Mediocre trip

Item: Nieuw Amsterdam
Rating: 3.7
Author: lizaBor

Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

lizaBor

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 03, 2019

Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Nice ship but food and service were lacking. Not much going on in the evenings. Scheduling dancing at 11:30pm for a ship-load of old people is ridiculous. Most other ships we’ve been on had dance music every evening after dinner. Even shopping was dull.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Breakfast was great. Rest of the meals were mediocre.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Stewards were great. Waiters and servers slow

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Clean and comfortable

Ship tip

Evenings on the ship are rather dull. Bring your cards

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5

No excursion but took taxi to the beach. Not much of anything on this island.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5

Old town is nice but hard to find a good beach neat San Juan

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Nice port, nice island

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Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

3 out of 5

Beautiful beach, but lunch was lousy

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

3 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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SoCalCruiser1 5 years ago

What happened to these old people. They invented sex. Drugs. Rock in Roll.

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Shh813 5 years ago

Definitely most of it a fake review. Service and food outstanding. The ship is for an older crowd, which we are, and not alot to do during the day but that's what the ports are for. We loved it.

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