Last year, our cruise travel agent sent us this gorgeous last minute promotion for a Holland America cruise. What did we think of our first Holland America Rotterdam cruise? We booked a transfer with our travel agency that brings us right to the Amsterdam Cruise Terminal, a 2 hour drive from home. As we arrive in the terminal, our luggage is tagged and sent off to the Holland America Rotterdam ship. The check in hall has a waiting area with rows of chairs on one side, check in counters on the other side.
Not even 10 minutes later we make our way to the checkin queue. The self check in screens are easy to use: scan your passport, a picture of your face is taken to add to your Holland America Rotterdam stateroom keycard.
Cabins are ready apparently, and a member of staff tells us that we can find our keycards in our room. It takes a while to get the an elevator up to the right level since only 2 of the 4 elevators are operating the others are used now by the crew to move the luggage to the cabins. We shove them under the bed and so we can make a quick video and a couple of pictures for this blog post now that the room still looks nice and untouched.
As we walk out, we meet Ayu who introduces herself as our main cleaner and housekeeper here on the Holland America Rotterdam ship, together with her colleague Sarwo.
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It is 2pm when we bite into our yummy burgers, kudos Holland America for a smooth boarding process! We are staying in cabin , a classic veranda suite located on deck 6 on the port side of the Holland America Rotterdam ship. In the hallway is a door leading to the bathroom, the other side of the hallway wall contains a built in wardrobe and cupboards. After that comes the bedroom and small lounge area with couch and desk, and a sliding door to the balcony with 2 deckchairs, footrests and a small table.
