If you love cruising, this is a fun piece of history! Holland America has kept the SS Rotterdam in great shape for museum tours and it's a hotel with. Restaurant- so you can somewhat relieve the glory days of sailing. We did not stay at the hotel but we did participate in the tour, then had a drink on the pool patio They let you tour the bridge, the dining and lounge areas etc and while doing so, there are helpful people- most who worked for the line at some point, all sharing their stories. It was a lot of fun to hear about crew shenanigans lol Definitely put this one on your list if you're visiting the area! read more

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The SS Rotterdam is a huge ship that is stationed in Rotterdam and is now a hotel/tourist destination. We debated staying here for a night or two but decided not to. If you do not stay here then you can dine in, grab a drink, go on one of the tours or try to get out of an escape room. If you do not want to pay for anything then you can explore the free parts of the ship and grab a drink. We did that and I got an Aperol Spritz in the captains lounge. read more

I arrived a bit late in the day to take advantage of the tour of the S S. Rotterdam, a nicely preserved Holland America cruise ship from the 1950's. I plan to return to Rotterdam next year and will take the full tour. This cruise line celebrates its 150th Anniversary this year as the world's oldest cruise line. They must be doing something right in The Netherlands to have the 150-year legacy of Holland America and the 104-year legacy of KLM, the world's oldest airline. But just to soak up the atmosphere of this era, and be thankful that this piece of important history was preserved is a great feeling. Although I didn't stay at the hotel onboard, I did enjoy a couple of the Espresso Martinis that were being featured. Tourism is grueling. Relax with a nice drink and just slow down. read more

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After I boarded the ship for my10 day cruise, I sat down in the main dining room and ordered a salad, chicken tacos, and a Campari spritzer. In my opinion, the food and the service was certainly lacking, so I never ate another meal in the Main Dining room for the rest of the cruise. After I left the main dining room I was still hungry, so I went up to the Lido Deck 9, where I found a station which had the absolutely best hand-made Mexican food, and had all the extras for either soft or hard shell tacos. In my opinion, the Lido should be your choice of venue for all meals, but especially for lunch. As for dinner, I was extremely happy I joined Club Orange (CO). I never waited at breakfast or dinner there, and the Maitre 'd, Edgar, was the best of the best, in managing this specialty restaurant. If you are like me, and hate second-hand smoke, then you will hate sailing on the Rotterdam. I thought that there was no smoking anywhere inside the ship, but I was wrong, because there was a portion of the casino that permitted smoking. There is a second pool at the back of the ship on deck 9, right outside the Lido dining room, but I would never go out there because of the smoking. One of the other issues I had was the entertainment. I went to see the dancers in the World Stage on the first evening, and for a major show in their only large room on this ship, in my opinion, it was mediocre at best, and would not be worth wasting your time. With regard to the entertainment, it seems the Rotterdam has really cut-back on its entertainment. I mentioned second hand smoke as a serious problem on this ship, but the other problem, which in my opinion I found to be just as horrible, and maybe worse, was the noise level, the Decibels (dB), at 2 of their music venues: The Rolling Stone Rock Room, and BB King's Blue's Club. All the shows playing at these two lounges were extremely loud with decibels that I measured on my Apple Watch at 97 and 98 decibels, and I was not even sitting down inside the venue near the music; I took the readings on the walkway connecting all the music venues. Speaking of loud noises, from my experience the noises from the slamming entry doors, and even the bed-shaking noises from the verandah doors slamming was a regular occurrence. In my opinion, the noise is really startling and very loud. Of the two, the worst is the verandah doors that open and swing outward onto the seating area, so when the ship is moving, the pressure variation between the stateroom and the outside is extreme, plus the wind from the moving ship, forces the balcony door to slam with such a force and intensity, that it literally shook my bed every evening when my neighbors went out onto their verandah. The ship sails every evening, so you can expect any neighbors who go out on their verandah's to have their doors slam closed. Also, the entry doors do not have a pump-type device on the back of the door to control the closing of the entry door, which therefore caused the neighbor's doors to slam every-time they leave or enter their stateroom. If you like the taste of aluminum in your water, you will love the Rotterdam. The company, has switched-over to everything aluminum when it comes to canned-water, at least that is what I believed until my last day onboard. Prior to that time, if I ordered water, I got a very small aluminum can with water, and because I paid for the special drink package, I was able to get these cans without any additional charge. I was very disappointed when I discovered on my last evening onboard that one of the dueling piano entertainers was drinking from a regular plastic bottle of water. I asked him where he got that water bottle, and was told it is provided to the entertainers. It took me 4 days after I returned home to get the aluminum taste out of my mouth, and that was an experience I will never forget. I know one thing for sure, that I got horribly sick from food that was either not cleaned properly and/or served raw at one of the dining venues on the Rotterdam. I was so sick with serious diarrhea, both day AND night, and vomiting one night, that I could not leave the ship for many days. Because my symptoms were so horrible and debilitating, I was planning on possibly having to rent a hotel room upon arrival in Ft. Lauderdale, so I could get better before I tried to safely travel home without having an "accident." Fortunately, the medicine the doctor prescribed for me worked. Let me be clear that I had the worst "stay-near-my-stateroom-experience" for a number of days AND nights, and no amount of monetary credit, the few hundred dollar future cruise credit, can repay me for what I endured. Based on my experiences, I would never recommend anyone I know to sail on the Rotterdam, or any of the other Pinnacle Class ships, based on my personal experiences on the Rotterdam. Fortunately, there are many other well-run cruise lines to choose from. read more

We stayed here for two nights on our trip to Rotterdam. I thought it would be somewhere different and quirky to stay. The ship has been refurbished and is nicely decorated in the 1950's style of its hayday. We went for the Manhattan styled room which gave us a bit more space. It was clean and tidy. We were able to check into our room early which was very handy. We enquirer about a late check out as we were being collected an hour after check out time and there was a €20 charge for this so we didn't bother and went and chilled out in the lido lounge with free wifi instead. The breakfast was fantastic, a great selection of fruits / breads / pancakes / eggs etc, worth he €54 for two breakfasts for two days. Only minor grumbles are that the tea and coffee was not replenished in the room for the second day and there were only paper cups no mugs to make it in. My second grumble was that I thought there was a swimming pool on the deck of the ship. The pictures were taken cleverly to show the waters reflection and when we went to see it, it was a paddling pool!!! I then re-read the text about it and it said if it is hot you can dip your toes in our pool, so they don't outright say there is a pool but it is implied! We got a water taxi from the ship across the harbour to the euromast which was an exciting way to travel. If you like ships and cool laces to stay then this is highly recommended. Keep in mind that it is a little away from the centre so dearer to get taxis too and is a combined metro and bus trip. We were €300 for the two of us for two nights including breakfast and the 6% city tax. So not the cheapest place to stay but pretty cool. read more

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Certainly not your garden variety multinational chain hotel. But if your looking for a unique authentic lodging experience that is an extraordinarily good value if you choose the standard room I highly recommend. HOWEVER its not an immediately accessible place. So you'd have to consider that. Taxis have to be booked in advance. But there is a free shuttle to the metro and a local Rdam bus that runs regularly giving access to the rest of the world class public transportation system. Food maybe a little high priced but I found the quality excellent and service equal. The surrounding neighborhood is very up & coming and "local" not a tourist hotspot which is ok with me. read more

Food is very bad...most expensive and low service hotel. The room/cabin is to small.Its so noisy you cant even sleep. Very dirty ship. Crew is very rude. I'd say find another hotel. read more

Stayed one night. The room itself was unbelievably comfortable. However the food onboard was expensive and subpar. Wouldn't return.