Prior to this cruise I would have never thought twice about sailing with HAL, mainly due to hearing that most of the passengers were beyond elderly and that there isn't much entertainment for younger people. My girlfriend and I are young professionals in our late 20's and we didn't want to feel like we were surrounded by 4000 others on-board. It just so happened that one of my professional organizations put together a group trip on the Eurodam and after hearing the amazing things about the service and quality onboard we decided to go with HAL.

Embarkation was extremely smooth. With hardly any lines we passed security and boarded the ship with ease around 12:30pm. Once we boarded we quickly made lunch and dinner reservations for Tamarind - which lunch was only served 2 or 3 days out of the 7 total. This is also the time to get limited offers such as tours of the ship and spa specials.

We booked a guaranteed MM inside cabin and was upgraded to a larger interior stateroom J on deck 7 mid-deck next to the Neptune Lounge. Our steward always greeted us in the halls with a smile and did a great job turning over the room daily leaving us with chocolate and cute towel animals. We did have a couple issues with the cabin (see below). Read more