Just off the Rotterdam we had a great cruise , but decided to cancel our 14 day transatlantic on Stantendam
everything was great except the music walk. Between the loud rock band and incredibly loud blues band,
deck 2 from front to midship was painful just to cross
A drink and quiet conversation was only possible when the dueling pianos were playing.
Couples dancing and ballroom dancing basically nonexistent (ED did try to put ballroom dance times in the schedule but they were not conducive to attend.
I think HAL is pushing to the younger market, but having talked to many people I think the losing the core customer at least in Pinnacle Class.
Not much the onboard crew can do , because these decisions come from corporate.
A real shame because we love the ship