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The sports director joined the Rotterdam the end of February and they were doing the art classes too. The Rotterdam has the library and looking forward to it being added/returned to the other ships.

It was Ft Laudale - Port Everglades - pier 19. There were 6 large ships in which makes for a busy day of transferring guests the the airport. We have not had an issue as pier 26 trying to get a cab so don't know if it was because we were at 19. Since we had a late flight we should have just waited on the ship until the last call to depart and it probably would not have been as busy. Some folks were taking Uber as I saw several cars with that sign on cars in the drop off line.

Got off the Rotterdam at 0845 this morning - we were at pier 19. It was a real hassle to get a taxi to the airport. 50 people in line and a taxi only showing up every 5 minutes or so. Finally took a private company shuttle which was also a hassle as they had to stuff it with luggage and people (held 14) with different airlines. Lucky we were on Southwest so got off at the first stop. Still took a little over an hour for the 10 minute ride. Might use Uber next time.

Yesterday was the last day of our 42 day cruise. We had an excellent time and as always the crew members were OUTSTANDING. The entertainment for the most part was good. The Step One Dance company is excellent but we have seen these same shows (I have seen Humanity 14 times) since 2018. The 2 singing groups (The Runaround Kids and The Knights) were excellent - looking forward to seeing them again on a DAM ship. The food was good in both the MDR and Lido. Pinnacle and Tamarind were very good but I still don't understand the reason for an upcharge if you want soup and salad in the Pinnacle. I can have 3 or 4 appetizers in the MDR for no extra. The one thing that HAL can improve greatly on is the shipboard process on turn around days. When we turnaround in Port Everglades and CBP requires all passengers to get off the ship and go through customs (I don't really understand why but it is a requirement). The issue we had on all 3 turn around days was that on the ship we are required to meet at a stated location (World Stage on this ship). Instead of scanning our ship cards when we entered guest services personnel were there with paper lists to check people off. This was a very slow process and on all 3 turn around days the line was all the way back to the BB King lounge. The scan our cards when we order as the NY deli, the Dive In, and the Gelato bar so you would think that they could scan us in for turnaround day. They do it on other HAL ships so why not on the latest ship? Again - overall a great cruise with a great crew and looking forward to our next 3 cruises on a DAM ship.

Sea day #1 of 2 heading back to Port Everglades. Here is the daily for Friday - Feb 24.

We went to see the musical group "The Knights" again tonight and they are excellent. They will be on board for the Feb 25 sailing so make sure you see them. They are doing a 3rd show on our last night of the cruise.

Sunny and low 80s today in Aruba Here is the daily program for Thursday - Feb 23

Today we had a sunny and warm day in Bonaire - left at 1045pm headed for Curacao Here is the daily program for Fat Tuesday - Feb 21.

Today was a sea day heading to Bonaire - sunny and low 80s Here is the daily for Feb 20 - our day in Bonaire

We went to the 9:30pm show of the new on board singing group "The Knights". It was a packed house and they were very good. They will be doing a second show in a few days. Here is the daily for Feb 19 - day at sea heading to Bonaire.

The Bill Board on Board is the piano folks - the old fashion piano bar is long gone. No mechanical problems except on our first stop at Grand Turk several weeks ago they found a rope wrapped around the port Azipod prop that the had to bring it divers to remove.

Sunny and low 80s in Grand Turk today Here is the daily for Feb 18 - Amber Cove - We have a new singing group on the World Stage

On our way to Grand Turk Here is the daily for Friday 17 Feb - Grand Turk

We have been to HMC many times and were there Jan 26, Feb 14 and again today. When talking to a life guard he said they have a bad storm on Feb 12/13 that washed out the beach sand. In some areas you can be out by the ropes and it is only waist deep. When there today they have opened up the section that was closed on Feb 14 - probably because we had 2 large ships in at the same time.

Today was turnaround day in Port Everglades. We had about 600 guests stay on board for the next cruise. Here is the daily program for Thursday Feb 16 - Half Moon Cay

We have been on the Rotterdam for 4+ weeks and my wife takes a light weight sweater to the MDR and World Stage and often uses it.

We hid it again so probably still on the ship

We didn't get the daily program for Wed which is our turn around day in FLL so can't post it but we did find a traveling duck this morning after breakfast as we were leaving the lido. Also the beach at HMC had substantial erosion from a storm that went through Sunday and Monday. A section about 100 yards was closed and lots of sand had been pushed out into the water. In some areas you could go out to the rope area and still be only in waist deep water.

We are currently on the Rotterdam doing a B2B2B2B and actually we are scheduled to leave at 3pm Wednesday.

Sunny and smooth sailing on the Rotterdam today - pools were packed. Here is the daily program for Valentines Day - 14 Feb - also Half Moon Cay.

Here are a few photos from the 3pm Tea on the Rotterdam last cruise.

The Rotterdam crew put on a nice party by the lido pool for the Super Bowl tonight. Here is the daily program for Feb 13 - sea day on the way to HMC

The Rotterdam is docked at Havensight today as usual.

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