My wife and I have cruised several Transatlantic voyages with Princess and Celebrity previously. We are looking at some interesting itineraries from HAL particular with their Rotterdam ship. At a tonnage of about 99k, Rotterdam is quite a bit smaller than some of the Princess ships that we've been on such as Royal, Regal, and Sky (all at tonnages of around 144k), so we are wondering:
1. Is Rotterdam going to be more rocky doing a transatlantic voyage vs. those Royal Class ships from Princes
I did a TransAtlantic on the Sky Princess in March and a TransAtlantic on the Koningsdam, which is the sister ship to the Rotterdam. By FAR, the four of us preferred the Koningsdam over the Sky. These are my observations.
- There was no wraparound prom on the Sky and what there was of it was very narrow and the view blocked by lifeboats. You could walk about 2/3 of the way but there was no stern or forward access. One went inside to get from port to starboard, and vice versa. I