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Eurodam Cruise Review to Caribbean

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 48

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Eurodam

14 Night Eastern / Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 26, 2017

Ship: Eurodam

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1088

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Overall great cruise. older crowd and not your party cruise atmosphere. Nice focus on good service, food, and entertainment. All service was exceptional.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Unbelievably quick and efficient process.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Great dinners in the main dining room, never had a bad meal. Need more vegetarian options besides starches on Lido deck especially late night as there are only a few spots open. Not so great breakfast in main dining room, two nights back to back my bananas tasted like onions (either used the same knife or were stored by them). Omelette station on Lido deck is the best option for breakfast. loved Tamarind, PInnacle and Rudi's!!! amazing service and food. Room service left much to be desired, especially for Dinner, we got a couple options with cheese and the cheese seemed fake--powdered or processed...very strange.Loved the pizza and burger spots during the day and late night. Real cheese there, lol Overall good food experiences, but a few misses which were surprising with the huge emphasis the ship puts on its culinary experts.

Explorer's Lounge

5 out of 5

This is part of the crows nest, our favorite bar for happy hour. It feels like a cozy members only club that you have full access too, kinda like an airline club. Games, books, puzzles and great views.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Spa services are great, did a couples massage. ..they will try and sell products but aren't terribly pushy. Gym looked wonderful but didn't use it. Pool area is nice and there was always plenty of space to lay out and lounge.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Great entertainment, especially at BB kings and BIllboard. Took in a couple of the mainstage shows..was totally shocked to see that all singers and dancers were white for them. Zero diversity was unbelievable. BB kings was was the exception here, a range of talent of backgrounds They were talented though. The no diversity piece regarding main stage show is the reason for my low star rating.

Children's Programs

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Great service!!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
We were in room 1088 but found out it is underneath the kitchen and became very noisy. We were moved to 1026. The picture is of 1088, but 1026 was the same set-up just flipped. NIce size and efficient, loved having space under beds for luggage and full size shower/tub. Also great closet space. Loved all the free movie options.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5
Boarded here.

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Hung out at Margaritaville all day, can't go wrong. great service and beautiful!!

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

4 out of 5
Didn't get off the ship because it's a tendered port and the water was really choppy. Tender boats looked like they were on a roller coaster, didn't look fun.. lol

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
Incredible!! Did the Magens Bay beach excursion. Be prepared for driving up very steep hills, was a little frightening but worth it.

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5
Beautiful, and relaxing.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Easy and well organized.

Traveler Photos

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4 Comments

cruisellama    5 years ago

Jules625    6 years ago

I enjoy using room service for breakfast some mornings.

randd65    6 years ago

On a cruise to Hawaii in October I had eggs in the morning it tasted like garlic. Obviously the pain and had not been thoroughly washed

PDXrae    6 years ago

Thank you for such a comprehensive review. We are sailing on the Eurodam on Jan. 14th and am happy for the heads up. We were on the Zuiderdam in Dec. 2016 to Panama and loved it. So glad you had a good time