Ryndam (Retired) Review

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A terrific three weeks

Review for the Baltic Sea Cruise on Ryndam (Retired)
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Larry Collins
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: May 2014

My wife and I spent three weeks on the Ryndam looking round various Baltic cities and enjoyed every minute (admittedly, the wonderful weather throughout helped a lot). Our cabin was fine (especially after a crew member fixed three loose desk drawers), the ship was clean and the crew polite and helpful and the general atmosphere relaxed.

Dining too was good, even if the Lido deck was a little canteen-like (sometimes with long queues and slow service, not least at the omelette station). The Rotterdam restaurant - a more posh setting, sometimes with formal dress stipulated - was excellent, with very good food and first-rate service. For a smallish ship the well-stocked and well-furnished library was a pleasant place, though the small bar next door meant that one sometimes had to try to read against an often noisy background.

The same was sometimes true of the Lido, where the thumping of basketball played on the deck directly above didn't make for a relaxing dinner - though, to be fair, this didn't happen often. More pleasant sounds came from Gavin's jazz combo and, just round the corner, the popular classics played by a violinist with piano accompaniment. Apart from one show in the main theatre - which was ok - we didn't bother with rest of the entertainment.

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Highly satisfactory, apart from three badly-fitted desk drawers (later fixed by a crew member).

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