We just got off the Westerdam on Feb 22nd 2014. It was a 7 day cruise that took us to Grand Turk, San Juan, St Maartin and HAL’S private island, (and my favorite island), Half Moon Cay.

The ship is beautiful. I really loved it. Our cabin was spectacular. It was a regular class VD balcony cabin towards the aft of the ship but had a HUGE balcony. Twice the length of regular balconies and about a foot deeper than regular balconies. We heard absolutely no noise from the stairwell, (thus the reason for the bigger balcony) and we spent a lot of time just enjoying the size of our balcony.

The food………I was disappointed. Seems like no matter what kind of beef I ordered, it was tough. The first night was prime rib and I got mine med rare, my husband got his med. His was tender and delicious. Mine was very tough and full of gristle. One night I ordered from the “every night” menu because I didn’t see anything I liked on the regular menu and I ordered the steak….tough. I couldn’t eat it. Of course the waiter offered to get me something else, but after eating the salad and appetizer, I wasn’t that hungry, so refused. The fish was very good though. I had a couple different types of fish and it was always cooked perfectly and very tasty. Read more