Nieuw Statendam Reviews

Staid, elderly cruisers, good food & service, not much eye candy!

We really enjoyed the ship. It is only 3 months old. The crew reminded us that it was designed from feedback from customers.

Will definitely cruise with Holland America again.

Good value for the money, but a rough start and rough ending to the cruise

A fabulous cruise on a most beautiful ship with excellent food and service.

Nice relaxing cruise. If you have not cruised before, be prepared for people to loose there manners when they get on board if they had any to begin with.

We really enjoyed this cruise, our room was clean staff was very helpfull and friendly, we really had the feeling that we are special guests for Holland America line.

New Vessel was excellent. Not big room but efficient furniture. Many entertainments at stage were fantastic. Especially room stewards were great customer care and very kind.

Just got off the Nieuw Statendam this past Sunday. Ship is beautiful, crew exceptionally friendly and helpful! Food on the Lido buffet was awesome! Best we have had on any of our 25 cruises. Dining room food was ok. Cold almost every night. Entertainment was good, especially BB King band and rock band.

We have enjoyed Holland America cruises and we liked the itinerary Nieuw Standendam offered. This ship exceeded our expectations. The rooms are nicely appointed, small, very functional and well laid out. Was great to be on a new ship, everything is in tip top shape. Our room stewart was excellent and very attentive, thank you Ajaz. We mostly had breakfast & dinners in the dining room, the food was excellent. Some dinners were a 10+. Loved the menu contributions from each Chef. Provided a wide variety of choice. Enjoyed the free style dining option. We never felt rushed to get to dinner. We decided to take the drink package, which made the cruise even better. From morning coffee's at the Dutch cafe, bottled water throughout the day, cocktails during the day & wine with dinner. Option of having an after dinner liquor or drink while enjoying the great entertainment the ship featured. We loved the new layout. We went to all the musical venues and preferred this to the old stage presentation entertainment. The ship felt like it was geared to our generation and not the senior senior generation. I loved the art throughout the ship. Felt the ship was well thought out. Found this cruise to be the most relaxing

Our first time cruising with Holland America. We will sail with them again.

I look forward to being on this cruise Line again.

Food superior !!!! Excellent staff. Great time!!! Would recommend this cruise to anyone. Well worth the money spent.Will cruise again on Holland America

Boring trip and will not be taking this line again but maybe will give it a try again it in 20 years.

This has been our most enjoyable cruise. More so because of the ship than anything else.

We were on the O Magazine Girls Getaway Cruise, so much of the normal offerings were replaced with O Magazine events. Had a blast, overall disappointed in the food and beverage, but it did not dampen the fun we had on this beautiful vessel.

We loved the ship and the services. We would not hesitate to take this ship again, and might even see where it is going and prefer it over others.

Excellent cruise despite the weather. Missed one port.

HAL’s Nieuw Statendam is a beautiful, spacious ship. The service is excellent, along with the food. The staff do their outmost to ensure your stay is enjoyable. My only negative is how Holland America can justify allowing smoking in their casino, exposing their staff and guests to a carcinogenic second-hand smoke. Of course, it’s all about the earnings of the Casino. It’s now 2019, get with present, HAL. Only 18% of Americans smoke, so we follow the lowest denominator? Our cabin was on the 8th floor, below the smoking area on the stern deck. I could smell the smoke in my room and had to use my puffer to breathe better. Please be a leader in this industry and go smoke-free, HAL!

relaxing cruise..with small ports not much to see unless you want beaches