In December 2008, my wife and I elected to make reservations on HAL's newest ship the Eurodam. This would be our sixth cruise, our first on HAL. My wife and I, age 45 and 37 respectively, began to question our decision after we discovered the Cruise Critic website and began reading the various member reviews. However, having just returned from the Eurodam, we felt compelled to share our amazing experience with HAL!

Embarkation - Since we live in the state of Florida, we chose to drive to Port Everglades and arrived at 12:15pm; within 30 minutes of our arrival at the port's security gates we had parked our car in the parking garage, checked our luggage, completed the boarding process, made independent dinner reservations for each night of the week while onboard, and were on the Lido Deck enjoying a wonderful lunch, sipping on a refreshing cocktail, and calling family and friends to share in our excitement.

Stateroom - We booked a VF category, but were upgraded to a VA category at no cost. Thank you HAL, we truly enjoyed the enormous balcony! From the very comfortable mattresses to the quaint bathtub my wife so dearly loved, we found our stateroom to be the best encountered to date. Storage was comparable to past cruise lines with the exception of the storage drawers located at the ends of each bed, this provided additional storage not previously encountered during past cruises. Our stateroom steward was outstanding! Our room was always immaculate and the ice and towels fresh. Note: Staterooms are not available until 1:30pm, so if you arrive extremely early, expect to wait for your room; luggage was delivered by 5:00pm Read more