We are a couple in the early 40's and have been cruising with and without our 2 children on RCCL, Star cruises, Holland America, Celebrity and NCL.

This was a cruise for my wife and me only. We had booked a balcony guarantee cabin and ended up in a nice balcony cabin at navigation deck. We did not get the best start to our short 3 night cruise from Rotterdam to Copenhagen, as our luggage was not with the plane to Amsterdam. After completing the procedure about lost luggage we took the train from Amsterdam airport to the port in Rotterdam. We arrived in Rotterdam around 1 PM and wanted to check-in to M/S Eurodam before going back to Rotterdam city for some necessary shopping due to our loss of luggage with all our clothes. We explained our situation to the HAL staff at the check-in counters and was allowed VIP check-in in order to save time for our shopping. This was a very fast and smooth embarkation. We managed to do the power shopping and went back to M/S Eurodam at 3 PM. Now it was time to relax, but first we wanted to secure our restaurant reservations for the next 3 nights. We were on "Dine as you wish" and had decided to try the main dining room, the Tamarind and Pinaccle Grill on these 3 days cruise. I called the dining reservation desk from the cabin phone and the dining reservation was confirmed for the dining room the first night, the Tamarind the next and finally the Pinaccle Grill the last night.

Now it was time to explore M/S Eurodam, which is a very nice ship - similar in layout to Noordam. The aft. pool is a very nice spot to be when the sun is shining and we could imagine ourselves spent much time there if the ship was in caribbean. (It was too cold on this cruise). Read more