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Holland America Rotterdam 9-Day Southern Caribbean Cruise Review – Day 6: December 3, 2025
Day six on the Rotterdam kicked off our second full day in Aruba, with an all aboard time of 4:30 pm and plenty of sunshine to…
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Carnival Cruise Line Quietly Raises WiFi and Service Charges
Carnival Cruise Line has quietly rolled out price increases to both its WiFi packages and onboard service charges effective December 1, 2025, and while the changes…
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Holland America Rotterdam 9-Day Southern Caribbean Cruise Review – Day 5: December 2, 2025
Day five on this 9-day southern Caribbean cruise found us visting one happy island — Aruba — bright and early, with Rotterdam docking in Oranjestad just…
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Holland America Rotterdam 9-Day Southern Caribbean Cruise Review – Day 4: December 1, 2025
Day four brought us to our first port of call on this 9-day segment of my 21 straight days on Rotterdam. If you’re just joining —…
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Holland America Rotterdam 9-Day Southern Caribbean Cruise Review – Day 3: November 30, 2025
Day three of this 9-day Southern Caribbean adventure was spent at sea as we make our way toward our first port of call, Willemstad, Curaçao. If…
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Holland America Rotterdam 9-Day Southern Caribbean Cruise Review – Day 2: November 29, 2025
Here we go again! Day 2 of this cruise — and Day 14 of my full 21-day Rotterdam voyage — was spent at sea as we…
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Holland America Rotterdam 9-Day Southern Caribbean Cruise Review – Day 1: November 28, 2025
Time to kick off round two — the continuation of this adventure, but now as an entirely new cruise: a 9-day Southern Caribbean sailing on Holland…
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Holland America Rotterdam 12-Day Eastern Caribbean Cruise Review – Day 12: November 27, 2025
Today marks the final day of this 12-day segment of my latest adventure aboard Holland America Line’s Rotterdam. While most passengers are packing up and getting…
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Holland America Rotterdam 12-Day Eastern Caribbean Cruise Review – Day 11: November 26, 2025
Day 11 already — how did that happen? We’ve covered a lot of ocean since boarding Rotterdam last week: Half Moon Cay, Grand Turk, St. Maarten,…
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Holland America Rotterdam 12-Day Eastern Caribbean Cruise Review – Day 10: November 25, 2025
Day 10 already and it’s hard to believe we’re wrapping up the final port of this 12-day Caribbean run on Holland America’s Rotterdam. We’ve hit some…