U.S. Cruise Reviews

Having been recently renovated, we found the Norwegian Dawn to be vastly improved from our prior sailing on her. The Canada/Bermuda two week cruise was relaxing but we found a few things less than anticipated. The complimentary dining menu during the Canadian segment needs to be improved as most of the offerings were stews and casseroles.....or alternative dining which seems to be strongly encouraged. The second week to Bermuda found the complimentary dining menu much improved and enjoyable. The bar service is sorely lacking with the withstaff ignoring you by not making eye contact resulting in you having to go to the bars yourself to obtain a drink, but they still get their 18percent tip!  It took five hours for our luggage to arrive in our storeroom, and we were two of the last four people to arrive at the ship that day. Cabin service was slow...most times our cabin was not "made up" for the day until after 2pm and as late as 6 pm one day. I don't fault our steward, it's apparent there too few of them assigned to too many rooms as well as luggage responsibilities. Entertainment was exceptional in all venues. Debarkation was smooth and efficient. Pleasant surprise to us was that this was a 2 segment cruise for which we were given double dining credit for each segment and a ship board credit to use. Overall the ship was clean, well maintained and vastly improved since it's overhaul.

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it was beautiful, clean, and well organized. The services were outstanding! From the stateroom to the restaurants! The food was good! The employees were very friendly! The disembarkation process was very smooth even though there was a delay from the immigration part of it. I was happy with the experience I had with Princess cruise! I cannot stop telling friends about it and I will definitely cruise with Princess again!

We enjoyed the time together in the ship's friendly atmosphere.  Service was excellent, the food was good an plentiful and the facilities  on board provided some exciting activities, such as the ice skating rink for our 8-year-old grandson.

The Explorer of the Sea is a beautiful ship.  I loved the common area (The Promanade) where everyone gathered.  It reminded me of a little village.  I was impressed with the fact that some of the inside staterooms actually had windows overlooking this area. There was a few shops and a 24 hour cafe where you could get coffee, sandwiches and pastries included in your package.  It also included Starbucks and Ben and Jerry's ice cream that was extra cost.  The cruise staff hosted many celebrations in this area as well.  We had a really fun 70's disco party.  

I could not rate this a 5 because I was not impressed with the shows that were offered on the ship and normally I love going to the shows.  Additionally, the times offered were a bit inconvenient.  Also about scheduling, we had a situation where we wanted to go to Karaoke one night and when we showed up at a place called the Tavern there was a group of people watching a game on the big screen.  At first the cruise director wanted to cancel the show but then he waited and we got a late start.  It seems to me that if this was a scheduled activity in that venue it should have been coordinated better with the Tavern.  

I have done this cruise before and did not participate in any shore excursions but I love all the ports the ship stopped at.  

Everything else was o.k. but they did seem to be short staffed and I felt better services had been offered on other cruise lines.  

The Regatta is a wonderful ship.  The cabin service is superb.  We had great meals and had a choice of five locations.  The service in all dining locations is top notch.

The whole staff is helpful. 

We we had great food, all sorts of wonderful choices.  The desserts were great and the afternoon tea should not be missed.

The captain was wonderful as was the cruise director.  The communication was excelltbe.

canada is wonderful and we had perfect weather throughout the trip.

I highly recommend Oceania. It is a cruise for adults, no children were onboard. 

This is was our 7th cruise on Oceania and we have two more booked.

MORE TIME IN SF. WHEN I BOOKED IT  THE  SCHEDULE YOU GAVE ME WAS CHANGED COMPLETELY. YOU HAD 1ST STOP IN ASTORIA AND 2 DAYS IN SF. THEY CHANGED IT COMPLETELY

It started like most cruises but even a little bit better on the boarding process.  That was where the good mostly ended. We (wifey & I) were travelling with eleven other friends and our expectations were high because four of our party had cruised RC b-4 and really talked them up. They ended up apologizing saying that this was an anomaly and not the real RC. It took me three days to finally make the room stewards understand I wanted four extra pillows not the four that I had. No stationary or pen in the cabin. The server team in the dining room was slower than mud going uphill and when we got the nearly stone cold food because of their lack of speed it wouldn't have been much better if it were hot.  The food for the most part was bad in the dining room and totally terrible at the 11th deck buffet. We complained to the team supervisor to no avail and finally got tired of going over their heads and went directly to the food and beverage director after two days of piss poor service. The service got better but the food was still second grade at best ediblwe but not of the quality we have come to expect on our 12 previous cruises on Norwegian, Carnival and Holland America. It kind of makes me feel a little apprehensive about using RC again

4 days to straighten out the pillow situation in the room,   2 more days and 4 phone calls to get the television to work,   food was low quality and the service even lower.  Activities on board were sorely lacking during the day.   dining room not open for lunch,  buffet only upstairs.   descriptions of excursions sounded great but 2 different ones we booked n board were deceptive as we found out while touring.  disappointed was not the word.

