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Sail Date: Jul 2016
Cabin: Neptune Deluxe Verandah Suite
Arrived in Seattle by plane the day before embarkation and stayed with Residence Inn in Bellevue. Next morning we drove our rental car back to National's downtown Seattle location and took their free shuttle to Pier 91. Started the embarkation process at 11:50AM and were in our Neptune Suite sitting on the balcony at 12:15PM, so needless to say fast and smooth in processing. By 1PM we had our luggage and shortly after we were totally engaged in cruising. Boat drill lasted a little long as one of our Neptune Suite neighbors thought that since they were wooptedo they didn't need to attend and had to be searched out by staff before the Captain would let us return to cruising. They did get punished by having to go to several one on one counseling sessions with the first officer...should have been kicked off the ship IMHO.
The Neptune Suite on this older ship (2000) had an enormous balcony compared to Westerdam and Zuiderdam, I would guess about 250sf+. It was by far the biggest balcony we have ever had and we always get suites, grand suites and owners suites. The suite itself was quite nice with a King bed, leather sofa bed, two chairs and a coffee table. Lots of storage in the dry bar area and a coat closet next to the entrance door. The dressing area had a nice desk like make up area with a small sink and running water and 3 double mirrored folding door closets. Two for clothes and one designated by us a dirty clothes. The bathroom had a single sink, commode and whirlpool tub with hand held or fixed shower head. This differs from newer ship's Neptune Suites in that they have a double sink and separate shower from the tub, but plenty big enough for both of us. Our Stateroom attendants stopped by to introduce and make sure we were settling in, both were very personable and took care of all our stateroom request during the next seven days. We are easy, we need two ice buckets twice a day and oranges and bananas instead of pears and apples. They fulfilled all that and kept the suite in good order for the week.
The rest of the ship was as expected as we had watched several youtube videos of the ship just to get a better feel before boarding.
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Neptune Deluxe Verandah Suite
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The Neptune Suite on this older ship (2000) had an enormous balcony compared to Westerdam and Zuiderdam, I would guess about 250sf (picture below). The suite itself was quite nice with a King bed, leather sofa bed, two chairs and a coffee table. Lots of storage in the dry bar area and a coat closet next to the entrance door. The dressing area had a nice desk like make up area with a small sink and running water and 3 double mirrored folding door closets. Two for clothes and one designated by us a dirty clothes. The bathroom had a single sink, commode and whirlpool tub with hand held or fixed shower head. This differs from newer ship's Neptune Suites in that they have a double sink and separate shower from the tub, but plenty big enough for both of us. Our Stateroom attendants stopped by to introduce and make sure we were settling in, both were very personable and took care of all our stateroom request during the next seven days. We are easy, we need two ice buckets twice a day and oranges and bananas instead of pears and apples. They fulfilled all that and kept the suite in good order for the week. In spite of several bad reviews about deck noise we save some $$ by going for a guaranteed category and ended up in a NS below the Lido buffet where we did not get bothered by any chair moving or people stomping noise during the cruise. I would not suggest that you book a Neptune Suite under the Lido Pool or Aft Pool as they definitely have deck noise during clean up in the mornings and people walking and jumping during the early evenings. There were signs in both those areas of the Lido deck asking folks not to drag deck chairs and table across the deck. We could hear the music from the Lido deck during the early evening from our balcony..but it was not disturbing.
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