Alaskan Adventure

Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Nieuw Amsterdam

7 Night Alaskan Explorer (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 04, 2021

Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 6100

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 years ago

Review summary

It was restful, fun and most of all great without alot of unruly kids with drunken parents. The staff was phenomenal!!! Food was exceptional both in presentation and taste. Shows were entertaining. Cabin was wonderful bed extremely comfortable. I can't say anything but good things about it. My husband on the other hand was disappointed that there was no duck hunt on the cruise. (On our honeymoon cruise they hid rubber ducks all over the ship that you had to find and he missed that, yes it was a Holland America cruise, it was just a cute fun thing to do. And no, even though I wanted to, I did not strangle my husband because he complained about no duck hunt every other day on our Anniversary cruise) Seriously he had a great time too, he admitted it was better than he expected and he loves cruising on Holland America too.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

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

Ship tip

It's a nice size ship with very few children so it's great for someone who wants a relaxing restful environment while sailing.

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5
This was are embarkation port so we didn't do anything there.but the embarkation process was the best and easiest I've ever had to go through

CRUISE STEPHENS PASSAGE Did not visit port

We didn't stop there just cruised on by

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Did a helicopter flight to do a walkabout on glacier. It was wonderful

Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5
Beautiful part of cruise

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

5 out of 5
Tiny tourist area, got to see locally made products not mass produced like other ports, Excursion was canceled 2° to weather conditions.

Sitka, Alaska

5 out of 5
Hiked through rainforest, it was quite beautiful, hike wasn't easy but it wasn't extremely difficult either, just enough to get your heart rate up and give your legs a good workout

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5
Went on a small nature cruise and ate at a crabfest. Then walked around town. Sat in small Cafe and had the BEST pumpkin spice latte ever!!! IT was relaxing for us. Alot of mass produced touriststy stuff. Not alot of locally produced things

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
It was early and fast. Everything moved smoothly arrived at airport quickly. The transfer of luggage to airport by Holland America was a Godsend and saved alot of time and trouble.
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9 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     2 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

amyreese1212    3 years ago

On the ship now as well! Happy Anniversary!

RetiredRay    3 years ago

May 2022 ……..

Curt34    3 years ago

Glad your cruise was great. Thanks for the review.

jojo625    3 years ago

Ms. Nieuw Amsterdam was our very first cruise in 2010. It was such an amazing trip and she's the reason we got hooked on cruising. Everything we experienced was wonderful, and we felt we were treated like royalty. So glad you had a great experience too, HAL never disappoints. ❤

javawoody    3 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise thanks for sharing

izrgreen    3 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to write a review

cruising2004    3 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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