Eurodam Review Feb 20th - 27th 2010 Eastern Caribbean
My wife and I sailed on the Eurodam Feb 20th - Feb 27th 2010. This was our fourth cruise (Carnival, Celebrity and Princess) and first on HAL. I do 99.9% of the vacation research in our household and then present it to my wife for her thoughts (and approval) however this time the roles were reversed. My wife found this cruise and was excited about the itinerary, price and the new ship. I have to admit that the thought of sailing on HAL never really crossed my mind since I've read so much about the age factor (we're 49 & 45) and the smoking issue. After some discussion we booked a VF guarantee in October and ended up with a VB on the Upper Verandah deck. Without spoiling the review I have to tell you that we thoroughly enjoyed our first (but not last) cruise on HAL.
Embarkation: We arrived at the port sometime around 10:45am and walked right into the first 'holding room'. We were given a numbered card (#2) which meant we were going to be the second group boarding the ship. We sailed through the registration piece before being led into the second and last holding room. We sat there for maybe 10 minutes before being told we could board the ship. Painless. Once onboard we found the Lido restaurant and proceeded to find a place to sit for lunch.