Ryndam (Retired) Review

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Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Ryndam (Retired)
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6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jan 2012
Cabin: Large Ocean-View Stateroom

My wife and I needed a getaway after Christmas and this cruise fit the bill. Two ports that we hadn't been to off of a ship and leaving from Tampa a city we hadn't visited. We arrived three days before our cruise to explore the city. Stayed at the Quality Inn Airport which had a reasonable $8 transfer to the port. Hotel was good for the price, $69 room with parking available with transfer to and from the ship. It also had a better than average hot continental breakfast. The rooms are motel quality.

We arrived at the port on Sunday at around 10:30 am and had one of the easiest times embarking the ship. We did have to wait about a half an hour before we could board but it was an easy wait. We boarded at 11 and were able to go straight to our cabin to drop off our carry-on luggage. To my surprise our luggage was already in our cabin waiting for us. That was a first; I guess that is one of the benefits of sailing on a smaller ship. We were able to go to the Rotterdam dining room for lunch and met some of the passengers doing a back to back cruise; we enjoyed a nice meal before exploring the ship. The only deck where you cannot walk from one end of the ship to the other is deck 7 as the main kitchen is on this deck. This was a bit of a pain as the theatre was on the same deck and it would have been nice if you could just walk straight to it but there is nothing that can be done as it is just the design of the ship. I had read on previous reviews that the cabins on deck six under the kitchen were noisy. My parents had cruised on this ship last year and had one of those cabins and asked to be moved after one night due to the noise. I made sure that we were not put in one of those cabins and had a great stay. The staff was very good and our cabin stewards Teguh and Herry were great and very attentive to my wife's needs. We could not get a set time dinner seating so we didn't have the same waiter every night but the guys we did have generally out did themselves.

The ship its self seems a little worn. I had read before we booked this trip that the ship had been refurbished in 2010. It may have been but they missed a lot. I first noticed that the walls of the elevators were all scratched and marked up; it looked like a child had used crayons on the walls. The elevators also all weren't working, only about six of the eight would be working at any one time. On our deck (deck four) along the port side holes in the floor appeared during the cruise. Some were large enough to twist an ankle in. I am not sure what the flooring material was under the carpet but it was giving way very frequently. When I left at the end of the cruise there were four marked holes and many smaller depressions all along the corridor.

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Large Ocean-View Stateroom

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Our cabin was more than acceptable. Lots of room for two with a good size sofa. Ocean view was nice. The bath tub was almost useless and had a high step in, but had more room for showers. Some noise was noticed from below (must be a machine shop on deck b below cabin) but the noise only occurred in the middle of the day when it didn't matter.

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