Nieuw Amsterdam Review

Nieuw Amsterdam was up to our expectations.

Review for the Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam
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firstcarib
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Aug 2012
Cabin: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom

The ship is mostly great...my main moan is about the a/con..you just can't turn it off, or even down, in your cabin. Hence I went down with a lurgy bug...cough, splutter, as did many on board. We ended up wedging our door open, just to get some good old fresh free sea air! Not good.

Verandah Stateroom 6049 was fine.it was an upgrade from VH Gurantee..but was a bit weird as it was a disabled room. However,we had more room in a way, but we had to get used to the slope onto the balcony, & the rather odd shower/wet room...no bath, but no problem. We were a tad surpirised there were no "spa type "slippers provided in the bathroom..the floor got very wet after showering, plus the vents to take the water away were quite"sharp".(Actually there were no slippers even in the Spa, so perhaps I was over optimistic!) we had no sofa in the room either, presumably to make space for a wheelchair...it wasnt a problem to us though. Comfy bed, lovely pillows. Strange little towel animals appeared every night! And choccies! Room stewards very good...always there, but never seen!

Foodin general was very good, but we chose to eat in MDR every night, we didn't like the scrummage in Lido self serve the coffee & tea here was poor We also dined in Tamarind & Pinnacle ..both good. Open seating in MDR worked well...except 1 night when they forgot us! We met some great people...& a few oddballs! That's Life!

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Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom

Cabin V

Disabled room.. Slightly more floor space, no bath, no sofa but larger balcony ..facing backwards. Not nearly enough long hanging space for posh frocks! Wet room floor has sharp grids..needed slippers! Air con far too fierce...unable to adjust noise.

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