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Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
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Nieuw Amsterdam

7 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 25, 2023

Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 4116

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

Wonderful cruise staff made this a very pleasant, laid back cruise.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
very organized

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Best food I have ever had in a main dining room!! All meals excellent! Strangely -the steak house restaurant was just average. The Italian restaurant superb.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Needed a few more daytime activities for those not going ashore.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The One Step Dance Company provided the best MainStage entertainment ever! Their innovation and dance were exceptional. Also we loved that the music volume was not ear shattering as in every other cruise ship.BB King's band was incredible but the room is too small for the size and volume of the band, so we were not able to enjoy the group as much as we would have liked.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Probably among the most charming and helpful ever.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
needs a facelift but loved the size of the ship. not overwhelming.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Huge for an Oceanview! Nicely appointed. The only issue was very difficult to work TV remote and not enough channel selections. Did love the NFL channel!

Ship tip

Be prepared for a very nice, laid back cruise with a wonderful staff to take care of you.

Ports of call

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

3 out of 5
Very nice. Did not appreciate that you could not use drink package on the island.

Ocho Rios, Jamaica Did not visit port

Have not had good experiences in past.

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Dolphin and Turtle excursion- was wonderful!

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5
Just walked around shops. Not very interesting

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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5 Comments

Utahcruiser16     10 months ago

We'll sailing on Niew Amsterdam in 7 days. Can't wait. Thank you for your review. It was very encouraging

Ladyjunecliff     11 months ago

Thanks for your review. Glad you enjoyed it! It would be nice to have the drink package work at Half Moon Cay. They do have to do a lot of extra work for the crew to provide drinks off the ship, so I understand. Off ship, means extra. But I like it that its crew from HAL serving. So I felt safe!

javawoody     11 months ago

Glad you enjoyed your laid back experience

cruising2004     11 months ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

Gwbigdog     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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