Nieuw Amsterdam Review
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Ok... this is going to be a tale of what you might expect to consider , encounter or anticipate if doing a 20 day cruise starting in Venice Italy and comprised of first a 12 to 14 day eastern med cruise and a 14 to 20 day transatlantic cruise.
First is the getting there: the best way into Venice is by Train arriving at the Mestri station not the Venice central or terminal station. It will cost 35 euros to take you right to the ships check in... no water taxi, drag the bag hassle. Only Mestri has real auto cabs. Make note that no Italian train station has lifts for baggage or porters. This is unlike the rest of Europe.
Where to arrive: either Frankfurt or Zurich because of the fact they have baggage and the train station in the airport next to each other. Both cities offer better air connections, schedules and fares than do Italian. Finally, both Germany and Switzerland are far cheaper then anything in Venice... like 1/2 the price. If you fly in and take a hotel then next day a wonderful trans-alpine trip before the ship which I thinks adds to the variety and spice of the adventure.
Cabin Review
Large Ocean-View Stateroom
There are no better riding cabins on the ship than the inside J cabins which have the beds aligned in the long axis of the ship. They are 30-50% larger than the outside and veranda, great views out on TV chan 43.
Its pure physics shorten the lever and align the ride....Don't get a J which can be joined to another cabin or is ADA. or in which the beds are at right angles to the ships longitudinal center line/axis. There are only about 8 of these jewels.... and after 36 days in one...I wont ever look at another....
we had 2 days of 50 to 70 kt winds and 20to 30 ft seas...it got to many, we hardly felt them in our inside penthouse.