Eurodam Review
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Eurodam 12 days Venice-Barcelona, departed June 23, 2016.
We have taken more than 35 cruises: HAL, Princess, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Cunard, Norwegian, Renaissance. On this cruise we took children and grandchildren.
Debarkation at Venice was awful: We flew to Venice two days early, selected hotel near Pizzzale Roma ( where airport bus arrives and location of people mover(monorail) to the maritime terminal). On debarkation day HAL offered no shuttle bus from the Piazza Roma or the people mover maritime terminal stop to the distant pier where Eurodam was located, and local taxis would not take us the short distance to the pier. We walked with our luggage in the 100 degree heat the six blocks to the pier, and noted people in wheelchairs and on crutches also hobbling to the pier. We saw the Celebrity shuttle bus taking their passenger to their ship from Piazzale Roma, but no HAL bus , as was offered to us in prior years. The shore excursion manager( who arranged buses) told me that Seattle HAL headquarters no longer provided such buses ( even for a fee) in the ports, and it was up to each port authority to provide buses, which Venice never ever has, even though Celebrity Cruise Line provides it.
Cabin Review
Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Cabin was initially too hot and complaints to front office yielded only people who didn't know what to do. I buttonholed a ship's officer, detailed the problem, and he sent an engineer who discovered that the air condition vent was blocked internally and fixed it. Cabin, bath, storage were otherwise fine.
Port Reviews
Dubrovnik
Walked the Debrovnik walls and walked around the city, as advised by the ship port guide.
Venice
We took private tours of the Venice area.
Naples
Took private tour to Pompei, which was excellent, and visited the superb archeologic national museum of Naples.
Kotor
Walked around the medieval city, as advised by the Port guide.
Rome (Civitavecchia)
Took private tour .
Florence (Livorno)
took private tour, visited Ufffizi gallery for prebooked tour, walked about the cit.
Monaco (Monte Carlo)
Visted the old city, saw changing of the Palace Guard at 11:55 a.m, visited church where Prince Rainier and Princess Grace are buried, toured the Palace.
Toulon
Took local elephant train ( many small coaches towed by front 'engine') touring Toulon, some visited Maritime Museum at Toulon French Navy Base.
Barcelona
Took hop on/off double deck bus tour of city on 2 of the three routes. Barcelona was jammed with 300,000 tourists that week, including three other cruise ships.