The Westerdam is a nice clean ship with top quality service. We had a verandah (222 sq.ft.) and an inside (N) cabin on the Navigation deck all the way aft. a great spot to get to the Seaview (adult) pool and the Lido deck Buffet restaurant. We were suprised how hard it is to get hydrated. all free (coffee, water, tea and iced tea) were hard to obtain. it feels like HAL wants you to buy your water a, pop/soda, and or alcoholic drinks. I think i would have bought more alcoholic drinks if I had easier access to drinking water. Our trip (beyond HAL control) had terrible high wind. 40 to 50 knts was not out of the ordinary during the whole trip. Due to this a lot of shore excursions were cancelled. This weather caused rolling and listing that was not liked by quite a few passengers.
My 24 and 26 yr old sons wished there was a little more stuff geared towards their age. The night club wouldn't play songs for their age group during request hour at midnight as per the DJ " it might upset the older aged passengers".
Some of the ships activities where run through or dismissed because of lesser interest by most passengers even-though some passengers spend a lot of effort and time to participate.
8139 is a great queit spot aft of the boat. It seems to be a little larger cabin with a nice size balcony (Verandah)/ Fantastic closet space and good bathroom. Close to the Lido aft deck and Lido Buffet restaurant, being aft it might be a little to far for people that can't walk far to get to the main restaurant, office, theater, shops, casinoetc. as they are forward down in the ship. There is no outside noise and we actually like the slight hum/noise of the AC as "white noise" drowning out any outside noise.