship and the walking track on the 3rd level. We were excited to see a movie theater but a little disappointed with the movies shown. The nightly entertainment in the main show room was also not very good. There were many empty seats so I think others felt the same way.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The food was great in the main dining room always. Not so good on the Lido deck. Also we really missed having ice cream available at all times. It was only available when someone was sworking that station. Many ships have the machines out for self service.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

We liked having a movie theater but weren't impressed with the movies. We wanted relaxation so did not try many of fhe activities.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Nothing was great and the female singer and percussionists were bad. Entertainment was disappointing.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Our waiter, Putu and his hekper, Putu E were so attentive and remembered I liked decaf coffee each nitght. I lost our porter's name (room 8061) but he kept our room in great shape and made cut animals. Several times we had money in our safe and forgot to lock it but we felt like anything in our room was safe anyway.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

A very pretty ship and the layout was very good.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

I liked the size of our room and loved the balcony.

Ship tip

Get a large table not a table for 4. Our table mates were nice but were much older than we were. Get a balcony - ours was midship on the 8th level and it was wonderful. The only thing that could have been better on the balcony would have been 2 lounge chairs.

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