Avoid #5056 on the Nieuw Amsterdam!

Trust me, the triangular jutout section is barely wide enough to stand in. But those of you who doubt me can certainly go ahead and book that cabin. :p

I didn't realize HAL's drawing are suspect.

I find your comments to be unreasonable. I am 6'2" tall and had no trouble enjoying our relatively narrow balcony on Deck 5. In fact, we spent more time on the balcony than on other cruises. Like I said previously, the extra protection from the sun and wind was a bonus for us.

One can find reasons to enjoy the cruise while others find reasons to get upset...

igraf

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After less than a minute out there, I knew we wouldn't spend any time on #5056's balcony. ..

I find your comments to be unreasonable. I am 6'2" tall and had no trouble enjoying our relatively narrow balcony on Deck 5. In fact, we spent more time on the balcony than on other cruises. Like I said previously, the extra protection from the sun and wind was a bonus for us.

 

One can find reasons to enjoy the cruise while others find reasons to get upset...

 

igraf

And as I said previously, those of you who doubt me can certainly go ahead and book that cabin. I don't understand how any of my comments are unreasonable, but you are certainly entitled to your opinion.

So instead of saying "don't book 5056" you should say don't book any V on deck 5.

Not having seen any other V cabins on deck 5... saying that would be unreasonable. In my opinion. :D

Red box is 5056, green is 5058. It looks to me like 5056 is larger because of the triangular jut-out.

 

This really clears it up. Thanks. I try to avoid all cabins that are "shielded from the wind" (which is the advantage as I've often heard it referred to), preferring to be in a cabin where my balcony juts out. Even if that balcony was 6 ft deep straight through, the view forward is blocked by the next cabin, and I cannot see around corners. :)

5056 is 1.5 feet (457 cm) narrower.

This really clears it up. Thanks. I try to avoid all cabins that are "shielded from the wind" (which is the advantage as I've often heard it referred to), preferring to be in a cabin where my balcony juts out. Even if that balcony was 6 ft deep straight through, the view forward is blocked by the next cabin, and I cannot see around corners. :)

 

Narrower than what? It seems VF5056 is no narrower than VF5058. :confused:

They are exactly the same depth and width. There is just the ADDED little triangle for 5056. So you could truly say that 5056 is bigger than VF5058, or any other similar rectangular cabin on that deck.

There is no "shrinking" with 5056.

Narrower than what? It seems VF5056 is no narrower than VF5058. :confused:

The blockage forward is only significant if one is in a cabin close to the transition zone. Drop back ten cabins or so and the view blockage angle is very small, yet still afford some wind protection. Also, there would be less forward view blockage on the higher decks as these decks have less of a difference.

I am guessing the at the Deck 5 midship balconies are extra short so as to allow clearance for deploying the lifeboats.

igraf

This really clears it up. Thanks. I try to avoid all cabins that are "shielded from the wind" (which is the advantage as I've often heard it referred to), preferring to be in a cabin where my balcony juts out. Even if that balcony was 6 ft deep straight through, the view forward is blocked by the next cabin, and I cannot see around corners...

How much was the upset offer, and how did you get the original upset cabin changed once you got onboard?

Bolding mine. Spell-check/auto-correct sometimes makes me smile.:D

Bolding mine. Spell-check/auto-correct sometimes makes me smile.:D

Good catch and a good laugh. Particularly since this upsell did lead to an upset. (Dang, it did it again - had to strong-arm it to make it behave.) :cool:

Upsell is certainly in our working vocabulary, but apparently not yet the non-cruise world spell checker.

We were on 5053 on the Eurodam, which should be a mirror image of 5056, same on the Nieuw Amsterdam. I posted a couple of photos on "h-f.com". The balcony was fine. You do see the top of the lifeboats when looking aft from the railing.

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I'm hoping for the best with our deck 5 V cabin just 3 aft from the central elevator. I know the verandah will be slightly narrower than forward or aft, but I'm expecting that we will be content to be able to look out to sea with an unobstructed view even though straight down will not be as nice. Most important for me is that we have the smoothest cruise possible for my cruise-newbie friend, while still having that verandah.

I'm hoping for the best with our deck 5 V cabin just 3 aft from the central elevator. I know the verandah will be slightly narrower than forward or aft, but I'm expecting that we will be content to be able to look out to sea with an unobstructed view even though straight down will not be as nice. Most important for me is that we have the smoothest cruise possible for my cruise-newbie friend, while still having that verandah.

I think you will enjoy it....happy cruising!

I'm hoping for the best with our deck 5 V cabin just 3 aft from the central elevator.

Good catch and a good laugh. Particularly since this upsell did lead to an upset. (Dang, it did it again - had to strong-arm it to make it behave.) :cool:

 

Upsell is certainly in our working vocabulary, but apparently not yet the non-cruise world spell checker.

Are you still on this forum?  They want me to take cabin 5056... but after this review I am not so sure.

4 minutes ago, pigfinn said:

Are you still on this forum?  They want me to take cabin 5056... but after this review I am not so sure.

I'm not the OP but the "complaints" they made wouldn't bother me a bit.  Now if it was over a noisy bar or something like that it would be different. 

I am the OP and no I would not take this cabin. But apparently others would...as I said four years ago, it is definitely your choice. 

11 hours ago, canadarocks said:

I am the OP and no I would not take this cabin. But apparently others would...as I said four years ago, it is definitely your choice. 

Thanks for the info on this cabin, I never would have guessed from looking at the deck plans.