de rotterdam steam ship

Very authentic. Interesting to see the differences between 1st and 2nd class in the dining rooms. The full tour includes the engine rooms with the desalination machine. Impressive!

Fascinating insight to the grand liners of the past.Do the full tour including the engine rooms which brings home the size of the ship.Staff all speak English and are very knowledgeable .The best way to get to the ship is by water taxi.Experience how luxurious transport was.

I can't sleep wel because of noise from ventilations or i felt like real floating midden in the sea. The rest are oke and hospitable crews.

We had drinks on the upperdeck, next to the pool, it was a sunny afternoon and with a little imagination I could see my self travelling to the VS, like my grandmother has done on this ship in 1955.

On a beautiful day early November we decided to visit the SS Rotterdam and have a light lunch.The wonderful atmosphere as soon as you walk on board, the beautiful surroundings.....smashing !! Our aim was to have something for lunch and as the weather was nice enough to sit outside we went on deck where friendly staff took and served out our order. Didn't have enough time to do the tour, but we'll certainly be back to put that right, possibly to be finished off with dinner < if the nice lunch was anything to go by :-)

SAS Rotterdam is a good tourist attraction. One can see the whole ship with very good hotel. One can go up to third floor of the ship .The other suits of the ship having a good attraction.

This great old cruiseship is an tourist attraction in Rotterdam. You can sleep in one of the cabins as it is an hotel now. I just took the tour and that was a very nice daytrip for me as a local. The ship had may have cost to much to save from the scrapyard, but i believe it is a glamorous look in the history of shipping

The SS Rotterdam is well known by many Americans who cruised her during her active life. She is now permanently moored in own of the harbors and can be visited. Be sure to take the tour. There are two restaurants the Lido and the Captains room. The latter is a bit more formal but does not have a view on the water. The Lido is more laid back but the quality of the food is quite good considering the price. Try to reserve a table at a window because that gives you a excellent view on the river where you can watch the usual hustle and bustle of the passing ships and boats. Overall a great experience which brings you back to a time when cruising was still very enjoyable.

Family Day on the deck with the wading pool was very relaxing. Service was fast and food was good. It's a small place and yet the turn-over was good enough to accommodate many groups.

Just spent two days on the ss Rotterdam, the old steamliner (1959) that connected Rotterdam with New York. Nowadays this beautiful old lady is a hotel in which you can relive the old romantic cruising days and yet you do not move an inch, cause the ship never leaves the quay. All the staff, both in the hotel and the restaurant, wear nautic uniforms and that together with their hospitality and kindness make the cruising illusion complete.We did the audiotour on the ship. Very worthwile. You hear a lot about the history, life on the ship, the art in the diningrooms, lobbies, halls and during the tour you meet uniformed men who were sailors and most of them even served on the Rotterdam. They tell you the most interesting stories.There is free entrance to the terrace with swimming pool on the sundeck at the rear of the ship. The food is good, prices are okay and the staff is friendly. You have a nice view on the busy river Maas. We were lucky to have splendid weather, so we could have lunch on the terrace. If you like ships, water, wind through your hair and some old fashioned romance this terrace is the place to have lunch and if you want to make your experience complete go there by watertaxi that will race you from one of the many stops to the Rotterdam steamer.

Took guided tour when staying on board. Very interesting story of the history of the vessel from her cruising days through refit to present day. Our guide sailed with ship and was involved in the transformation to the hotel that she is today. Apparently the vessel was completely stripped out (including removal of all asbestos which I believe was time consuming and costly). A great deal of the original furnishing, fitments and art work were packed away when vessel was stripped out and then refurbished & refitted to make this hotel a real view back into an elegant age. Some fantastic and thoughtful touches to retain authenticity like the ceiling in the 'Smoking Room' being inlaid with leather as apparently this helped absorb tobacco smoke. There is a lot of original art work and furnishing from Dutch artists and craftsmen / manufacturers. Of course all this would be wasted without informative and engaging guides and our guide was excellent.

When I went there, I took water taxi and went for a lunch in really sunny and warm summer day. On the ship, food was nice, enough for lunch, nothing spectacular. But interesting part is that there you get a feeling like you are in a vacation, swimming pool in the middle with people enjoying time and sunbathing while you have cold drink and nice food and rush back to office like after a small vacation.

Stepping aboard this vessel is like jumping in a time machine at the high seas! Entrance is free of charge, have nice cocktail in the bar.

In the news it started all wrong, the lost for real estate corporation Woonbron, the asbestos on the ship in Gdansk. But in contradiction: what magnificent to visit and be guest (even for some hours) on this ship with friendly and relaxed employees. We were even welcomed at the entrance of the ship and right away got some facts/explanation, we were shown were we had to go inside.We entered in the world of the fifties how an emigration or smaller cruise ship looked like. With furniture and wall decorations of the fifties. Looked like former and passed away Queen Juliana still could come around one corner.We, my brother-in-law and I, had a great guided tour through the machine room and were surprised how many different machines made this boat run by a guide who told us with funny anecdotes through his story. It might be chilly there, so take a coat with you! You could continue the tour yourself with an audio tour, we did until point 8.In the Lido we had arriving on the boat coffee with pastry and later a great lunch with fresh bread in the sun on the deck. What a view at the sky-line of Rotterdam you have! Wow! The personal had time to have small conversations, which makes you really feel at home/comfortable, in Amsterdam they still can learn quit some hospitality from these Rotterdam friendly workers! In the museum shop we found a nice small booklet for only € 5,00 about the interior of the ship. I would say: if you're near the ship, visit it!If you're in Rotterdam, it's easy to go to the boat from Wilhelminakade to Katendrecht with a bridge, but Katendrecht former island itself is also really great nowadays to look at and have a walk!

You have to be persistent, because the nagivation leads you through an odd and what could even be considered dodgy area. But there it is, the big ship paid for by the Dutch taxpayers!Parking just in front, always nice, paid for, less nice. We went in with the aim to find the rooftrop terrace to have a drink with a view.However, never got there as the staff referred us to the indoor bar, which was quite dull. Think 'Sunday afternoon pianobar not too well visited'. So that turned out to be a quick visit for us! 20 minutes later we were back at the car again, only to find that indeed there was a roofto pterrace, and people were walking on it!By then we were done with the ship, and left.Mabye another try in the spring ...?