Westerdam Review
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We returned to the Holland America Westerdam after 7 years because we thought
that a smaller ship with great style, tradition, and service, would be wonderful
for our anniversary. We booked a deluxe verandah, and hoped for an upgrade, and indeed were told that cabin 4183,on the stern, next to a suite, was quite a nice location. Boy were we mistaken!! Embarcation wasn't too bad, even though the port was packed, and the luggage was delivered promptly to our cabin. The cabin seemed nice enough, till the boat started moving. Maybe part of the problem was that our last cruise on the Emerald Princess,we had such a wonderful time on that ship, that we expected a repeat with Holland America. Talk about Disappointment! Firstly, we didn't remember the boat rocking, rolling, creaking,and vibrating so much on our first trip in 2006. Our first sea day out started oddly when we had a medical emergency aboard and had to divert to nassau to drop off a passenger in distress. This wasn't a big deal, but turned out to be a bad omen for us; we docked across from the Costa "Mediterrania", the WORST cruise we have ever taken, but that is ANOTHER cruise from Hell with a story all it's own.
Cabin Review
Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
cabin #4183, Rock and Roll Baby, with plenty of black soot, creaks, groans, and plenty of vibration. The drawers at the foot of the bed rolled in and out all night long, later on an officer, told me it wasn't the ship at all; that there were ghosts in those stern cabins, and they climb in and out of those drawers! (i swear to god) It is a superb cabin to commit suicide from however; you look down into the propeller wash, it's hypnotizing, it really is, and you realize you have been burned for $1200 to cruise around nowhere, and you can't get off !!
The room stewards were VERY GOOD, probably the BEST SERVICE ON THE WHOLE DAM
boat. We gave them small gifts besides their gratuities.