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Oosterdam Cruise Review to Transatlantic

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 47

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Oosterdam

13 Night Passage To Rome (Ft. Lauderdale To Rome)

Sail date: March 21, 2016

Ship: Oosterdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8143

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

We completely enjoyed the transatlantic cruise on the Oosterdam. Our balcony cabin was larger than many other cruise lines we have sailed on. The service was great all around. Our room attendant was flexible in his cleaning times as we were very lazy, brought us ice, extra towels whenever we asked quickly. Dining room and specialty wait staff were excellent as well. Shore excursions were interesting and competitively priced. We also made Rome hotel, transfer and air arrangements with HAL. They had staff at the hotel and at the airport that were very helpful. This was our 5th HAL cruise and we will surely cruise with them again.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

Didn't bring kids.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Aft extended balcony which was out of the wind and plenty of sun as we were going east. Seemed larger than most other cruiselines.

Ship tip

Take advantage of Room Service as your morning alarm clock.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Funchal, Madeira

5 out of 5
Definitely tour the island. Very steep mountains and beautiful scenery.

Malaga, Spain

5 out of 5
We went to Mijas, a mountain village outside Malaga. Beautiful with quaint whitewashed buildings

Cartagena, Spain

5 out of 5
Can walk from ship to heart of city easily. Nice shops, restaurants and Roman theater.

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
We love Rome! Great walking city. See the newly restored Trevi Fountain (at night if possible).
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4 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

therons    8 years ago

Have you ever travelled Rome to Barcelona? We are going in August.

conniewatspn    8 years ago

We love HAL ships. Just rtn'd from ocean to ocean Panama Canal and back again. Loved all 28days of it!

cruisersis    8 years ago

I'm cruising my 1st transatlantic in 8 days. How were the activities onboard on sea days?

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