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Adventure of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Adventure of the Seas

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 16, 2016

Ship: Adventure of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6360

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

I have never sat down and wrote a review but I have been in the hospitality business for over 15 years (server to general mgr) and I wanted to bring a couple of concerns to someone's attention.  The overall experience for excursions and ports of call were good.  The staff on the ship seemed to have a disconnect from the passengers from my own personal experience and from what I witnessed.  Most of all the bartenders (ship wide) and servers in the main dining had absolutely no expression of happiness.   Almost like the guest were a burdened.  Another concern was the night life.   It was pretty much nonexistent unless we wanted to be in the casino for 6 hours.  Beside karaoke and generic guitar player/singer there was nothing to do until midnight when the DJ decided to start at the dance club, which is hard to do waking up at 6:30 for the next excursion/port of call.   I went on Carnival last year and they seemed to set the bar at a higher level.  I expected more of an elegant adventure with Royal Caribbean knowing their reputation and sales pitch.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
A/C was out for 2 days but was properly taken care of when brought to staff's attention.

Ship tip

Friendlier staff and better programs on board.

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I.

5 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5

St. George's, Grenada

5 out of 5
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5 Comments

al6    8 years ago

Your complaining that bartenders were not fake, and did not chat you up with happy talk. I go on cruises to get away from fake people, not be amongst them.

pamela27    8 years ago

I have been on this ship 6 times, about to go on our 7th. We have never had any complaints with anything. We have been treated like royalty and everyone is always friendly and helpful.

Patrick4    8 years ago

I've done several rc cruises and have had the opposite experience, everyone treats us like royalty. Carnival has always been known as a party cruise line so that part makes sense. There is a reason rc is #1 in the cruising business for going on 15 years. My suggestion is go on a new ship or one recently refurbished...good luck!

soready2sail    8 years ago

Don't let it spoil your cruise! I'm thinking if I had to bartend a bunch of cruises seven days a week there's no way I could smile all the way through it. But you're going to have a great cruise anyway, we all do!😃

colleenklish    8 years ago

Well that's pretty disappointing to hear!

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