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Rotterdam Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5
Rotterdam

15 Night Atlantic Sojourn (Rotterdam To Ft. Lauderdale)

Sail date: October 12, 2024

Ship: Rotterdam

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 16 days ago

Review summary

We took this cruise as a way of getting home after spending some time in Europe. We have cruised a lot, but this was only our 2 time with HAL. The ship itself was great; very clean and well laid out. The food was very good , we split our evening dinner between the MDR and the lido. The staff were generally friendly and the ships singers and dancers were very good. However, the rest of the entertainment was not for us. We were at sea for a long time and it seemed that customers engagement was not high on HALs priority. The lecturer was frankly the worse I have ever experienced. We are retired and in our early 60s and were amongst the youngest on the ship. Not sure if the 70/80s cruise crowd are the target audience for HAL, but it did appear that the whole cruise was geared for this demographic.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Portland (Weymouth), England, UK

5 out of 5

Brest, France

3 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

2 out of 5

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5

Rotterdam, Netherlands

4 out of 5

Le Havre (Paris), France

2 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
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4 Comments

jofoster     16 days ago

Thank you for your review. I agree, HAL nees yo seaport some of it's entertainment on long cruises. The lecturer we had in Europe was lacking in real, helpful information.

javawoody     16 days ago

Appreciate the review

Gwbigdog     16 days ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

cruising2004     16 days ago

Thank you for your review.

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