Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Reviews - Reviews

This cruse was awful, boring and the ports were expensive and no good beach experience. The food was not even edible and the dining room food was the same as the cafeteria, same menu they only difference was they served you. The add one were ridiculous, $320 for internet that hardly worked, $36 a day fro crew appreciation, $329 for just the pop drink package, the pizza place was basically frozen pizza warmed up and the music at the pool was Euro tech/pop so sitting out was annoying. The spa prices were $420 for a message, a can of Pringles in the ship store were $8, excursion were upwards of $200 and the last island being taken off the itinerary was not compensated for. Plan on spending at least another $1000 a$2000 and being hungry on ship days because the food is not satisfying and we were just trying to find something that to fill us up. I would never do this cruise again and could hardly wait to get off.

I would like to call out a couple of staff at Holland America that went over and above their call of duty. First is Jajang (server) and the second is Russell at BB Kings bar.

Great weather all week and beautiful sights. I enjoyed being able to go to five different beaches to enjoy the ocean and all it had to offer. I did miss seeing a turtle up close, but did see sting rays, sand dollars, blue wrasse, drum fish, trumpet fish, parrot fish, butterfly and many other types of fish. The beaches were clean and it was a wonderful week.

The cruise tour from the ship for Curacao was OK not great

I would have rated this cruise as average or slightly above if Holland had not totally messed up the itinerary. As it turned out, we only had one port (Curacao) to enjoy a beach or excursion.

This is nice ship, not too big, with a relatively logical design. There's a lot of activities, mostly the usual games, trivia, show, comedians. Newer to us on this line were coloring, a painting class, a mixology class, tai chi classes, some educational talks, and live classical music recitals. The Crow's Nest is a great place to relax indoors and still watch the ocean go by. There are also some good drink deals which I've never seen on any other mainstream cruiseline, including a complimentary sail-away party on our one real port day. The one smoking area unfortunately is particularly offensive, as the smoke permeates the entire aft pool area plus many indoor areas in the vicinity. Overall, a good cruise with very good food (try ALL the breads!) and fabulous service.

Relaxing, I loved meeting the captain, and the crew, I know so many working behind the scenes to make this a great voyage. Food outstanding. Entertainment was good and varied. I need to embrace the virtual communications better, as I miss the write ups that were given regarding each island and what to expect. Did not like the drink package option of all in the cabin must purchase, I understand it, but do not like it. I am a '1 star mariner' but did not know if that included anything? but no matter, I prefer Holland America ships for the size and pace. Thank you - I brought a friend that had never sailed before, and she is ready to go again, so you made another cruiser of her.

disappointment with the $$$credit of $300.00 not given as of yet. I would like to have it otherwise will never take another cruse with Holland and at present I planing 2 trips, 1 Baltics 2 south pacific

Went on the New Year's cruise for 9 days to southern carribean. Crew was excellent, but food was not all that great and there was nothing much to do at all on ship. Islands were nice. Cabin was spacious with Elemis products. Got a great facial at the spa but massage wasnt as good as other cruise ships. This ship is geared more toward an older crowd so if youre looking for entertainment or are bringing kids i do not recommend. We are 40 years old and were bored to death on the ship. Then my husband caught Covid near end of the cruise.

Awesome cruise, musicians, food and beverage, port stops, everything was perfect!

I will give it 6 stars in ac scale of 1-5. Much better that what we was expecting (first cruse for us). A week with 4 stops was also perfect in length. The ship, New Amsterdam was the smallest in Fort Lauderdale but for us without kids it was perfect size.

Quality is down from past trips :( entertainment was the most disappointing part of the trip.

I have cruised on carnival, royal Caribbean, celebrity and on Norwegian many times. Holland America was for the first time and I will never go back. Mainly because nobody ever offered an apology for messing something up... Weather it was the credit card, suitcase, ac, wine charges, lost bottles, overcharge or simply forgetting to make your order...

This was a great cruise. We loved it and can't wait to cruise again. Maybe not this ship but ready to cruise again.

We had a wonderful experience. Cruise was clean and food was awesome. Entire crew did a fantastic job. Our teenage kids made friends and were not bored. They did not like the Club HAL meant for smaller kids. BB kings, Dance group, and all musicians were awesome.

This 5 day cruise has 3 sea days and 2 ports. We had wonderful weather and a calm sea state. The cruise had a large number of families celebrating the holidays so the pools were ofter very crowded. The ship was empty on the port days.

The cruise ship was new to our family, the size, food, activities, staff was great experience for our 1st time on the cruise line.

We are disappointed in the reduced quality of experience on Holland America Line - on all ships and cruises. Carnival has downgraded the food selection and the unique dining and Mariner amenities we have come to appreciate. We're actually looking for a different cruise line even tho we are close to being 5 stars.

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

Wish there had been more choices for handicapped shore excursions. I would even pay for someone to push a manual wheelchair when an electric wheelchair is not allowed.