Amsterdam Review

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Holiday cruise that was no holiday!

Review for the Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Amsterdam
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10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Dec 2015
Cabin: Large Ocean-View Stateroom
The panama Canal
The panama Canal locks
The Panama Canal locks
The panama Canal Locks on the Pacific side.
Panama Canal horses
Panama Canal locks on the Caribbean side.
The panama Canal locks draining on the Caribbean side.

First let me say that I believe that my expectations were way too high. Having read blogs from Bill & Marianne on their world cruise aboard Amsterdam and being on Ryndam last year for the cruise before the "holiday Cruise" set me up for a huge let down! I also have been debating on doing a review because there were so many negative items about the whole experience that I don't want to "dampen" others enthusiasm. But anyway here goes.

We had originally been going to stay in Florida this year for Christmas & New Years but on the 15th of December we saw this cruise. Luckily for us the kennel had a spot and we got decent flights and hotel reservations in Ft. Lauderdale and San Diego so we did it.

We boarded which was very easy and found our cabin. WOW! Underwhelmed is an understatement. The whole cabin is about the size of a postage stamp and as far as being "partially obstructed" it should read "Mostly obstructed" We did find that the way to see out is to kneel or stand on the bed and crane your head sideways. From that position you can see out. We tried for an upgrade, but that is another long and boring story which I won't even go into.

Cabin Review

Large Ocean-View Stateroom

Cabin H

Mostly obstructed. This cabin is also brighter at night than during the day!

Port Reviews

Puerto Vallarta

fine

Puntarenas (Puerto Caldera)

nothing there. To go to town you either have to have a tour, a cab or pay $29.95 to get a transfer to leave the port area you are not allowed to walk to town. We found this out the day before we docked.

Aruba

There were four ships in port along with us. Too many passengers! We stayed onboard.

Curacao

We got off, but since it was New Year's day not much was open.

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