Eurodam Review

Ship still Shape, Missed a Port, HAL service anomaly!

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Eurodam
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zackiedawg
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Oct 2014
Cabin: Superior Verandah Suite

Starting with embarkation, living locally in Florida makes it easy to just drive to the port, not worry about luggage size or weight, and I can choose my time to avoid busses and large groups. However, due to the Ebola questionnaires slowing things a bit, the lines were still quite long as I came in the building. After searching a bit, I found the separate queue for 5-star mariners and was able to jump behind one other couple...checked in, and got aboard within 15 minutes of leaving the car door. The room was ready, so headed up to deck 6, and located my starboard SS room, 6077. I stay in SS suites very often on HAL, but always on Vista-class ships - my last Eurodam trip was in a VA cabin. I was pleasantly surprised how much nicer and more updated the room looked on the Eurodam - nice dark woods and colors making it more elegant than the more pastelly colors in the Vista class ships. Touring around the ship, I found it to be in excellent shape - no signs of wear, or broken furniture, carpets looked clean, everything looked nice and new.

Favorite spots for me were always Crow's Nest and Explorer's, and on the Eurodam, the quiet and lovely Silk Den at midship...wonderful daytime reading spot since they don't play worded music and almost everyone up there seems to be of the same mind to keep that a quiet lounge (Crow's Nest can get a little loud sometimes).

I had late seating, fixed - upstairs at 8pm...my favorite time. I still prefer traditional dining - it just lets me plan my day more easily knowing what time dinner will be, where my table will be, and also the chance to meet tablemates that I will stay with throughout the cruise. The food was fine for me - I never had much to complain about in HAL's main dining room - not every meal is a home run, but none ever disappointed. Service was great as to be expected.

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Superior Verandah Suite

Cabin SS

Wonderful cabin, as always. SS suites are still my favorite on the seas - so much larger and more comfortable than the standard balcony cabins, yet not too expensive or too big - the Goldilocks of cabins!

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