Nice people bad ship.

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 13

Review summary

My wife and I have cruised many times and only once before with Royal Caribbean. We stayed in a Junior suite and found it quite comfortable. The decor is tired but not offensive. The major issue is the food and entertainment aboard ship. No matter how much you try and upgrade you cannot get away from the pervasive mediocrity of everything.  We purchased a dinning package for three nights and the Chef's table. The Chef's Table was very nice. The food was good and the service was excellent. The dinning package was worthless. In fact we didn't use the last day. The beef at the upscale Giovoni's was really bad. The servers were a bit aggressive about being complimented which isn't as big issue but it was a little weird. We always tipped well and realize that the servers are international and customs are different all over the world. 

 

The big issue is that the ship is nothing more than an all you can eat and drink at a fixed cost facility. It is packed with people that want to strap the feedbag on and are always in a hurry to get to the unlimited processed grub.

 

The pool band knows four or five songs and not well. They play extremely extended versions of everything and are usually slightly off key. The shows are not quite to the level of a good high school talent show. 

 

The bar staff is very very nice as are almost all the people working. I cannot say enough about how hard they work to make your trip enjoyable. That being said, if you are looking for mediocrity in everything and plenty of it, this cruise is for you.

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Basseterre, St. Kitts

Willemstad, Curacao

Oranjestad, Aruba

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