overall rating of the cruise

Rotterdam Retired Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Rotterdam Retired

30 Night Western Europe & Baltic Explorer (Barcelona To Rotterdam)

Sail date: April 13, 2017

Ship: Rotterdam Retired

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 2580

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

good price and went where we wanted to go.  all Holland America shore excursions were over priced and to much bus riding sight seeing.  should have more stops to take pictures, than trying to get a picture from a moving bus. not enough variety in night shows, not enough actives on sea days, food buffet was same items day after day for all three meals for short cruises would be ok but not when on 44 days 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
cabin and cabin boys were great, tv to small and could not tip don to watch programs so picture was to dark , was hard to hear and very little sports of PGA golf tournaments and basketball playoff games

Ship tip

don't expect a lot

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Marseille (Provence), France

5 out of 5

Monte Carlo, Monaco

5 out of 5

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

1 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Cagliari, Sardinia

5 out of 5

Gibraltar (U.K.)

1 out of 5
didn't dock

Huelva, Spain

5 out of 5

Lisbon, Portugal

3 out of 5

Vigo, Spain

3 out of 5

Portland (Weymouth), England, UK

1 out of 5

Le Havre (Paris), France

1 out of 5
had only 10 minutes free time at the Eiffel tower which was a REAL LET DOWN

Copenhagen, Denmark

1 out of 5
WAS GIVER A LOT OF BAD DIRECTIONS

Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

5 out of 5

Tallinn, Estonia

5 out of 5

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

5 out of 5

Helsinki, Finland

1 out of 5
our tour was canceled because of church services, bummer

Stockholm, Sweden

3 out of 5

Arhus, Denmark

3 out of 5

Rotterdam, Netherlands Did not visit port

disembarked and took bus to Amsterdam
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2 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

glomarrone    7 years ago

Yes, I wish also for more photo stops on excursions.  Some guides are terrific about this - others, less so.