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Nieuw Statendam Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

2.7 out of 5
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Nieuw Statendam

11 Night Newfoundland & New England Discovery (Boston To Quebec)

Sail date: August 27, 2022

Ship: Nieuw Statendam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7136

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Sent by Holland america to a poor hotel....can't order from restaurants as most don't have English menus......first room airvent was full of black fungus.....very poor choice to dump us here by HA.......had money in my casino account they wouldn't return to me!!

Embarkation

1 out of 5
Long line, long wait outside huddled with everyone

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Boring....not much to do

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Good, but not much on world stage

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Room service great...guest services poor....Lido good

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Nice

Ship tip

Don't go now...we masked and sanitized , still got covid....stuck in Canada isolation 10 days

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Ports of call

Portland, Maine

3 out of 5

St. John's, Newfoundland

1 out of 5

Halifax, Nova Scotia

3 out of 5

Corner Brook, Newfoundland

1 out of 5

Cruise Gulf Of St. Lawrence

2 out of 5

Cruise Saguenay Fjord

2 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Put on warm bus with other covid people for 30 minutes without AC
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5 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.
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mholl    2 years ago

You can download google translate on your phone: use the camera feature on the app, hold it over menus to translate it live on the screen. You can also translate the individual words on google without downloading google translate.
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Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks
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AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.
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javawoody    2 years ago

Appreciate your comments
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