Wonderful visit to Baltic
Rotterdam Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe
Contributor Level:
Purser
Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 5
Review summary
This was our first visit to Europe. We expected many older churches, palaces and castles and were not disappointed. Amsterdam and Berlin was the highlights for us. If you want to tour the Anna Frank house where she hid for two years from the Nazi you must book on line at least two months in advance. You can visit the outside but have to buy tickets to actually go inside.Embarkation
Fast and efficient
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Main dining food was góod to excellent, no free lobster. Rudi, the french option was not worth the $50. , but we don't drink. Lido was ok many times the meats and seafood were overcooked at lunch. Regular breakfast choices, same everyday. Hard to get a table at times.
Onboard Activities
Few physical activities offered due to demographics but lectures, painting classes were excellent
Entertainment
Beautiful showroom but not geared to large production shows and all music was recorded. On major disappointment was no classical entertainment in the Lincoln Center, which is a great quiet venue where string quartets and the like have performances daily.
Children's Programs
Only two traveled
Service and Staff
Service and staff could not have been better. Everyone friendly and helpful.
Ship Quality
Beautiful ship was emaculate all the time but had to wait for elevators most of the time.
Cabin / Stateroom
Beautifully layout with large shower and jacuzzi tub. Balcony was also well furnished with padded lounge chairs and table for four. More than enough storage
Our cabin door literally opened into the Neptune lounge which was like a large living room with excellent coffee machine and snacks. Two concereges took care of any need, booking excursions to anything else. No need to go to purser for anything.
Ship tip
Geared toward older passengers. Not suitable for kids kids
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Ports of call
Did a land and sea excursion with Canal cruise. No time to shop on your own but had a 5 hour walk , drive and canal cruise. Need to stay there to see and experiencere more.
Went on a 12 hour bus excursion booked online. Bus to Berlin was about 2 1/2 hour ride each way. Great tour with a great guide.
Did another walking tour very similar to Tallinn. Both were beautiful with a lot of history.
Stayed overnight at this port. Like most other ports dock was not close to Citi center. Much to see and experience
Disembarkation
Easy and fast.