Panama Canal Cruise

Item: Rotterdam Retired
Rating: 3.9
Author: vincecroswell

Rotterdam Retired Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

vincecroswell

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 34

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

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16 Night Panama Canal (San Diego To Ft. Lauderdale)

Sail date: January 07, 2020

Ship: Rotterdam Retired

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1926

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Underwhelming. Entertainment poor and too many sea days.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Well organized and easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Dining staff excellent. Stateroom staff excellent

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Check ports of call

Thumbs up

Ports of call

San Diego, California Did not visit port

Did not spend any time before the cruise

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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

4 out of 5

Used public transport and visited PV On our own

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Huatulco, Mexico

4 out of 5

Yes nice land and sea tour

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Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

2 out of 5

Ship docks 9 in very industrial area

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Puerto Corinto, Nicaragua

1 out of 5

Ship is docked at small town that offers very little but hawkers.

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Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica

3 out of 5

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba Did not visit port

Port of call cancelled

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Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5

Great excursion. Nice facilities at Port

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Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

Flying home. Needed to get to the airport

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

3 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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CruzeFan 4 years ago

We cruised on the Rotterdam twice for the itinerary and were not impressed with Holland America. The food, service and entertainment were below what we experienced on Carnival and Royal Caribbean. We would only cruise with HAL if we could not find a similar itinerary on another line. Not sure much can be done about sea days on a cruise within a specific time frame.

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billericaydicky 4 years ago

Surely you knew how many sea days there were before you booked! So why complain.

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