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Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern
7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)
Sail date: October 23, 2016
Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 5038
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 8 years ago
Review summary
The Nieuw Amsterdam is a beautiful ship and extremely clean. The service staff from the dining room stewards, wine stewards and room stewards plus everyone else we came in contact with were outstanding! The weather was bad so we could not dock in Grand Turk or tender to Half Moon Cay. This was disappointing, but certainly no fault of HAL, so I will not down grade for that. The only thing that prevents me from rating this cruise a five star was the surly and outright rude embarkation staff. They need some serious retraining in customer service. All in all, I will be very pleased to cruise on HAL and Nieuw Amsterdam again!
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Ship tip
If you have as you wish dining make your reservations when you get to your cabin. We were traveling with another couple and we were able to reserve the same table for four at the same time for the week. We were able to get to know the waiters and wine steward and it made for a very enjoyable time.
Ports of call
Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida