Nice to get away, would not do Southern Caribbean again

Item: Adventure of the Seas
Rating: 3.6
Author: SDDreamer

Adventure of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

SDDreamer

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 17, 2018

Ship: Adventure of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6570

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Would not do the Southern Caribbean again. And the hurricane last year has nothing to do with it.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Good

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Mercedes the cruise director is really good. Need to have more opportunities to go "clubbing/dancing".

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Ship Dancers and Singers need more practice. El Goucho was Amazing!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Don't like the metal balcony front, Glass is much better.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Overall very nice.

Ship tip

Spend a lot of time on the slide.

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Airport to Ship. No issues.

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

Catamaran, Snorkel, Lunch, beach. Nice ride, nothing much to see, got to see one turtle. Ran out of food.

Thumbs Up 2

Basseterre, St. Kitts

2 out of 5

Do not do the train. Boring and nothing to see.

Thumbs Up 4

Willemstad, Curacao

2 out of 5

Drinks, food very expensive. Eat/Drink on ship then go shop.

Thumbs Up 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

2 out of 5

Aruba by Bus and Boat. Not much to see, waste of money.

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

They do a good job, you just have to be patient, there are over 3k of you.

4 Comments

mmruiz 6 years ago

We've done it twice and loved it both times. I agree with you on one point, El Groucho was amazing!

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Budguy372 6 years ago

Curious on why not southern Caribbean?

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queenbee2u2 6 years ago

Why if you don't mind me asking. Just did it in November last year and will be doing it again on the Serandade of the Seas

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

Sorry to hear that.

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