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Rotterdam Retired Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

2.6 out of 5
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Rotterdam Retired

7 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 16, 2018

Ship: Rotterdam Retired

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We have been on more than 15 cruises and this is by far the worst one yet. No entertainment by the pool. Not enough runners for drinks. Show's were a joke.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
Fine

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Some good some not so good.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
No entertainment at the pool. Not enough Bar runners

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Terrible

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Staff was friendly

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
I was told by the travel agent the ship was refurbished in 2017 and it either needs it again or it was not done.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Same size as all of them, clean but the bath tub needed replacement.

Ship tip

Don't do it unless you want to read a book.

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Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

3 out of 5

Key West, Florida

4 out of 5
Been there many times it is OK for a day
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Santo Tomas De Castilla, Guatemala

2 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

3 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
We had Green number 1, when we were called to leave the ship we went down and they said they did not call our color. They said they called grey number 1. they would not lets us out and told us not to block the gaingway. with nowhere to go dozens of us that heard green not grey waited in the gaingway for another 30 or 40 minutes. They need to speak clearer or change there colors so they don't sound the same.
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4 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.
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sflcoupons    5 years ago

Had a lanai room and it was a decent room. Old rho for just being refurbished, like u said in ur review. I agree with u !
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sflcoupons    5 years ago

Also. I wld say the embarkation was easy in Tampa and the staff was half n half done friend but mostly they were acting tired n board...
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sflcoupons    5 years ago

I was on this same ship last March and I agree with u. Entertainment was boaring. Casino very very small. Food was just not good as things had no taste.. and there was barely much to do unless u wanna read or do some of the provided puzzles. Bingo a couple days but was boaring. I guess being 50 it was just for a older crowd then my age.. I dunno but I agree with u about ur review!!! I wont be back.
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