Westerdam Review

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Westerdam - Northern Europe

Review for the Baltic Sea Cruise on Westerdam
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First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jun 2005
Cabin: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom

Embarkation went very smoothly. We had booked a guarantee and did not know our cabin number but they had the list right there. There were three lines - 1 for suite passengers, 1 for regular passengers and 1 for internet passengers (those that filled their immigration forms out online). The internet line was the shortest and, as we had filled them out online, we there through the line very quickly. I would say it took us a total of 15 minutes before we were through the line and on the ship. We were ushered right up to the Lido to wait for our room to be ready. The Lido was the highlight of the cruise, at least for us we really liked all the selections and the coffee, juice and tea available 24 hours a day and as we were only 2 decks below and in an aft cabin it was very easy to just slip out for a cup of coffee or glass of tea.

We booked a guarantee cabin in category VD and we were upgraded to an aft verandah cabin WOW is all I can say, the balconies for these cabins are really large (about the same size as the cabin itself). We felt there was plenty of storage space available in the closets as there were shelves you could pull down in all of them. The bathroom was very nice with a medicine cabinet with 3 shelves and a storage shelf under the sink. There was a tub/shower combo and the only problem I had was that with the shower curtain closed it was very dark in the shower, I think that the shower curtain should be clear or at least a lighter color than the dark blue it was. The beds were very comfortable and we liked that there was no bedspread but that the blanket was sandwiched between two sheets so you did not have an issue with blankets that do not get washed very often.

We had the 8:30 seating for dinner and that worked out fine for us. We thought the service was wonderful and the food was quite good, although the portions were small, you could order extra if you felt you needed it but with appetizer, soup/salad, entree and desert it was plenty to fill most people up. Our wait-staff was very attentive and once we let them know that were were slow eaters they adjusted very nicely without making us feel rushed.

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Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom

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