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Westerdam Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
Westerdam

16 Night Great Barrier Reef & Indonesia (Sydney To Singapore)

Sail date: January 03, 2023

Ship: Westerdam

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1011

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Small older ship that really needs updating. Food quality needs improvement.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Mediocre at best in main dining room. Expected better quality since I have read and heard that food on HAL was supposed to be great. Pretty flavorless and very small portions.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Older and smaller ship. Is going into drydock after this sailing in Singapore. It needs it.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Spacious accessible room. Plenty of closet space. Need more storage and or shelves in bathroom. Sleeper sofa does need to be replaced.

Ship tip

We had anytime dining but always waited for a table. We then opted for assigned dining for after the 7pm show. We were able to switch fter we were on board.

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Ports of call

Cruise Torres Strait

4 out of 5

Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia

3 out of 5
Far too short on time. With tendering it needs to be a full day. This ships last tender was 12noon.
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MORETON ISLAND, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

3 out of 5
Tendering took too long.
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Singapore

4 out of 5

Benoa, Bali, Indonesia

5 out of 5

Lembar, Lombok, Indonesia

4 out of 5

Cairns, Australia

5 out of 5

Cruise Great Barrier Reef

5 out of 5
Outstanding ocean views
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Cruise Ribbon Reef Region

4 out of 5

Komodo Island, Indonesia

4 out of 5

Sydney, Australia

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

beertrayder    1 year ago

This whole disembarking and the overall qualty of my dining room experience I would actuality rate this cruise only a 2.5. It's only saving grace was some the itinerary.
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beertrayder    1 year ago

Rated Disembarking incorrectly. Should have been rated a minus -3. Bought a ship airport transfer. Ticket said meeting time 8:30 departure 8:30. Well.....after over 3 hours waiting to get off ship snd thru customs we arrived at the bus meeting point around 11:45 only to find out the bus had left for the airport. Representative their said we were late. No kidding but you'd think they would have known about the long delay disembarking and getting thru customs. Finally a bus did arrive back to pick up the dozen or so passengers that were left behind at about 12:30. So after 4 hours we finally were on our way. What made the whole things worse was the lack of any ship communication as passengers waited on board to be called to disembark. Luckily I did not have a flight today but a hotel at airport. A real shut show....I wouldn't be surprised if some passengers missed their flights.
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Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise
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javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the review
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