Rough seas first day but beautiful scenery around norway

Rotterdam Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 65

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Rotterdam

14 Night Best Of Norway (Rotterdam Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 11, 2022

Ship: Rotterdam

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Crowded- lots of changes - didn t like self serve in buffet. With covid and other viruses prevalent I thought that was a big mistake Beautiful scenery

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Embarkation was very good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Dining room was quite nice buffet was free for all- change was made to self serve- mistake!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Shows were good but same as previous cruises on holland

Casino Action

4 out of 5

Fun. Great bar staff

B.B. King's Blues Club

5 out of 5

Excellent

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Room stewards were very good. Bar staff in cruise were outstanding our waiter was very good but stretched very thin

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Good layout very clean

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Nice cabin

Ship tip

Unless u like rocking don t choose cabin front of ship

Ports of call

Amsterdam, Netherlands

3 out of 5
Just landed here

Eidfjord, Norway

4 out of 5
Very picturesque small

Cruise Hardangerfjord

4 out of 5
Again very picturesque just hop on off bus

Alesund, Norway

4 out of 5
Hop on off

Geiranger, Norway

4 out of 5
Hop on off

Cruise Geirangerfjord

4 out of 5

Bergen, Norway

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Handled very well

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9 Comments

byhisgrace    2 years ago

Thanks for your review

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

RoynKaren    2 years ago

thanks for sharing

grayghost    2 years ago

About the buffet, could be, like everywhere these days, not enough staff.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

wood6352    2 years ago

Holland American never had self serve in the Lido buffet before...When did they change?

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Nice itinerary. Glad you mostly enjoyed your cruise.

jjbj    2 years ago

Is it back to self service in the buffet??

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing