Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades) to the Panama Canal & Central America Holland America Line Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Reviews

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junkmgpf
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We had never been on a Panama Canal cruise even after having sailed on more than 50 cruises. Our cabin was a balcony and was very nice. This cabin was smaller than some we have enjoyed but was still fine. The fact it had a tub/shower was nice. The beds were comfortable with very nice pillows. The fact there was no turndown service was disappointing. This is the first time we have encountered this, ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


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EmBarked
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

As frequent travellers, we are used to backpacking, expeditions, and vacations in 1 to 5 stars resorts, all inclusive or not, on all continents, but we never travelled with a large cruises ship. Yes, we had preconceptions about cruises, on their misuse of obsolete maritime transport laws to create tax free tourist resorts. Or their bypass of immigration laws and hiring cheap labour from around ...
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Sail Date: March 2019


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Rvod56
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Our trip consisted of a group of 8, all arriving from different destinations across Canada. We had a house rented in Fort Lauderdale for 3 days before the cruise, a lovely home within walking distance to the beach. Good thing we had 3 days, because of weather we where delayed by over 24 hours. We embarked the ship in groups and met up in the buffet for lunch. Our bags arrived quicker than ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Large Outside Stateroom (fully obstructed views)


Unbelievably friendly, smiling, helpful staff, all around. Best I've seen.

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AnnieHawk
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Ship is very pretty & clean. Lovely decor and artwork. Our cabin 5090 had plenty of storage, and a bathtub! Bring a bar of your own soap if you don't like the liquid soap dispenser on the shower wall. There were inconsistencies between our cabin and our friends next door. We had a mag makeup mirror and a small note pad on the night table (which I used a lot). Our friends didn't have these things. ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


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ttcare
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

Cruising through the Panama Canal was on the bucket list. HAL cruised all the way through which was the high point of the 14 day cruise. The ship was beautiful and the service overall was good, but the spa staff was highly aggressive and treatments way too expensive. Watch your bill - we had multiple charges for other people's alcohol and for things that were included in our beverage package. ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Wonderful Panama Canal Cruise on Niuw Amsterdam

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Leporello
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

We wanted to see Panama Canal, particularly the old part of it. I have done one passing in my previous career at sea more than 30 years ago, on a freighter. Since HAL had a good itinerary suiting the best for our schedule and that there was so good ratings with HAL with travelers with similar preferences we did not hesitate to book this trip, our first on HAL. Our preferences were quite ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


Panama Canal - my retirement cruise

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clfarnham
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

I chose this cruise because it the most interesting, historical cruise to celebrate my retirement! Loved every minute of it. We are big fans of Holland America, especially the Nieuw Amsterdam ship. Embarkation and disembarkation always go smoothly. People! There are thousands of people in the cruise terminal. You have be patient and get a grip! You are not the only person on this ship! The ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Verandah Suite


Much desired itinerary at perfect time of year; wonderful staff

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mnoretsky
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

We have only sailed on Celebrity ships before; enough to rise to the elite level which also entitles us to several perks. So why sail on Holland America’s Nieuw Amsterdam? We wanted to do the ocean to ocean Panama Canal itinerary in the late winter or early spring when it was cold in the Washington, DC area. Celebrity no longer offered this cruise during this time of the year. So, we reviewed ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom


20 DAY CRUISE FORT LAUDERDALE TO VICTORIA, B.C.

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carolbparksville
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

We always cruise with HAL as our experience has always been very good. The Nieuw Amsterdam is well appointed, tastefully decorated with plenty of public rooms. We especially enjoyed the Explorers Lounge on deck 11, the baristas make a great vanilla latte. There was also a great selection of puzzles, board games and books in this lounge which was well used by the guests. The crew on the ship are ...
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Sail Date: April 2018

Cabin Type: Large Ocean-View Stateroom


Nieuw Amsterdam - April Panama Canal Cruise

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jenniferchatt4
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

Holland America 17 day cruise from Fort Lauderdale through Panama Canal on to San Diego checked off all the boxes. As usual food was good to great, housekeeping and dining staff friendly, accommodating and truly attempted to meet our every whim. The check out procedure through San Diego was exceptional. Took less than 10 minutes! A few specifics worth noting. Aji and Hendry in dining area ...
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Sail Date: April 2018

Cabin Type: Interior Stateroom


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