We just got back from our cruise on the Eurodam and what a wonderful time we had! We left the ship on Saturday in 85 degree weather and on Sunday I was using my snow blower - talk about a shock to the system! This was my DW and my 34th cruise, our 6th on HAL. On the trip was my DW and adult DD. We flew into Fort Lauderdale on Friday, we like going in the day before so we don't have to worry about weather and delays and get rushed. We rented a car from Hertz and drove over to Weston to the Residence Inn. We like it there as it is away from all the traffic, and my DW likes the Sawgrass Mall for those last minute things. Also picked up some pop and water for our room. We had dinner at Chuck's Steak House on 17th Street. We like that place and usually go there when we are in Fort Lauderdale. The next morning we got up and had our complimentary breakfast which as usual was very good, repacked the car and headed off to the Pier about 10:30. My wife is handicapped so I dropped my wife and daughter off at the pier and then returned the car to the airport and caught the shuttle back. Just an FYI to anyone doing this, they don't start running the shuttle from the airport to the pier until 11:00 am. They don't have the individual company shuttles, it is one that picks up everyone.

I had arranged for a rental of a wheelchair from CareVacations. That was to be delivered to our room. For those of you that need wheelchairs, I would recommend them as they were very courteous and had good equipment. We only had one minor problem. I had also arranged with HAL for a wheelchair at the port, however they will only take you from the port to the Lido and drop you. The problem is the wheelchair that was reserved was in our stateroom which did not open until 1:30. HAL was very accommodating and allowed me to go to the room to see if it had arrived, which it had. I picked it up and brought it back to the reception area and we were on our way.

The Ship: We thought the ship was very elegant and laid out nicely. We did not have any trouble getting around. The one thing that did bother us is that we felt "closed in" since there were no spaces that really had high ceilings. One night we ate on the second floor of the dining room which we felt much better about since it had an opening in the center looking down on the floor below, however that floor is for assigned seating. We ate there because there happened to be an open table there when we went to the dining room. Read more