Eurodam Review

First European Cruise Adventure

Review for the Western Mediterranean Cruise on Eurodam
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First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: May 2010
Cabin: Neptune Deluxe Veranda Suite

We really enjoyed our first adventure to Europe. We flew into Rome and spent 3 days there, then took a private car to the port of Civitavecchia. Embarkation was easy and relatively fast. Went to the Lido for lunch and then visited with new friends. Took a quick tour of the ship. Before long, we heard the announcement that rooms were ready and headed to suite SA/7044. The room was large and comfortable, but we found the decor to be rather dark for our taste and the suite was not appointed as nicely or as luxe as the suite on the Coral Princess, particularly the bathroom (curtain on the separate shower instead of a glass door?). The room steward and assistant were excellent.

Food on the ship was better than average, based on our past cruise experience, in the Rembrandt Dining Room. We had open seating, but the concierge arranged the same table for 2 each night that we ate there. The waiter and sommelier assigned to the table were personable and provided good service. We had room service several nights and it was always good, warm, and brought in a reasonable amount of time. Our only big dining disappointment was the night we made reservations at the Tamarind Grill, the pan-asian restaurant. The concierge had told us the wasabi encrusted beef tenderloin filet was really good, so we both ordered that. The ambiance was nice, the service good, and the appetizers were very good. The steak, however, was tough and chewy. We should have sent it back, but it was getting late and we were getting tired.

We enjoyed each of the ports we visited. In most places, we found the double decker busses with hop-on and hop-off and included earphones that plugged into a port and then you selected the language you wanted. It gave good information about the sites in each city and time permitting, we could hop off to actually see the attraction up close. In Paris, however, since we were there for one day and it was a 3 hour trip each way from the port to Paris, we took a bus tour arranged by HAL, as did our friends, which added to the experience. Think we saw about all we wanted to see in Paris and had a nice lunch at a brasserie that had been arranged as part of the tour...a pleasant experience compared to what we had expected (like a box lunch?) for a bus load of tourists.

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Neptune Deluxe Veranda Suite

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