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Springfield
Joined 02/2018
16
Cruises2
Reviews9
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Past cruises
September 2023 - 5 Night Bermuda (Cape Liberty Roundtrip) Cruise on Liberty of the Seas
May 2023 - 12 nights on Jewel of the Seas
September 2022 - 3 Night Bahamas & Perfect Day (Port Canaveral Roundtrip) Cruise on Independence of the Seas
May 2022 - 7 Night Northbound Alaska & Hubbard Glacier (Vancouver To Seward) Cruise on Radiance of the Seas
February 2022 - 3 Night Bahamas & Perfect Day (Port Canaveral Roundtrip) Cruise on Independence of the Seas
February 2020 - 5 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip) Cruise on Independence of the Seas
Cruise to Haiti and Jamaica
It was a relaxing cruise. Ship is big enough not to feel crowded. By today’s standards service was pretty good. Food was ok.
April 2018 - 7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip) Cruise on Adventure of the Seas
Southern Caribbean Kitts, Maarten, Lucia, Antigua, Barbados
Service in the cruise industry is in a general decline. specifically since they started the prepay gratuities. No incentive to go above and beyond. Overall this is a good cruise with lots to do on board. Just which the cruise lines would get back to the service of the old days.
December 2013 - 7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip) Cruise on Adventure of the Seas
March 2013 - 4 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral roundtrip) Cruise on Monarch of the Seas
May 2010 - 4 nights on Monarch of the Seas
July 2004 - 7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale roundtrip) Cruise on Celebrity Century
April 2004 - 4 Night Western Caribbean (Miami roundtrip) Cruise on Carnival Fascination
May 2003 - 3 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral roundtrip) Cruise on Sovereign of the Seas
May 1992 - 4 nights on Nordic Empress
Independence of the Seas
Sail date: February 22, 2020
It was a relaxing cruise. Ship is big enough not to feel crowded. By today’s standards service was pretty good. Food was ok.
Adventure of the Seas
Sail date: April 21, 2018
Southern Caribbean Kitts, Maarten, Lucia, Antigua, Barbados
Service in the cruise industry is in a general decline. specifically since they started the prepay gratuities. No incentive to go above and beyond. Overall this is a good cruise with lots to do on board. Just which the cruise lines would get back to the service of the old days.
Cruise tips
Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)
Royal has spent allot of money to turn this into a playground. Some of us like the natural beauty of these islands. We took the luxury sailing yacht tour. It was a very relaxing 3 hour tour. Crew was great. Rum punch was cold. We had 16 onboard. 15 might be the max for it not to feel to crowded. The shopping at Labadee is a nightmare with everyone trying to pull you into there booth to sell their commercially bought stuff as hand made. Every booth has the same stuff.
The port was nice with the usual jewelry and trinket stores made in China. We did the doonebuggy tour with lunch. Drove 1hr 15min each way to do a 45min off-road. Positive side was they were Polaris razors. Course was challenging in spots. Muddy and wet. Take extra pair of clothes and towel. You will get soaked in mud. They should drop the lunch part and extend the time out driving the course.
Adventure of the Seas
Don't miss the Quest and love and marriage game shows. St. Johns has an awesome buggy adventure shore excision. St. Kitts is horrible. The beach at St Maartin is beautiful but to many people wanting to massage your feet. St Lucia is a beautiful Island to tour. Because the bathroom is so small stop at Walmart and pickup a shoe organizer ($7) to hang on the door to put all of your toiletries in. I also take a magnet to stick all the tickets on the wall so they don't get lost in all the stuff on the desk. Split your packing put half of your stuff and half of your spouses stuff in each suitcase so if one gets lost you have something to wear. Only two outlets in each cabin and surge strips will be confiscated so I take a laptop plug it in and then plug the phones into the laptop. If you plan on using them to listen to music. There is a refrigerator in the cabin if you want to bring the two bottles of wine on board they allow. There is also a small hair dryer so it takes a while to dry your hair.