A Memorable Crossing on a Unique Nieuw Dam Ship

Nieuw Statendam Cruise Review to Transatlantic

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 45

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Nieuw Statendam

18 Night Premiere Voyage & Bahamas (Rome To Ft. Lauderdale)

Sail date: December 05, 2018

Ship: Nieuw Statendam

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

HAL is really in the process of reinventing itself. The focus is on a wide variety of musical entertainments in multiple venues, various very excellent food options, top notch smiling service, and high quality modern art in its public areas. It is the new and exciting experience to expect. If you have your heart set on dance classes, talent shows, flaming baked Alaska parades, or crew performances you will be disappointed. The Nieuw Statendam is a beautiful vessel. The dance concerts in the World Stage are breathtakingly beautiful. I look forward to see how they can top them and find even more creative and exciting ways to use the wonderful technology of the 270 degree LED backdrop!!!

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The waiters in the main dining room are tremendous. You get the sense that they are proud of the excellent dishes they are serving you.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Adding a few more active organized offerings would be nice.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
No big production show. Period. The solo acts were good but.....

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
***** (five stars)

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
SMELLS like a brand new ship!!!

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Nice room BUT its directly behind the huge on deck movie screen. Getting to sleep before midnight was not possible, so I stayed up and found great entertainments throughout the ship. Thank goodness for flexibility.

Ship tip

Don't expect this ship to be what your old experiences on HAL were, enjoy it for what it is!!!

Ports of call

Cartagena, Spain

5 out of 5

Malaga, Spain

5 out of 5

Funchal, Madeira

5 out of 5

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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5 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

marshelle    6 years ago

Yes it has. It is fixing to go out for it’s 2ed Sail as myself and my best friend will be in that sailing.

FerretLoverAlex    6 years ago

I’m going on in 7 days!!

hotrod58    6 years ago

I can't wait for February so I can smell the new ship smell. 😀

willwork4cruz    6 years ago

I love that new ship smell!