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.

Rotterdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 43

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
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Rotterdam

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: 1 year ago

Review summary

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.

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.

Ship tip

Book the 10-day trip to avoid ports where there are multiple ships in port (during 7-day cruises this happens more).

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
The HAL transfer was flawless
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2 Comments

Ladyjunecliff    1 year ago

Thanks for the review. Too bad they keep doing the same thing repeatedly with the dance troupe, especially if they want to see you again. Have you enjoyed the BB King club or Rock?

Starboard5    1 year ago

No Lincoln Center???? Disappointing.

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