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Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Review to Caribbean

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 45

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Nieuw Amsterdam

14 Night Western / Tropical Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 17, 2018

Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1095

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Overall, it was a very good cruise, we enjoyed it enough that we are already looking forward to another cruise.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Went right through, boarding, very relaxing, , all staff were very informative.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining room, food was good (not great, a little bland), service was slow until I made a comment to the restaurant assistant mgr. and then it was the best (but it didn't necessarily change for the other passengers). The Lido deck was GREAT, food choices were great, service was always fast (serving drinks, clearing tables etc.) staff was always smiling and friendly.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Didn't do much except relax.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Stage shows were okay, but for entertaining amore sedate crowd (which was what it appeared the ship was geared for) they were a little to fast paced. The ventriloquist was fantastic and very funny, the juggler was a great juggler, but his efforts to be a comedian left a lot to be desired! THe BB king Lounge was okay. The Billboard lounge was probably the best, Will and Ivy were Fantastic, very entertaining and they knew how to work the croud that they were playing for!!!!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Aside from the dining room, all the staff were fantastic...

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5
Very Relaxing

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Great, booked a bus tour and the guide was excellent!!!

Cozumel, Mexico

1 out of 5
Got off the boat and the vendors were very pushy, worse than carnies...

Key West, Florida

3 out of 5
Living in Florida, I have been there many times before so it wasn't that interesting for me.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Fast and easy!!!!
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3 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

IkeDeb    6 years ago

IkeDeb    6 years ago

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