Just Off Westerdam, 6-13 Dec. Longish

[cruz chic]

We also were on this Cruise but had a completely different experience! We had an awesome Cruise!

 

Our Waitstaff was a 2-Man Team and was very friendly and gave excellent service! We had Main Dining. We thought the food overall was very good! There were two nights where the Soup was served warm instead of hot. There is always a night on a Cruise where we find the Menu to be so so and wish we went to Pinnacle but that just seems to be the way it is. We did go to Pinnacle the night of St. Thomas which was excellent as always. The Beef Wellington, the Filet and Lobster were delicious and very tender. Some of the Apps were the best we've had especially the Goat Cheese and Tomato Tart! The next to last night we mentioned to our Waitstaff that we would probably not be coming so we could make the DWTS Finale Show. They said come 10 minutes early and we'll get you out on time. They thanked us for letting them know so they could plan it. We arrived at 7:50, ordered 3 Courses (skipped Dessert) and were at the Show Lounge at 8:20. Awesome!

 

Our Room Attendants were very friendly and did a great job. We did not find them to be stressed at all. We had no problems getting our Room serviced. We had one Maintenance issue with the toilet not flushing properly and also what sounded like a constant dripping. Right before leaving for Dinner we called and reported it and also told our Room Attendant and it was fixed when we returned from Dinner to check on it.

 

We are not a fan of most of the Production Shows. They are just not our Cup of Tea. The Comedian was very funny! There was no Guitar Player in the Crow's Nest as there had been on Zuiderdam and also on the Ships with the Mix. We did miss that! All the other Musicians were very good and enjoyable! The Piano player was very good and it was always packed.

 

The Bar Servers especially in the Ocean Lounge were very friendly and gave excellent service. One thing I noticed is that they really worked together as a Team.

 

We booked this Cruise for the DWTS. The Shows were very good and we found the Emcee, Jason, to be very funny and not offensive at all! The Cruise Director, Jonathan, was also fantastic. He's leaving for Vacay and then going to Volendam. Everything was run very well with regards to the events except that seating for the Finale is an issue due to the size of the room. We arrived at 8:20 for a 9:30 Show and were lucky that we got the last two seats in the Nosebleeds by a pole.

 

We had awesome weather! One night we had some swells but nothing severe. They did put the barf bags out which actually surprised us as it didn't seem to be that bumpy to us!

 

Again, our experience was completely different and had a great Cruise (inspite of two nights of lukewarm Soup..lol)! We found that the Staff and Crew were extremely friendly and went out of their way and gave great Service. We're booked on the Westerdam in May for Alaska and very much looking forward to sailing on her again! :)

 

Eileen

 

It may have something to do with your late dining. The MDR is much less busy in open later at night and with the late being to last seating they are not as rushed as there will be no one after you. Just a thought.

[sail7seas]

Thanks all of you who posted reviews in this thread.

It is always appreciated when people take the time and effort to share with us.

 

Welcome Back. :)

[idiebabe]

It may have something to do with your late dining. The MDR is much less busy in open later at night and with the late being to last seating they are not as rushed as there will be no one after you. Just a thought.

 

We weren't in Open Dining but fixed. The Tables in our Section were full so I have to give our Waitstaff the credit they deserve. They were awesome! :)

[cruz chic]

We weren't in Open Dining but fixed. The Tables in our Section were full so I have to give our Waitstaff the credit they deserve. They were awesome! :)

 

Yes, I understood you were in late. I was mentioning open because it's dead later on. That has to take the pressure off the kitchen at the very least. The waiters will not have a seating after yours so again less pressure. I don't think that people that do late have any idea what dining earlier is like. It's different. Believe me I've done open, early traditional and late traditional.

[PetNanny]

Thanks for taking the time to write your review. Glad you could say it was a wonderful week.

[DavyJoneses]

Thanks all of you who posted reviews in this thread.

It is always appreciated when people take the time and effort to share with us.

 

Welcome Back. :)

 

Agreed...my favorite part of CC is reading about how others enjoyed their cruise.

[Deval]

We were on the previous week's cruise and had a fantastic time. 1st time on HAL and was pleased - passengers a bit older than us just turned 50's (was a bit unnerved when seeing the line of walkers at dining room entrance the 1st night) but man this older group had more party time going on than the last Carnival Breeze we were on. Everyone we met had such a happy disposition it made for a great, relaxing week getting to meet many people.

 

The week we were on was also a DWTS theme cruise and we thought Jason was very personable. We didn't find him offensive set all, but rather quite entertaining as were all the stars. All in all, another HAL cruise is in our future.

 

 

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