MS ROTTERDAM VISTA SUITE

[CATandSQUID]

Have the cabins on the Rotterdam been upgraded?  TV on wall vice the desk.

Thanks!

[catl331]

Her last dry dock was late Oct 2017. THESE PICS of 6179 taken June 2018 show a small TV on the desk opposite the sofa. The next dry dock is (or was) scheduled for Dec this year. So my guess is that the TVs have not been upgraded yet.

[Sskarmar]

We were on the Rotterdam in March (thwarted Panama Canal cruise) in a Vista suite. The TV was on the desk.

[zelker]

My understanding is that none of the smaller HAL ships will have the flat screen TVs on the wall nor the interactive systems … something about the cost of rewiring these older ships.  

[KAKcruiser]

That was my understanding also.  But, we were on the Volendam in November 2019 and they had the big flat interactive TVs on the wall in the Neptune Suites.  They had just installed them.

[Cruise4food]

On 4/10/2020 at 2:20 PM, CATandSQUID said:

Have the cabins on the Rotterdam been upgraded?  TV on wall vice the desk.

Thanks!

Look for On-Demand TV in the ship amenities table. Some of the R-Class ships are upgraded but not all.  https://www.hollandamerica.com/content/dam/hal/inventory-assets/ships/pdf-files/HAL_Ships_at_a_Glance_Chart.pdf
 

 

 

[DaveOKC]

13 hours ago, zelker said:

My understanding is that none of the smaller HAL ships will have the flat screen TVs on the wall nor the interactive systems … something about the cost of rewiring these older ships.  

Now would be a great time for HAL to  modernize/upgrade their ships (of course, assuming they have the cash to do it).

[Petronillus]

On 4/10/2020 at 3:08 PM, catl331 said:

Her last dry dock was late Oct 2017. 

 

We were on her in Sept 2019 (Baltic Sea r/t Amsterdam). Of all the HAL ships we've sailed the Rotterdam was the most "tired," like it had been used hard and housekeeping couldn't keep up.

 

P.S. Is it true that the Rotterdam and the Oosterdam will both be retired at the same time, to be replaced by the new ms Roosterdam?

[Cruise4food]

18 minutes ago, Petronillus said:

P.S. Is it true that the Rotterdam and the Oosterdam will both be retired at the same time, to be replaced by the new ms Roosterdam?

And the first voyage will be chartered by KFC Corporation. 😂🤔