CABINS: Bright, modern, and immaculately clean are the trim Tourist class staterooms. All feature deep-sprung beds, draftless Zephyr-louver ventilation, illuminated shaving and make-up mirrors, individual reading lamps over the beds, and numerous other refinements that spell both convenience and comfort in sea travel.
Not mentioned in the brochures was a Nieuw Amsterdam “first:” a number of her interchangeable Third class cabins had private facilities, allowing them to be sold as Cabin class when needed.