14 Nights Fjords Of Norway & Iceland Collectors' Voyage Cruise

Wonderful ABC Islands with HAL

HAL is a wonderful cruise line and Rotterdam is a great ship. This was a nine day ABC island plus Half-Moon Cay cruise. HAL excels in all aspects of cruising, food, bars, nightclub entertainment, the have it all package and cabins are all better than Carnival and RCL and are on par with Disney. The only place that HAL is lacking is the main stage entertainment where Carnival and RCL are slightly better and Disney is amazing. The comedians were good on this trip and the Island Magic Steel Band was awesome but the standard entertainment on the big stage was not as good as the other lines. The food was amazing and the HAL Lido buffet is exceptional, so much that we skipped the MDR all nights but one with two nights in amazing speciality restaurants and the other six nights at the Lido buffet. HAL is more of a laid back vibe and takes dressy nights seriously staying dressed the whole night. This was an exceptional cruise second only to our HAL Alaska cruise tour last year.

Rotterdam Caribbean Great Experience

3rd cruise ever for wife and I and we thoroughly enjoyed this experience. We're active 70 some year olds and the oldest at the Orange Night Bar Hop event, so we can kick up our heels. Earlier that day we enjoyed the full experience at the Ocho Rios, Jamaica Blue Hole / Island Gully Falls, getting lots of photos and videos of us climbing up the river and leaping into blue water holes on the way down. Two artificial knees and one hip aren't slowing me down. Aruba, Cartagena, and Ocho Rios were our favorite ports. It was double fun in Cartagena, Columbia as we explored the town all day and in the evening watched "Romancing the Stone" with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner on our stateroom's TV. So nice that film was a selection among the many movies they offer for free. Anyway, the ship and crew were delightful and we enjoyed everything about the experience. Lots to keep us interested. However the Rotterdam didn't care much for cleaning the elevator carpets and that was somewhat shocking. On the Oosterdam in the Eastern Med last year those carpets were eye poppingly clean each new day.

Southern Caribbean Cruise on Rotterdam is the Best

Excellent choice for adult age group. Very few children on board. Clean modern ship. Dining quality was excellent. Lots of activities everyday. Veranda cabin on 8th fl. was typical cruise room but bathroom shower was larger than most. Service excellent . Casino was smoky. Entertainment was 5 out of 10. Nothing exciting..Lacks production. Jeff Niece comedian and Island Magic Pan musicians were excellent though. The Bb king blues club lounge entertainment was very good. Billboard Onboard Dueling pianos bar was very nice. Complimentary 24-hour room service Was very good. TV with On Demand movies Included. Itinerary for our sailing was the best I’ve sailed. Bonaire, 2 days in Aruba! And Half Moon Cay which is the most stunning private beach island stop with BBQ included. Must see powder fine white sand beach..swim and snorkel in crystal clear water. Had facial in Spa..was good. *Beware of atypical fee for bringing on wine. $20 per bottle they call it a corkage fee. NOT NICE! Also no plastic water bottles or soda can be brought on board.