Nieuw Statendam Ship Tour - Narrated full Walkthrough
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ส.ค. 2024
- Join Jerry for a narrated tour around Holland America's Nieuw Statendam. This video is a full walkthrough of the ship that includes an inset map to see where you are on the ship! Our Canadian content is the combination of over 50 cruises combined for the Cruising Canucks, eh!?
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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Layout and Deck A - Gangway and Medical
1:06 - Deck 2 World Stage, Music Walk, Ocean Bar and more
8:28 - Deck 3 World Stage, Casino, Dutch Cafe and Main Dining Room
12:06 - Deck 9 Spa, Main Pool, Dive In, Buffet and Adult Pool
16:43 - Deck 10 - Main Pool, NY Pizza and Deli, Tamarind
19:36 - Deck 11 Jogging Track and Sports Areas
20:09 - Deck 12. Exploration Cafe Crows Next and Retreat
19:20 - Deck 13. Sky Deck and Outro
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I've watched many ship tours and this is one of the best and most professionally done. Thanks for the hard work!
Wow, thank you!
@@CruisingCanucks having that red star in the overall map of that particular level is wonderful. I'm good with maps, and to me having a "map" of the whole floor is a must. Gracias
Thank you so much, excellent tour.
Thank you so much for putting this together and sharing it! I'm so excited for my first cruise on the Nieuw Statendam in November. :)
Have a great time - only a few months away!
great narratived tour
Thank you kindly
Fantastic. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
Looking forward to our 14 day Northern European cruise even more since viewing your review. Thank you.
We loved it! Have fun!
Thanks for the BEST tour of a ship I have ever seen! We are booked on a 28 day eastern Mediterranean cruise in September 2024. I will definitely be watching this a few more times as we get closer to the cruise!
That's so kind!! We are glad it was helpful.
Very helpful. We are boarding her in lovely Quebec soon. Long time HALers but first Pinnacle Class ship. Just happy to be cruising again. Thank you.
You are welcome - and we hope you have a great cruise! We are hoping to do a cruise like that one day.
Heading on board June 10th for 26 days in Northern Europe! Can't wait!
26 days!!! That'll be a blast - you will be just getting off your cruise when we are arriving and cruising all of August in Europe. (not on HAL though)
Watched this today on the treadmill getting ready for our Nieuw Statendam cruise in a couple of months. Great overview of the ship! Love the roaming maple leaf! 🍁
We to use a red dot - then it dawned on us to use the maple leaf! Treadmill!!! Now that’s some hard core cruise prep!
@@CruisingCanucks Ha! The treadmill is just regular exercise. The video watching is the cruise prep! Gotta scout all the places where I’ll undo the treadmill work. Lol
Well done!
Wow! What a fabulous video. I am going to look at what cruises I can book on this ship or the Rotterdam. You have made me homesick for cruising on Holland America.
We feel the same and aren’t sure when we will get back. Hopefully soon!
Thanks very much. We are booked on the N Statendam later this year, and we do hope, that, after 2 + years at home, we will be able to get back to cruising.
Yes - our two years between cruises felt like FOREVER. So we hope you have a great time and enjoy this beautiful ship. Let us know if you have any questions leading up to the cruise.
Really enjoyed your video! It is one of the best of a complete tour, loved that you talked about what we are seeing! Too many video tours shows us clips but rarely talk about the areas being filmed. We are going to be on this ship in about 3 weeks.
Thanks wonderful! Have a fabulous cruise.Enjoy a treat or two from the Dutch Cafe! 🍩☕️
Thank you for the tour
You are very welcome.
Thanks, You're tour and narrative was great. Last year we were on Holland America Amsterdam to Alaska. And nexr month in Dec. we're going to be on the Statendam to the Easten Caribbean. We're in the point in our lives that Holland delivers what we want. In our younger years we did the party ships and had a great time. I'm looking for cruising on this because it's a little bigger than the Amsterdam with the addition of the Rolling Stone's Classic Rock Venue.
it is a beautiful ship. Have a wonderful time. Don’t forget to try the Dutch Cafe. It is awesome.
Fantastic Video!!
Thanks!
Great video Jerry and I love the format you used! It was wonderful having the deck plan on the side showing exactly where these venues are located. I also appreciated you going deck by deck, from bow to stern - it truly made me feel like I was there too. Love the overview of everything from the different entertainment areas to the bars and the restaurants. Great job!
Awesome, thank you! We spend a lot of time watching ship tours when trying to decide what cruise ship to book next. So we tried to do something to show the entire ship from top to bottom.
Great informative tour. We will be on the NA for 24 days in June of 23.
Glad it was helpful! 24 days sounds wonderful. We will be vlogging our 7 days on the NA this coming March - so watch for that.
Getting ready for this ship next week Oct 22. Great tour, thanks. 😀
Have a great cruise!! 🛳
Great video! We leave on July 2nd for 10 day Baltic cruise!
Hope the video was helpful. Have a great trip. We hope to do a Baltic cruise one day.
This was a fantastic video. Thank you. I would like to see the Veranda rooms.
Sorry we didn’t see any balcony rooms - except from the hallway. But they look equally spacious and decorated.
