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Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 15

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
Nieuw Amsterdam

7 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 20, 2022

Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6029

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

We loved the Islands and the people. The cruise ship was beautiful and super clean but so boring. Don't take a HAL cruise if you like to have any sort of entertainment on your cruise.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Was the best embarkation process we've ever experienced

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Had to Wait every night to be seated. One night it took 2 hours and 30 minutes from the time we were seated to the time they put dessert on the table. Unacceptable.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
This cruise line has to be the most boring out there unless you like sitting in their coffee shop area and reading books.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
They had 1 comedian and she was horrible. if there was other entertainment we couldn't find it.

Children's Programs

no little kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
I want to say that OKA on the Lido deck and the housekeeping staff were wonderful, the rest other than on Lido deck barely acknowledged you were there. so the 5 stars is for housekeeping and Lido Deck personnel, the rest would be a 2

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
beautiful and very clean ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Smaller than other ships but very clean and comfortable.

Ship tip

Unless you just want to lay on the deck or sit in a coffee shop and read, choose another crusie line.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
Loved Curacao, beautiful beaches, amazing people. The excursion was very good. We did the Kayak and snorkel. The Kayaking was just getting to the snorkel point and did not really have time to enjoy it but the snorkeling was amazing.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Beautiful island, the did a tour of Aruba excursion and it was supposed to end at the beach. they were 45 min late getting started so we didn't get to go to the beach at all. the 5 stars is for the Island and the people of Aruba not the excursion.

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

3 out of 5
Been to better private islands. We did the Stingray excursion and this was 5 stars though. the ladies there that ran it were incredible and the excursion itself was worth every penny of the $29.99

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
was quick and super easy.
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2 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Sorry this cruise seemed boring. Appreciate your feedback.

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