The trip was fine but not great.

Item: Nieuw Statendam
Rating: 3
Author: ideehoboy

Nieuw Statendam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

ideehoboy

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 6

Helpful Votes: 120

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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7 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 12, 2022

Ship: Nieuw Statendam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6023

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

We are not going to this again, maybe on another ship.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

It was fine once we found the right terminal they told us terminal 26, when it was terminal 21

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

It was ok, it was hard to get a dinner for 2 any night, food was good on deck 9

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

There were not very many.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Had some and they were ok.

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

We saw none

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Our steward was very nice.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Looked ok.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

It was smaller than we had in the past. We had to call several times to get the safe fixed.

Ship tip

Maybe not be on this ship, the crew did not really know what was going on.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Just headed to the airport

Thumbs Up 0

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

3 out of 5

It was ok, we did the sting ray excursion

Thumbs Up 0

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5

It was ok, for some reason we were late getting to the port. The excursion we were on was a told bust.

Thumbs Up 0

Willemstad, Curacao

3 out of 5

Was ok, the excursion was interesting

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

It was a cluster, the main gate to leave on was down for over 3 hours, we had to leave through another gate area

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