Very good

Item: Rotterdam
Rating: 4.3
Author: kroes

Rotterdam Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

kroes

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

15 Night Southern Caribbean Seafarer (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 29, 2024

Ship: Rotterdam

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 11028

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

It was a fine cruise except the weather didn’t cooperate all the time stormy weather. Some islands were to crowded. HMC and Cozumel.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Grand Dutch Cafe

5 out of 5

Very nice bitterballen and kroketten at 4.30

Pinnacle Grill

5 out of 5

Excellent food.

The Dining Room

5 out of 5

Waiters were very good at our table

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Sea View Pool

4 out of 5

Great service

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Shows were poor. Bb king was fantastic as well as the Rollingstones lounge

B.B. King's Blues Club

5 out of 5

Great band and singers

World Stage Theater

2 out of 5

Only the dancers were very good and the 4 singers as well. We didn’t like the rest that much specially the steel band we didn’t like.

Rolling Stone Rock Room

4 out of 5

Very good band and when the male singer came it became even better

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We are use to have a balcony cabin but this time we had an inside cabin that was smaller and darker. Next time a balcony again.

Ship tip

Just let surprise yourself.

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5

Kralendijk, Bonaire

4 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

3 out of 5

It’s our favorite island but this time we were there with the nieuw statendam and that was to crowded at the bbq and with the tender service

Thumbs Up 0

Belize City, Belize

3 out of 5

All excursions were canceled due to the weather

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Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico Did not visit port

We had a dolfinswim there but we didn’t go into the port.

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Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

To many ships at the piers 6. Because of that much to crowded. Excursion with the catamaran sail and snorkel was great.

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

As it should be

4 Comments

Ladyjunecliff 5 months ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise overall

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javawoody 7 months ago

Appreciate the review

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HeavySeas 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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cruising2004 7 months ago

Sorry the weather wasn’t in your favor, however glad you had a wonderful time otherwise. Thank you for your review.

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