HAL has gotten better. We have cruised twice before on HAL ships and the experience has been mixed. This can be said about this trip but the good far out weight the bad.

To start we arrived at Fort Lauderdale a day early. The hotel and transfer from the airport went smoothly. I will not comment about the shuttle service from the hotel to an area where there was restaurants. It seems that they were over whelmed. Transfer to the ship was better. It should be since there was charge. The same as a cab ride from the airport to Port Everglades.

Check in was smooth as we arrived at Pier 26 at 12:00. I was taken aback that HAL does not give priority to check in to Mariner members. However the wait was short and we got on the Eurodam in a timely manner. The Cabins were ready and we dropped off ours carry ons and were off to the MDR for the Mariner welcome lunch. Bravo HAL. Read more