The cabin steward and the Splash Academy staff did a wonderful job but 2 days at sea was too much with an uncaring and often intrusive service staff.  Many of the crew were obvoisly sick with colds which didn't help when given dirty silverware. Disemlbarkation was a disater. 

Favorite part was visiting Victoria, BC, and Astoria, Oregon.  Didn't realize this was a back-to-back cruise - had too many sea days for me.  Next time I'll research cruise itself more.

We loved the free unlimited beverage package!  We only had to give them our card, nothing to sign when they returned the card with our order.  When I sailed in 2015, they brought a check to sign and passengers were mistakenly adding tips when those are all prepaid with the package.  A great solution in practice now!  Out of curiosity, I would have liked to see the drinks listed on our final cruise bill (with no charge).  

Some of the food was disappointing.  But the crab cakes in Azura, Indian food (Garden Cafe), chocolate croissants (everywhere), bacon, mai tais, red Sangria, tiramisu (Tsar's Palace) and Fish & Chips (O'Sheehan's) were fantastic!  Grandson ordered pizza for every lunch and dinner, so I guess it was great, too.

My husband always rates the hot tubs NOT hot.  Grandkids (9 & 13) really loved the waterslide, even when it was really too cold to be out there.  Several fathers with toddlers were having a lot of fun on it, too.

The drinks were free flowing at the 2 receptions we went to, but the food (invitation was for appetizers) was very hard to get!  Definitely need a full lunch afterwards.

Son's cabin for 4 (5553) had a rollaway rather than 2nd bunk, which was ridiculous (wall to wall beds); we were told NO cabins had 2 bunks.

Cruising downswell at 12 knots is so relaxing. The usual 24 knot speed makes for more ship movement.

Victoria, B.C. Is a must visit! Such a beautiful place. We had perfect Fall weather with just a tiny bit of chill in the air. 

Traveling under the Golden Gate Bridge via cruise ship was on my bucket list and was very exciting. Cheers could be heard from the whole ship as we made the transit. San Francisco was so accessible from the cruise terminal. 

A bad start in Vancouver though. Be prepared for LENGTHY immigration and customs. We had priority and were still there 2 hours to clear!!!! Not a fun way to begin a vacation. Then Norwegian greeted us with our conceireige and refreshments. The pampering and relaxation began. Wonderful crew! Bagus, Chris and Yashira, special thanks.

A short, uncomplicated vacation at sea.  Interesting and familiar ports, good food, GREAT entertainment and a friendly and competent crew ,all at a reasonable price.  Couldn't ask for more.

The weather was perfect.   Very smooth on the water.   Full ship, so anytime dining with a reservation was still a wait.   Food and entertainment were great!

Bouchart Garden was the favorite.  It changes with the time of year.  In the spring it was tulips.  In the fall its dahlias.  Its always a beautiful place to visit.

The friendly employees.  The ease of getting on and off the ship.  Food and selection in the dinning room.  (All very good.)  My only complaint is that when I had my teeth whitened at the ship's spa, the girl from London burnt my lower gums so very badly.  I am still recovering.  She needs more training!

For the most part the weather was great.  We were not very happy with the food choices and the food in general as well as the service.  Seems like most of the cruise crew did not want to even be on the ship.  We were not informed about the drink packages until the 2nd day of the cruise.  I felt like this should have been told to us when I made the reservations.  We were there to celebrate our anniversary and honeymoon and we were asked to leave our room for a few hours while they came and changed the carpet in our room.  I would not take this cruise again.

Food has very limited options. Buffet foods are the same every day... Only the main dinning restaurant maintains good standard of food tastes, other restaurants serve very crappy foods. Limited varieties. 

I don't enjoy the free style of the ship. Less organized, less fun. People come and go. The disembarkment at San Fran was chaotic. We were made to wait in line for 2.5 hours outside of the ship, in the cold outdoor. 

Scenery, Food, Entertainment and Staff and Accommodation were equally enjoyable. Would definitely do it again! Tour of Vancouver was Great and throughly  enjoyed our Tour Guide from West Coast Sightseeing. 

We had great dinner companions, however dinner selections and service were disappointing.  Not up to standards we have experienced on previous cruises.  We never had any contact with the Maitre'd, our waiter was snippy and rude, even with the Classic Beverage package we had poor beverage service at dinner.  We did enjoy the Ports we visited, the entertainment was outstanding (best troop on any cruise I've been on), and the programs presented by the Naturalist were excellent.  While we enjoyed ourselves, I would not recommend the Infinity...