Never take the Adventure of the Seas Cruise to Abruba

Item: Adventure of the Seas
Rating: 3.3
Author: dianaparejo

Adventure of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

dianaparejo

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 59

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 07, 2019

Ship: Adventure of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1872

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

We take several cruises a year and this one by far was the worst due to not enough activities and not impressed with ports. Employee on the NEXT cruise area did not care enough to help get a better price on the next cruise. We did let her know we already booked one in advance for next year but she could careless. Didn't seem really interested or want to be bothered. We were going to upgrade our room but due to her attitude we might just cancel all together with Royal Caribbean. Carnival on our 2nd cruise at least tried to beat the price and worked with us were as Royal employees do not care. That was our take away, thanks but no thanks

Embarkation

5 out of 5

No issues

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Food was great

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Very boring ship. Not nearly enough activites for being on the ship at sea for 4 days. Very disappointed.

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Not enough shows to keep you interested. The ones on the ship were extremely boring and not geared for all ages in the boat

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Not enough activities for all ages on this ship

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Service was good

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Not as clean as it could have been at times. Tables still had lots of plates etc. which held up sitting down to eat at times

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Can't stand the beds where they come apart. Never stays together and is very uncomfortable. The cleaning lady tried to help with additional padding but it didn't really help.

Ship tip

Do not sail. It is a very boring ship.

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

n/a

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Willemstad, Curacao

2 out of 5

Not enough close to the ports except for shopping which is still to far away to walk. very dirty area off ship

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Kralendijk, Bonaire

2 out of 5

Not enough close to the ports except for shopping which is still to far away to walk and not enough activites also boring

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Oranjestad, Aruba

1 out of 5

Not enough close to the ports except for shopping which is still to far away to walk and very expensive. More than most ports

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

No issues to get off the boat at any port

11 Comments

Fiesta83 4 years ago

Better luck next cruise

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trol 4 years ago

Talk about a half cup empty glass kind of people. Are you sure there wasn't any more to complain about

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Gmanron1 4 years ago

How naive are you. It’s not Royal Caribbean’s employees job to search other cruise lines prices! If you want that, go to a travel agent! That is like asking a Mercedes dealer to match a Kia dealer prices. I am by no means a seasoned cruiser , but I do have enough common sense to do some research on my own.

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mjnixon 4 years ago

I was on this same sailing with my family. We had a great time.

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scotts527 4 years ago

Your review has been reported as fraudulent due to your background. Next cruise agents are not in the business of matching prices of other lines and never have been between Royal or any cruise line.

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dragz 4 years ago

I loved that ship. Never a dull moment.

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kellies26 4 years ago

If I had to choose Royal or Carnival it is no choice. Royal all the way! We have never had a problem with Royal, sales several times with them. Your trip is what you make it. The beds are fine and don’t come apart either.

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15mustang 4 years ago

We loved those ports. We also feel Royal Caribbean has lots of activities if you want to be busy. Not sure why you didn't like ports, you need excursions to see a new place.

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CruzeFan 4 years ago

Wow!! We took the same itinerary on AoS last month and loved it. We loved the ports, found more than enough to do on the ship, enjoyed the variety and quality of the food in both the dining room and buffet, got upgraded to an outside view family suite overlooking the bow and thoroughly enjoyed the cruise. I’m not sure what more anyone could want.

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ChrisB66 4 years ago

Did a B2B on Adventure 2 years ago and was Loads to do and staff excellent. The 3 ports also excellent with lots on offer.

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eddiemac1 4 years ago

You're full of crap. Probably a carnival employee

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