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Nieuw Statendam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 218

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
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Nieuw Statendam

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 10, 2023

Ship: Nieuw Statendam

Cabin number: GUAR

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 10 months ago

Review summary

This was one of the best cruises ever. Ship was beautiful, staff were attentive and worked hard to exceed expectations. Food was consistently hot and delicious. Room was clean and comfortable. Nice excursion offerings. Good bar, wait staff and room stewards. Only issue is smoking in casino. Also miss the staff encouraging passengers to was there hands in MDR. Embarkation and debarkation was organized and done well. Just a great experience.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
It was incredibly organized and easy to get through the process.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was consistently good in MDR and Lido. Pinnacle Grill outstanding. Steak melted in your mouth

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Not applicable

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The Tyler the singer was very entertaining both nights. The Magician was incredible!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room stewards Willy and Frans were very hard working and kept our room very nice. Danan snd Riedts were excellent edit staff. Made sure everything was yo perfection with service and needs. Emery in bar was great, remembered our names, the casino staff were very organized with the activities. Ann Marie’s was awesome right the orange bar hopper program

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Beautiful and clean. Improved casino from last time but need to move all smoking outdoors.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Room was spacious, plenty of drawers and closet space. Shower was nice size, very clean.

Ship tip

Check out the library and crows nest if you haven’t been there. Walk the ship, see the art it is beautiful.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Excellent excursion to Bahrain beach resort. Great hostess and staff, nice beach .

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5
Very nice walk through Old San Juan, shopping was great, Exotic Gens was very reasonable.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
Great port, easy to get to shopping and beach. Loved Bliss jewelers.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
This was exceptional. Very organized and we were off in 15 min.
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6 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Ladyjunecliff     10 months ago

Thanks for your awesome review!

mcw325     10 months ago

Very nice ship, staff, and food.

Gwbigdog     10 months ago

Thanks for sharing

karlgrgurich     10 months ago

Niavlys     10 months ago

Looks like it was a blast... Tks for sharing

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