The second day of this Holland America Southern Caribbean Seafarer Cruise on the Rotterdam was a sea day and being so allowed me to compare the crowd levels on the ship's outside decks compared to the last segment of this cruise which ended Friday.  With the average age dropping a…

Today kicked off the second segment of this 21-day cruise on Holland America's flagship, the Rotterdam.  The next nine days are a Southern Caribbean Seafarer Cruise which will find us cruising to Bonaire, Curacao, Aruba, and Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas - a cruise referred to as an "ABC…

The final day of the first segment of this 21-day cruise on Holland America's Rotterdam has arrived. It's a sea day as we head back to Fort Lauderdale where most passengers will disembark while 258 of us will stay on for the second segment, a 9-day Southern Caribbean Seafarer Cruise…

Greetings from Jamaica, mon!  The final port stop on the first segment of this 21-day cruise finds the Rotterdam docked in the country known for Red Stripe beer, Bob Marley, reggae, and Blue Mountain Coffee.  Bet you thought I was going to put "weed" on that list, didn't you?   We…

Here on Holland America's Rotterdam, we celebrated Halloween at sea as we sailed towards our next port of call, Falmouth, Jamaica.  I'm mid-way through this 21-day cruise which is two cruises back-to-back.  This first segment is a 12-day Panama Canal Sunfarer Cruise which will end on November 3rd when we…