Westerdam Review
The ship could improve, but it's still a good ship
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overall, enjoyable, but of the more than half dozen cruises we have been on, this is at the bottom of the list. The cabin and the cabin staff were excellent; more storage than we have ever had in any stateroom. The food was passable, in comparison to other cruise lines.
We do not eat in the dining room that often. This cruise, we dined in the dining room three times. The first time, the pork chops were served with a huge steak knife. Actually, a chain saw would have worked better; really tough meat. The second time, the meal was very satisfactory. However, we ordered coffee after the meal and received empty cups after 10+ minutes and coffee another 10+ minutes; we gave up on a refill. The last evening on board we ate in the dining room and had an incredible enjoyable meal and the service was first-rate. The cafeteria did a passable job, but there seemed to be some problem EVERY morning having sufficient coffee available; strange.
DO NOT sign up for the Internet service plan. As another computer user put it: this is like watching grass grow. My suggestion, use the free WI-FI services provided by many local establishments in port. We found plenty of connections and they were definitely hi-speed.
Cabin Review
Standard Interior Stateroom
we decided to get an inside cabin, for the first time ever, just to see what that was like. let's face it, we bathe and sleep in the cabin and that's about it. though small, it had THREE closets and possibly the biggest bath ever. we made the mistake of not looking at the map of cabins carefully and were over the show room; kind of noisy (not too bad) until 11 pm.
since the ship was at 2/3 capacity, we were kind of surprised that we were not offered a free or very cheap cabin upgrade; not a big deal for us, though. the two gentlemen that handled our cabin did a great job!