Our first time on Holland America and we had a relaxing and wonderful cruise.

Item: Nieuw Amsterdam
Rating: 4.6
Author: Cruiser

Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

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12 Night Eastern Caribbean Collector (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 18, 2022

Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 8060

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Our cruise was very relaxing and enjoyable up to the disembarkment and claiming our luggage.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Very good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

On the 1st evening in the open dining, our server was not friendly, he seemed overwhelmed. So we decided to skip the next two nights. The last two nights, our different server was much more accommodating and friendly. Food was small in portions, but excellant in taste.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

We did not experience.

Entertainment

We did not know of any stage shows.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

YES

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We're received an free upgrade to a beautiful room #1056.

Ship tip

Try their signature bread pudding served at lunch time...A+

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Port was very nice, no excursion taken

Thumbs Up 0

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

4 out of 5

Very nice and clean. We wish that we could have gone to the beach.

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

It was good until we picked up our luggage. 1 of 3 bags was severely wet from rain and extremely soiled with mud on the material and in the outside zipper compartments. Material is ruined and a claim was filed.

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