I thought it could have been better

Item: Adventure of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: gabeachgirl

Adventure of the Seas Cruise Review

gabeachgirl

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 07, 2019

Ship: Adventure of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8606

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

I loved the ABC Islands. All ports were very nice. The two sea days at the beginning and end of the cruise are a lot. There was not a lot of interesting activities onboard during the sea days, so we were bored at times.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

The person checking us in was in training and misspelled my daughter's name and then questioned why her name was different on her passport.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The food at the Windjammer was good. The main dining room dinner menu was lacking and as great as it has been in the past.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Solarium was great. Mini golf was cool, but crowded at times. You could still smell the smoke in the nonsmoking part of the casino.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

No exciting production shows at all. After the first three shows, we stopped going. 70s party was fun. The silent disco was okay and held in the Promenade and not the club as it has been in the past.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Mostly great service and courteous staff. There was one afternoon where three servers passed by us and didn't clear the plates at the end of the table nor asked to refill our drinks.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Our cabin was nice and clean, but needed updating and there were spots on the carpet.

Ship tip

Bring a sweater as it gets very cold in the Lyric Theater, Imperial Palace, our course Studio B.

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Ports of call

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5

I 💜 Aruba! I really enjoyed the Aruba Sightseeing and Beach excursion and the tour guide was nice and entertaining.

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Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5

Curacao was nice. The Beauties of Curacao excursion was a little boring.

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Kralendijk, Bonaire

4 out of 5

Small island...nothing much to see. The water is beautiful and great for snorkeling.

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Our call time was 8:15am, but we didn't get off the ship until 9:00am. We waited 40 minutes in the terminal to get our luggage. We have never waited that long to get our luggage. Usually, after disembarking we would go right to our luggage. This was tiring and a little frustrating. Once we got our luggage it was easy going through customs.

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12 Comments

cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Great ship, my first cruise was on this ship in 2004.

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Fiesta83 4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

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tomika75 4 years ago

Thanks for sharing your experience. Hopefully, going forward you will choose cruises that better suit your needs for entertainment, port days and activities. Like many others, I am one that likes to chill on vacation, but I understand that some people prefer a busier and exciting time onboard. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts with us.

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dragz 4 years ago

Interesting

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Happy for you

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bobduck1993 4 years ago

Happy that you could enjoy your cruise!

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Shh813 4 years ago

We love the sea days. So relaxing. My brother and his wife are usually with us so.we always bring a deck of cards, Phase 10, which is a lot of fun.

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FDTripp 4 years ago

Lol at the passport incident.

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kellies26 4 years ago

I continue to be shocked when people say there is nothing to do or they are bored. There is always something going on. We also have never had bad food. These ships (mostly) aren’t brand new, not a shock. Done people don’t get to experience a vacation. It is what you make it.

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smille19 4 years ago

Thanks for the review

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4Goodtimes 4 years ago

Interesting review.

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CruzeFan 4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed it. We were on the AoS on the same itinerary last month and loved it. As far as sea days, we tend to enjoy relaxing on deck, reading a good book doing a crossword puzzle or taking a nap. It seems many have forgotten, or maybe never learned, the joy of just relaxing and doing nothing. As far as departure, we always do self-debarkation and take our own luggage. We left our cabin at 6:30 and were at the airport at 7:00.

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