About us, we are early 60's and this was our 36th cruise and the 3rd on HAL. Our daughter mid 30's sailed with us. We came into Greece 3 days early spending 1 in Athens and 2 at a resort. We walked up to the Acropolis and over to Hadrian's Arch, Temple of Zeus, Olympian Stadium, old and new palaces etc..

Embarkation/Disembarkation. This was very smooth. As we had a suite we were on and off early. Getting on early meant that the cabin wasn't ready yet so we went up to the Lido for lunch. Our luggage was very slow getting to our cabin with the last piece not received until 5 hours after boarding.

The ship, Very good condition. It's going for a refit but everything was clean and well taken care of. The Rotterdam is a mid size ship and very easy to find your way around. Everything is well sign posted and the elevators are very fast. Read more