Eurodam Review
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I was on a 7 night Eastern Caribbean itinerary on the Eurodam in early Jan with a friend as kind of a last vacation before I ship out for Afghanistan. We were on a cruise last year with Royal Caribbean, and while that was enjoyable we thought we would check out a more refined/upscale experience with Holland America. It takes a lot for me to complain about something as I've spent almost the entirety of my adult life on active duty in the military, but even if I was a more discerning passenger, there isn't a whole lot about the Eurodam that I could complain about.
We had originally booked a VE guarantee, but when the room assignments were dealt out we were but in a V category stateroom which from I understand is an upgrade within the Veranda category of rooms. Needless to say, it was a great room for us, it was in the middle of the ship, on the 8th deck, directly under the Lido Buffet, but we didn't experience any noise or disturbances at all during the week.
Embarkation: We arrived in Fort Lauderdale the day before the cruise and stayed at the ExtendedStay America by the pier, I have nothing great to say about the place, but the location was good and it was a bed to sleep in and a roof over my head. There was some confusion the next morning because I think just about everybody staying at the hotel that night were cruise passengers (there were 8 ships in port, one of them was the Oasis). There were tons of shuttles, people didn't know where to go, somehow we ended up on a shuttle, which we didn't reserve, but it got us to the ship. The embarkation process couldn't have been any easier, we dropped our bags off, were ushered inside, filled out a health form, we were immediately directed towards an empty station and within five minutes our pictures were taken and we had our cruise cards. The most time we spent waiting during the entire embarkation process was on the gangway to the ship because there was some kind of computer malfunction, but that was sorted out quickly. After we got onto the boat we were immediately ushered into the main dining room for lunch.