Great video. Thanks. We are booked on this ship in October’23 to the eastern Mediterranean. It will be our first time on HAL. We usually cruise with Viking or Oceania, but liked the itinerary of this cruise. We are midship on deck 8, but I am a light sleeper and so I think we’ll have to change our cabin.
We are light sleepers at home but sleep like babies on a ship. Good luck on HAL - not sure how it'll compare to the other cruises you've done, as we haven't done those ourselves. You'll have to let us know! Have fun!
Perfect review of everting we love about Holland America. So pleasant to listen to. Can’t wait to get on this ship. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it! We're sure the real thing will be a million times better! We're missing Holland America the more we hear about others that are booked.
Great tour of a great ship. I was on it a few months back and was disappointed to see in your video that the Chateau St. Michelle tasting/blending bar was closed. That had been one of the highlights on my cruise.
Ya we weren't sure if it was a COVID thing or it's shut down. There didn't appear to be any supplies and seemed abandoned. We were looking forward to it as well, but maybe it'll become a Half Moon Bar (like Rotterdam). We like that as well. Thanks for watching.
My cruise on the Nieuw Amsterdam just got cancelled in December! Not sure why but they just rebooked me on this ship. Thanks for the tour!
The NS has all the same qualities and MORE than the NA. It’s an upgrade for sure.
Probably the best cruise ship tour video I've seen! No long winded puff pieces, "just the facts M'am"
Thanks! We miss the Nieuw Statendam already. Doing this video gave us flashbacks of a wonderful 14 days on that ship.
great video
Thanks! 😊
I was on this ship in 2019 on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise. Thank you for bringing back memories!
This would be the perfect ship for a Rhythm and Blues ship. We are glad you enjoyed it!
We hope you folks are back to 100%! Blessings from Ottawa!🍁
Back and healthy again....so we are itching to cruise really bad again!! Maybe we'll sneak another in before Europe! Thanks and we need to get back to our nations capital - love Ottawa!
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Thank you for this video! I am trying Holland America for the first time on this ship in October after going mostly on Carnival and Royal
Have a great time. We migrated from carnival to HAL in late 2019 and really enjoyed the quality and class. There isn’t as much evening entertainment as the two lines you mentioned but there’s still lots to do - and what there is to do is good quality.
@@CruisingCanuckswell i am really looking forward to the variety of choices in evening music though, like lots of choice but low key so I wont feel rushed to make anything in particular
@@CruisingCanucks what type of entertainment is offered at night?
@@s.n.e.8941 Mainly the Music Walk (BB King Blues, Billboard Onboard pianos and The Rolling Stone Rock room. There are also a few sub-par main theatre shows and a comedian a couple times. Also Movies under the stars by the pool.
what sailing?
Thanks for the vid.
Great vlog and very informative 👍 what was your favorite specialty restaurant on board?
Are the pools heated?
We only did the Pinnacle Grill for dinner one night and it was wonderful. We didn't try the rest but we've heard very positive reviews on Rudi's and the Tamarind.
Not sure about the pools. They weren't warm, but they warm enough for us Canadians to get into. So maybe heated a bit??? Not sure - they felt about the same temperature as the ocean during the beach days.
Great talk and tour. Loved it! Thanks. Seems that that cruise line has an awful lot of “pay extra” items/food though?
We never noticed any pay extra challenges. There’s the speciality restaurants if you want but we had amazing food in the dining room for free.
We found many more pay extra challenges on NCL and Royal.
We rarely pay extra for anything on a cruise and that’s why HAL is one of our favs.
@@CruisingCanucks good to know, thank U.
Compared to other lines, not so much. You will pay extra for the specialty restaurants: Rudi's, Pinnacle, Tamarind, and Canaletto as well as the sushi bar, and for gelato, specialty coffees, and booze. The Dive-In burger place, the Grand Dutch Cafe, and the NY Deli and Pizza are included with the fare along with the buffet and main dining room. Many other lines charge extra for pretty much everything but the buffet and main dining room.
There are no upcharges for VR games, laser tag, or go-karts, because those kinds of activities are not offered on the ship in the first place -- which is perfectly fine with me. The price for a private cabana seems a bit steep to me, but happy to hear the loungers on deck 13 are probably going to be very private anyway and totally free.
Nothing is free, it’s just that some things are included.
Thanks so much for this great tour! We’re taking it out of Ft Lauderdale next winter. Do you recommend flying in the day before? Right now our flight lands at 1 PM on the day of sailing but we could change it. Does anyone have a favorite hotel in Fort Lauderdale?
Wow! Day of Sailing flights - especially during Winter are crazy risky. Most people are already on the ship by 1pm, and you will just be arriving. With airport delays and winter weather concerns we always book the day before right now. As for hotels - good luck. FLL hotels are notoriously expensive. Decent hotels often start at $200 and go up quickly. Many are old hotels but a few new ones have popped up at Dania Beach. The Hilton Marina is nice (we've heard but no stayed there) but is very expensive. Most offer airport shuttles. We have yet to find one specific hotel that we like for both price and condition.
