Noordam Review

Ship and rooms in desperate need of gutting

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razr7
10+ Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Feb 2018
Cabin: Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom

Ship was chose for us as a charter cause i would not have picked it myself. While the crew were overall very nice and glad to see us, the ship itself was extremely dated and not worth the money. The furniture was worn and torn, half the rooms had blasting a/c and the other half were saunas. Constant plumbing issues, power issues, and the fact that the maintenance staff were either so overworked or just past the point of caring that nothing seemed to get fixed. When i realized that part of why my room was so warm was that a prior passenger had squeezed a cruise daily into the a/c vent, i called and knowing that i wouldnt get much help i begged the person to bring a phillips head screwdriver so we could get it done rather than have them look, evaluate, and schedule. The promised they would...they brought a corkscrew. They called another staffer who brought a broken leatherman with a phillips bit so worn it was an icepick. They were discussing what to do and i grabbed the leatherman and used the flat head to get it open. That and the televisions on the ship are widescreen tubes that can only be watched in a totally dark room with tylenol for the static. Rooms were caked in salt and dust and mold. There are much nicer and newer vessels out there. Do NOT pick this one.

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Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom

Worn and torn furniture, televisions that basically dont work, caked with mold everywhere. Cold or sauna, no in between depending if your room a/c works. Bath door is very hard to open, slams shut, and impossible to keep open once you contortion your way in or out.

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