Holland America Line Holland America Rotterdam Cruise Reviews (2024 UPDATED): Ratings of Holland America Line Holland America Rotterdam (2024)

3.8

The Good (Dining), Bad (Ports), and Not at all Ugly (Ship)

We chose this cruise because it included four ports in Scotland. My wife and I have been on about a dozen cruises, and this one featured several "best ever" and some disappointing experiences. Embarkation in Rotterdam was the best ever. From the time we dropped our bags to arrival at our cabin was no more than 25 minutes. Our standard veranda cabin was also our favorite. It felt spacious, with

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With over 30+ cruises, this was our first time on HA Rotterdam. The ship is a beauty, with the most modern design among the HA Pinnacle class ships. The world stage is very impressive with a panorama design, and the overall layout of the facilities is very functional. We cruised from Rotterdam to Norway and back.Cabin crew and service were great. The food and service in the main dining room

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A very good experience overall! Rotterdam is a beautiful ship and, like all of Holland America's vessels, boasts a fascinating collection of artworks commissioned especially for this ship.Even though I was suddenly unable to use the Navigator app on my older phone, everything went smoothly. The only extra steps I had to take without the app were [1] print out my boarding pass in advance and

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We had a very nice 9 day Southern Caribbean cruise that visited Aruba and Curaçao. We missed our stop on Half Moon Cay due to the weather. We booked Club Orange and a Retreat Cabana in advance, both enhanced our experience greatly as the ship sailed full. We tried to dine in all of the specialty restaurants except the Pinnacle Grill which we’ve dined in many times on other ships. We really

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Easiest embarking ever. We were on board by 11:30 am sitting at the Lido having lunch. Disembark was super quick and easy thanks to the face scanning technology at the Ft Lauderdale cruise port. This was our 7th cruise on an HAL ship, out of 57 total cruises ( other lines mostly Celebrity, RCL, Oceania). Food varied from being poor to fair in the Lido, Deck 9, to very good in the Main

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Not our first HAL cruise and not our last. We love this itinerary which provides ample time ashore if desired, and ample time onboard to enjoy the ship.One thing we noticed....staff was cleaning throughout the ship in public areas all day long and into the evenings. Also appreciated the hand sanitizers/hand washing stations in the Lido when we ate there.We had early dining and great

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We choose this cruise because of the ports of call. Two ports were changed prior to sailing but their email indicating a change went to SPAM, and we didn't find it until it was too late to change the trip. We were really excited to go to Curaçao as well as Key West and Panama. Curaçao & Key West were canceled prior to the sailing, Panama was canceled the day before arrival. We were refunded

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Positives are cleanliness, food and employees. Negatives are entertainment and dropping you in remote tender ports without any concern for availability of taxis or busses to primary location. The entertainment in the primary show room was very disappointing and appeared to be low budget. One of the large bars has a piano and not sure why they never used it with a cello or violin for

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We chose this cruise very long ago ,and then, covid! So it was rescheduled and changed some ports a few times. We were excited about the ports, we had not been to any of them. We made plans to stay in Amsterdam for a week before boarding. We were ready to cruise when we boarded.Boarding was ok. Since we have 4 stars we got sent through right away when we arrived at the pier, in time for the

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Overall, our muti-generational family of 6 enjoyed our 14 day Norway cruise from Amsterdam. The Rotterdam ship is new and has lots of nice decor and is laid out well. We used just about every area at some point (except the casino, kids clubs, and game room) and thought they were all great spaces. There was a good variety of activities each night and during the five sea days. There is an indoor and

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