Nieuw Amsterdam Review
Blues cruise was great, ship needs to go into dry dock
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Review Blues Cruise January 18 – 25 Nieuw Amsterdam
This was our 6th Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise. 2 on the Eurodam, 3 on the Nieuw Amsterdam, 1 on the NCL Sun. The cruise is fully chartered.
This cruise is sold out every year, and it is sold out for January 2016. Cabins do come up if someone cancels. These ships sails very full as many of the 3rd and 4th bunks are occupied. Many folks will share with strangers just to get on board. I was not able to find out the exact number of people on this cruise. It was not listed on the cruise log given out at the end. The ships senior officers were none too friendly and seemed to huddle together and not mingle (which was a bit odd, the usually do), so I wasn’t able to ask anyone. I was particularly unimpressed with Basheer the Beverage Manager, who actually did his very best to ignore hubby and I in an elevator. He seemed to be running away from folks all week. More on that later.
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Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
The ship has mechanical issues. A/C off and on during the week. Sometimes it was unbearably hot. There was a blown engine the week we were on, so I wonder if they diverted power form the a/c to other systems. Unacceptable, but unfortunately par for the course with HAL.