Great tour . Thank you. We just booked her for 2024, and I have one question. Where are the outdoor smoking areas, if any ?
Most of the outdoor smoking we found was on the one side of the adults only pool at the back of the ship. (near the bar!) There could be more - but that was the one we noticed the most.
@@CruisingCanucks Thank you
Excellent video, very well done. I like the diagram on the side showing the locations of everything as you walked through. Now, if Holland America could add something to the ship to keep people from being bored for the whole cruise, then they would have something. The decor is beautiful, but it looks like a snooze fest.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video.
It’s certainly a different pace and more classic cruising.
What do you think they would need to add to their ships to make them more engaging?
@@CruisingCanucks At the very minimum, I would suggest waterslides. I'm not saying that they should copy Royal or Norwegian completely, but I believe that they need more "active" entertainment on board. Being that the wife and I are only in our mid fifties, I could see us bored on a Holland ship. Now, with that being said, Holland would be the perfect cruise line for an Alaskan or Norwegian fjords cruise, where everything is about the scenery and the peace and quiet.
For sure there were evenings where we felt like we wanted a 'little more' to keep us fully entertained. The lack of frequent or production shows in the main theatre certainly left a gap - we also like a comedy club and more solo musicians around the ship. Pre-dinner music was lacking.
We kind of feel stuck a little between the Carnival crowd and Holland America crowd. We are curious to see if Princess fills the void. For sure Holland America is focused on the destination based cruises and really isn't positioning itself for partying in the Caribbean -but it offers that in the winter when the more exotic locations are inaccessible.
I appreciate all the detail. I'd love to know more about the differences between the HAL ships and what is missing from one ship class to another. Does the ship play a key role in what cruise you take?
We have only done the two most recent classes of Holland America ships and they are very similar. We have heard that the older ships are much different in design but we have not first hand experience - yet.
With other cruise lines we certainly do choose specific ships over others. You kind of find those ships that fit your cruising style and feel just right.
Hi there. Fellow Canadian here. My husband and I are in our early 50s and have heard Holland has an older crowd. Although we don’t enjoy the “party” scene we also don’t want to be bored. Thoughts?
We thought the same before our first Holland America cruise but we’re pleasantly surprised. It seems the newer ships attract a younger crowd (close to your age) and have a little more nightlife.
We aren’t huge partiers but enjoyed time at the music venues dancing and listening to music. Also there were a few shows (not great) that broke up the time between music venues.
Timing also matters. Holidays and summers attract a younger crowd - as do the 7 day cruises (longer ones seem to have an older crowd)
Hope that helps!
Mid-50's couple here. We went on Holland America last December and then Carnival in January. We much preferred HA, and just booked another cruise with them for this December. It is definitely an older crowd, but we weren't bored at all.
Hi! Is that cruise usually that empty? Or was there a reason for that? Thanks!
Just at the end of COVID measures for cruising with capacity limits.
Bravo pour vos vidéos très intéressants. Nous serons à bord du Nieuw Statendam pour le nouvel an, pour une croisière de 18 jours. Nous voyageons habituellement avec Celebrity, ce sera la première fois avec HAL. Avons-nous besoin d’acheter un dinning package d’avance ou est-il possible de réserver spontanément un restaurant de spécialité une fois à bord, est-ce qu’il reste de la disponibilité et pouvons-nous bénéficier d’escompte une fois à bord?
Cela semble tellement excitant - nous avons navigué deux fois avec Holland America et nous avons passé un moment merveilleux! Nous réservons généralement nos spécialités avant la croisière en utilisant le site Web de Holland America. Il serait recommandé de réserver à l'avance si vous voulez vraiment une certaine nuit ou heure. Si vous êtes plus flexible, vous pourriez trouver une ouverture de temps en temps une fois que vous montez sur le navire. Nous ne nous souvenons d'aucun type de forfaits ou de réductions pour les repas de spécialité - mais il se peut qu'il s'agisse de regarder en face du comptoir des services à la clientèle lors de l'embarquement pour voir. Nous espérons que cela vous aidera ! Bonne croisière et profitez de votre premier voyage sur HAL!
What does the access to the hydro pool cost ?
If you man the spa pool then it’s part of the spa package. There’s a daily rate and a weekly rate (if it’s a 7 day cruise) of $299 per stateroom. Prices do change from time to time.
What is the cabin number I 6127 like.? Thank you
We haven’t stayed in that cabin on the Nieuw Statendam - but it looks familiar to our cabin on Rotterdam. You should check out our Rotterdam vlogs to see a week in that cabin.
We liked it enough to book the same cabin on the Koningsdam.
Are there laundry rooms available for passenger use on the ship? And is there a cigar lounge?
We don't believe there's self-serve laundry on this ship - we never saw any for sure. There's a chance that some of the older HAL ships still have laundry.
There is no cigar lounge on the ship.
Let's hope they continue to serve buffet.
Holland America has always served guests at the buffet - even before COVID on our first HAL cruise in 2019!
Lobster at Rudi's?
Yep. See details at this site www.hollandamerica.com/en_US/dining/sel-de-mer.html
@@CruisingCanucks thanks!!