With a wonderful itinerary (particularly Berlin and St. Petersburg) we did our third HAL cruise. Having been on the Maasdam and Eurodam we knew what to expect and are not on a cruise boat to go on climbing walls or zip lines. This ship was in terrific repair, served very good food had very adequate entertainment and afforded us the opportunity to see some wonderful cities. Our veranda provided us a private space to read or sun and there are plenty of fun things to do if you don't want to just relax. We celebrated an anniversary and were treated very specially by the line and the ship. There is nothing to say negative about the boat and I'd like to mention that their captain is one of the most personable and involved captains we've experienced, often being spotted about the ship even ducking in for a little bit at the BB King and so on. We were on the Navigation deck so ran into officers a bit and each was professional, friendly and really seemed to care about our trip. I was most impressed, and the note posted about the ship being a big worn with hopes of having that improve in dry dock this past spring needs to be updated to say that the ship was in perfect shape. We used private excursions (imagine arriving in a crowd of 400 people returning from a train ride to Berlin!) so can't comment about those but a small group with a small vehicle is always superior we think. But we heard people sound happy.