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	Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Great trip. by Patricia from Oceanside, CA Sailing date: Oct 2006 Pros: Appearance. The ship was beautiful. The service great! And the itinerary one we really enjoyed. Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities Entertainment: Not something we usually find interesting. 38 out of 61 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 7+ cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Oceanview Great weather--gorgeous ports! by A Traveler from Redding, CA Sailing date: Sep 2010 Pros: Outstanding service by entire crew. Cons: Disembarkation in San Diego was like being in a cattle drive. The refurbished Rotterdam (VI) is beautiful inside and out--very well maintained. We loved the new spaces such as the Mix and the Retreat with the outdoor big screen movies in the evenings. The itinerary was wonderful--South Pacific at it's best. Absolutely gorgeous Islands, atolls and motus. Wonderful colors of sand, sky and sea. Fanning Island stop was a very pleasant surprise with terrific buys on native handicrafts and friendly people. Sea days were filled with all sorts of enjoyable activities or we could just relax. Rotterdam has the best onboard entertainment we've seen on any cruise. There are so many choices for dining with the La Fontaine, Lido, Pinacle and Canaletto restaurants plus the pizza place at the Retreat and the Terrace Grill by the pool. Food was wonderful! Great variety and extensive menues. Ship Details: Ship Quality Beautiful artwork throughout the public spaces. Meticulous detail to cleanliness and service with a smile by everyone on board. Dining/Food Dining in the La Fontaine main dining room was a very memorable experience at every meal. Every detail was perfect, service was exquisite by veteran stewards who call you by name from the first day on. Food was beautiful and delicious with lots of choices for venues and menues. Stateroom Quality Stateroom was more than adequate, newly refurbished and spotlessly maintained. Stateroom stewards are outstanding. Ship Staff Quality Staff throughout the ship were wonderful. Bar staff would help find seats in the showroom and assist elderly at every turn--with a huge smile! Entertainment & Activities Entertainment was fantastic---great singers, musicians, entertainers with superb costumes, staging, choreography, sound and lighting--every show was top-notch. All the music throughout the ship was wonderful--show band, dance band, piano bar, guitarist and DJ. All were very professional. 12 out of 14 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 65+ Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Stateroom Type: Oceanview Not a good choice to travel alone on by A Traveler from Hendersonville, NC Sailing date: Jul 2009 Pros: Food was good; crew was polite; room was adequate Cons: 90% of the passengers were Dutch and non English speaking; the ship catered to their language in most presentations; tours were too tightly scheduled and only three days were spend ashore. Recommend ship to family groups and large tour groups; Too commercial ; huge to get around in; see above Ship Details: Ship Quality Initially difficult to find your way around in Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Room steward was very prompt in am and pm setup Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Copenhagen, Denmark; Helsingborg, Sweden; Oslo, Norway Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Copenhagen, Denmark No time given for exploration; very tightly scheduled tour of interest to the guide. Saw only the highlights of the city; no meals served on tour Don't Miss: Ask the tour guide Helsingborg, Sweden If it hadn't rained at the gardens we could have seen more; but again tightly scheduled.; no chance given to have anything to eat anywhere Oslo, Norway Went to Christmas House in Drobak and then had a short city tour; guide was very good and willing to go beyond the prescribe itinerary to accomodate visitor's request Don't Miss: Drobak and the sculpture garden 7 out of 9 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Family w/older children Stateroom Type: Oceanview Alaska cruise by A Traveler from Texas Sailing date: Aug 2010 Pros: The wildlife and scenery Cons: The desserts on the lido deck Smaller ship, catering to the elderly, although I'm not old, I appreciated the care given to them. Nice library on the ship, was used by a lot of people. I wish there was no smoking in the casino, I couldn't stay in there fore more than 3 or 4 minutes. Had a wonderful time, and would sail with them again. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food The dining room was of course better than the lido deck, but overall it was very good. I certainly didn't lack for food. Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Juneau, Alaska; Ketchikan, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Juneau, Alaska Whale watching was wonderful. Shopping was the usual as in all ports of call. Don't Miss: Take a wildlife excursion, well worth the money. Ketchikan, Alaska Very rainy town. Pretty, has a nice river with salmon running through it. Lots and lots of shopping. Don't Miss: I did a bear watching tour which was great. Sitka, Alaska The town is nice, shopping of course, pretty houses and businesses Don't Miss: Again a wildlife excursion. 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful. 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