Wonderful visit to Baltic

Rotterdam Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Rotterdam

14 Night Jewels Of The Baltic (Amsterdam Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 06, 2023

Ship: Rotterdam

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7086

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

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

5 out of 5
Fast and efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
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

3 out of 5
Few physical activities offered due to demographics but lectures, painting classes were excellent

Entertainment

4 out of 5
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

5 out of 5
Service and staff could not have been better. Everyone friendly and helpful.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Beautiful ship was emaculate all the time but had to wait for elevators most of the time.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
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

Ports of call

Amsterdam, Netherlands

5 out of 5
So much to do and see. Take an minimum additional three days pre or post cruise.

Copenhagen, Denmark

5 out of 5
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.

Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

5 out of 5
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.

Riga, Latvia

4 out of 5
Did a drive walk tour on this beautiful Citi. Lots of historic buildings, churches.

Tallinn, Estonia

4 out of 5
Did another walking tour very similar to Tallinn. Both were beautiful with a lot of history.

Helsinki, Finland

4 out of 5
Another historical city with many churches

Stockholm, Sweden

5 out of 5
Stayed overnight at this port. Like most other ports dock was not close to Citi center. Much to see and experience

Kiel, Germany

4 out of 5
Don't take tour to Hamburg. Stay in Kiel or close by. Lots to see locally.

Arhus, Denmark

3 out of 5
Another beautiful city. Need to take shuttle and taxi to town.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Easy and fast.
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6 Comments

Ladyjunecliff    1 year ago

Sounds very nice. Thank you for your review.

byhisgrace    1 year ago

Appreciate your feedback

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Great itinerary. Appreciate your well informed and detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.