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Item: Adventure of the Seas
Rating: 4.7
Author: Jssonr67

Adventure of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Jssonr67

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 29, 2017

Ship: Adventure of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1390

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The adventure of the seas is an older ship and it shows. If you hadn't told me it had just gone through a retrofit to modernize it I wouldn't have noticed (We hadn't been this ship before). Customer service on RC was MUCH better than our Norwegian cruise experience, but not up to Disney.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Lines were long and hot. Not well organized.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Main dining room service was fantastic.. Menu was uninspired and not varied. Buffet food was uniformly mediocre (better than Carnival, worse than Disney or Norwegian). The specialty restaurants were pretty good, although not as spectacular is Disney's Palo. Get the BOGO 2 night dinner package. And make reservations as soon as you get on board. Was a nice way to ease into the cruise.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

We didn't partake in much of the entertainment. (it didn't seem interesting).

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

For a ship that just finished a retrofit, there were signs of wear and aging.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Best cabin we have ever had. Wake view is clearly the best view.

Ship tip

The ship never seemed crowded. Lines for MOST things (including elevators) weren't bad.

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

We love Old San Juan and Puerto Rico.

Thumbs Up 10

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5

Glass kayak and snorkel excursion. Kayaking was more strenuous than we'd prefer and the snorkeling wasn't great. if you are looking for good Kayaking, or good snorkeling, choose something different.

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Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Interesting city.

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Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

It's Aruba! Faster pace than the previous two islands. Gorgeous beaches.

Thumbs Up 3

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Our favorite island of the 4 we visited. Pinel island was amazing.

Thumbs Up 9

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Who wants to end vacation? Long lines. Overall easier than most Disembarkation.

4 Comments

Jules15 7 years ago

100% agree with you twhite!!

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twhite1 7 years ago

Yeah, been on Freedom 3X. Our favorite ship. She is beautiful!!! We are leaving on Adventure in 6 weeks. Can't wait. Southern itinerary to Aruba and such. Been on Navigator so I think we will like Adventure. It's all attitude and what you make of it. If you focus on a negative, it ruins your trip. You're the only one who loses. We lovingly refer to Disney as "the daycare at sea". I agree, Disney has beautiful ships but you definitely pay for it. We are in out 50's and don't think a ship full of screaming kids is a vacation. More power to those who do. If I were to shift from RCCL, I'd go to Celebrity. Been on Princess and it was great too!!

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Budguy372 7 years ago

I thought I read they are dry docking AOS mid Jan to mid Feb.

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bailey728 7 years ago

We did AOS in May 2017, it does need a dry dock refresh. I think that is why Royal moved Freedom to San Juan. Freedom is a beautiful ship.

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