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Great with a few glitches

Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 3

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
Nieuw Amsterdam

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 25, 2018

Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Good except for anniversary cake mishap and cabana not being booked for us even though we had purchased it almost a year earlier. Glad I had my paperwork

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Was the fastest and easiest of all our cruises

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Used the pool. Lincoln Center Stage was excellent. Enjoyed BB Kings

Entertainment

4 out of 5
See above. Only stage show I liked was the magician. Comedian left a lot to be desired

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The cabana steward was the greatest. Room stewards were fantastic. The dining stewards were okay; however, they presented our anniversary cake to another table, and while they tried to rectify the situation it was not the same.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Yes they were clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
Was in 5078. Everything was great; however, the bathtub had a crack in it

Ship tip

Take all your paperwork with you

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Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

4 out of 5
Totally confusing. Konigsdam and our ship arrived at same tim. Hundreds of people getting off with mass confusion. Also the ship time had not reverted back to EST time but Half Moon Cay was so more confusion.
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Disembarkation

2 out of 5
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Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.
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