The ship, which is part of the story of Europe cruise shipping is called Rotterdam. The vessel carries a 10 years history of sailing through the oceans and seas of the world. The ship is large and her measurements are great. The deadweight is 59,659 mt and the length of Rotterdam is 234 meters. This large cruise ship is operated by Holland America Line, and now is one of the most luxury vessels of the world.
The cruise ship Rotterdam is not so large and this offers to passengers a chance to visit small and interesting places all over the world. Such example is the last port of call that Rotterdam visited – Varna. The small Bulgarian country where I’m living is the sea capital of Bulgaria and was a host for cruise ship for 1 day, on the 5th May, 2008. A large number of passengers visited the city for one day and they told a lot of good things about this cruise ship.
  Rotterdam has a space for 1,316 passengers on board, and the ratio between crew and passengers is 2.2, which offers to all guests a nice moments and very beautiful atmosphere on board. Almost 80% from all staterooms has a sea-view and passengers who have such rooms can wake up from the sun, and fall asleep, while watching the stars. From all staterooms nearly 43% has their own balconies, and the most luxury apartments are a real dream for all people. The ship is well equipped with 3 restaurants, where you may take a dish, or got an official dinner with your family of friends. Also the cruise ship has 19 halls for passengers, one of which is only for VIP guests. The time on board you can spend in one of the fitness halls, in some of the cafes, or just walking outside in some of the open-air gardens. On board there are all of equipments for your good time and your beauty – spa center, beauty hall, massages and many dress and jewelry shops. This is a place where you can spend a nice holiday, on prices from 1000 USD to 30000 USD. It depends from your own decision. But ship is beautiful and offers to you everything that you may need.   Many people told, that Rotterdam is a sailing resort, and that is right. On board there are also The theaters and cinemas will fill your free time on board and will make you part of the greatest movie festival of the seven seas. One of the most interesting fact for Rotterdam cruise is that the newest issue of New York Times can be easily found on board, even if the ship is on the other side of the Earth. That is the newspaper that is a symbol of all Americans and the United States. For people, who like culture, on board is situated a museum and in the public halls there are pictures of the best known painters of the world. The collection of museum-quality art and antiques has a price of nearly 2 million USD, according to ship-owner’s data.
  For your children the ship has a lot of places, where you may let them play with others, without any remorse and to enjoy your time. At the end of the day you will be happy and your children too. For teenagers the ship had bars and disk clubs, where the party don’t stop, either in Africa or Netherland. Everything will be cool on this ship.
  The future schedule of Rotterdam cruise ship is very interesting. The next cruise is planned to be around the world, and the period of cruise is nearly 130 days. This is a great challenge for people that like sailing and people that fall for extreme adventures. Sailing with Rotterdam Cruise ship is combining the extreme adventure of sailing with luxury holiday on cruise vessel. So the retro style is all around this ship and it is in the heart of it. The ship was christen by the Dutch princess Margaret in 1997. Interesting fact for the ship is that it is the 6th serial vessel of Holland American Company, who wears this name. The first one was put on water in the late year 1872. This is a great tradition for the company and for the world fleet at all.
date: 8th May, 2008