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Item: Rotterdam
Rating: 3.8
Author: poppyjim

Rotterdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 33

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

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9 Night Southern Caribbean Seafarer (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 24, 2023

Ship: Rotterdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6204

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

after three Holland cruises in the past year there is a noticeable difference in the staff attitude and lack of service on the Lido and Pool deck. It also seems that Holland has "cheaped out" on a lot of services from past years. As I said Holland cruises in the past year it appears that COVID was the excuse for service cuts, but like in baseball Three Strikes "YOUR OUT"

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Some of the stage shows cannot relate to the audience

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

stewards and dining staff pretty good. Table staff in Lido and Pool area lacking self service is the norm.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

prefect

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

5 Comments

teddee2corona 11 months ago

Differ. We cruise often and never have a poor experience. I do know if you cruise at the end of employee contract they are tired. I don’t see any cheapen anything other than less holiday decor.

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Ladyjunecliff 11 months ago

We are doing this cruise on Rotterdam in February. We had a wonderful cruise on her last month. If it was even better before, wow! Sorry it didn’t meet your expectations.

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Gwbigdog 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Kalaka 11 months ago

You’re out.

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Lawnboy1956 11 months ago

This was not my experience on the Rotterdam. We did a seven day sailing in 2022 to Norway and a 15 day transatlantic this past October. Things could’ve not been any better.

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