We love HAL and feel that the entertainment is excellent but highly repetitive. We have gone on 5 HAL cruises and seen the exact same Step One Dancer acts every single voyage. We will try another cruise line.

Item: Rotterdam
Rating: 4.7
Author: bvanlaarhoven

Rotterdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

bvanlaarhoven

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 33

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

Verified Review

9 Night Southern Caribbean Seafarer (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 03, 2023

Ship: Rotterdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8085

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Excellent

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Very good, could use more variety.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Great health club, spa and Lido. Need to change up entertainment. Same Step One dancers and routines 5-years in a row.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

We have taken our last 5 cruises with HAL, but the same dance troupe with exact performances and the lack of the string quartet at the Lincoln Center makes us want to go back to Royal Caribbean for next year. The comedian Cisco Duran was not very good in our opinion. The comedian Tom McTigue was good. Cisco Duran was simply crude with no coherent comedy routine, simply "abused every nationality equally" he said. I guess that passes for humor.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Clean rooms, dining room exceptional.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

The pinnacle class ship of HAL with Rotterdam was xceptional

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Was great for us. Super balcony. Shower was larger than any other ship we ever traveled.