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Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Joanturns60

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 54

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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7 Night Alaska Inside Passage (Vancouver Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 13, 2017

Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 8146

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Best = All the food from the Dive-IN burgers, Lido Cafeteria style dinning and the Manhattan Dinning room was so well prepared and presented. It was the highlight of our cruise.

Worst = Smoking was allowed in the casino and it drifted to near by event locations. BUT I have been informed that has changed and all of HAL line will be completely smoke free by the end of the month!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

smoke from casino interfered with many activities - but this will no longer be an issue for upcoming cruises.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

From what we were able to see it was Ok - not what we had expected from HAL.

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

N/A

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Every inch had usable space and it was very clever to add drawers at the end of the bed. Storage for suitcase was also under the bed. The adjustable closet space was nice, too. Could have the room a little cooler than we were able to make it.

Ship tip

Buy your ship gifts/souvenirs the last 2 days of your cruise ... prices go down during the week. Buy your jewelry at the 1st shop under the tram in Juneau - best price and selection of all 3 port stops. If you walk 3 times around the deck = 1 mile! The Manhattan Dinning Room for dinner every night!

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Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

3 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

3 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

3 out of 5

8 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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Joanturns60 7 years ago

just a nice suit for men or you can rent a tux on board.

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mazadior 7 years ago

Did men wear black dinner suits? Sorry about all the questions but thinking about the luggage. Flying from Manchester

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Joanturns60 7 years ago

and don't forget to have formal photos taken that night.

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mazadior 7 years ago

Thank you. Will be packing our glad rags

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Joanturns60 7 years ago

We had 2 gala nights and we did dress ð up! That was for the main dinning room only. The Lido deck was still regular dress of you didn't want to get all dolled up.

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banaford 7 years ago

Just banning indoor smoking. Not entire ship.

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mazadior 7 years ago

Did you go to the gala nights. Just wondered if people really dressed up and if men wore dinner suits

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