Exceeded our expectations

Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 22

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Nieuw Amsterdam

7 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 02, 2017

Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7127

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Ship was immaculately clean both inside and out.  Service was excellent. A real plus was very low key up-selling for drinks, specialty dining, etc., as opposed to most cruise lines.  Main dining room food was excellent with a variety of choices.  Pinnacle Grill specialty restaurant is a very elegant affair.  We enjoyed 3 excellent programs that the ship offered.  Adagio their classical music program in the evening, the BB Kind Jazz group, was just first rate and exciting, the America's Test Kitchen program was fun and informative.  The ship has so many intimate spaces, it makes the ship so very comfortable.  Also, a real plus, they are not blasting loud music all over the place, and if music is playing it is soft, almost muted.  Service throughout the ship is excellent and prices for drinks and specialty coffees were very reasonable.  It was our first HollandAmerica cruise and we signed up for future cruise while on board. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Nice size veranda, adequate space, very comfortable beds.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

1 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

1 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

1 out of 5

Key West, Florida

5 out of 5
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Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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