Wonderful cruise, met lovely people. We did have trouble with wifi on the ship since we didn't buy a package.

Rotterdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 16

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
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Rotterdam

10 Night Southern Caribbean Seafarer (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 15, 2023

Ship: Rotterdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6130

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

The ship is clean, the food very good, the staff very helpful. We would enjoy sailing on the Rotterdam again.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining very nice and the Pinnacle was great. Our regular waiter in the Mian Dining, Endi, was very good. He remembers which wine we usually ordered and was great recommending the different dishes.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Mixology was a lot of fun. The fitness center is brand new. We didn't take part in any onboard activities though they had a lot.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The entertainment was very good, especially The Knights of Music.

Children's Programs

No children with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Soli and Aris, our cabin stewards, were great. Always respectful of our time, and helpful with our requests. Whenever we saw Soli in the hallway or in the room straightening he'd say "Hello" using our names.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The Rotterdam is a new ship. It was clean, and well designed.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We were very pleased that the shower was larger than in other ships so comfortable. It was great being able to sit out on the verandah and the bed was comfortable.

Ship tip

Be open to meeting lots of people. You might be surprised and actually met someone you know. We did and had a lovely time catching up with each other. Avoid the casino if you're not a smoker.

Ports of call

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

We're familiar with Lauderdale.

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

4 out of 5
Nice beach, but didn't do any activities.

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5
Gorgeous water. Was very interested in the display to John Glenn and his splash down so many years ago. Didn't go on any excursions.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5
Just walked around the dock. No excursions.

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5
Took great excursion around the island and learned about the buildings, history, etc.

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
The excursion was around the island and showed how different the locations are from each other. The distillery was very interesting, had lunch at a little family owned local restaurant.

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5
Just walked around the harbor. No excursion.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We took care of our own bags and went through customs so fast.
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