Great cruise to Caribbean ports I’d never visited. The only blips were embarkation delays due to several really large groups, and we missed St. Croix due to weather.

Item: Adventure of the Seas
Rating: 4.9
Author: perthoz1946

Adventure of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

perthoz1946

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 40

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5

Verified Review

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 02, 2024

Ship: Adventure of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 1274

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Fun cruise with good weather considering time of year. Everything went as promised apart from boarding process. I’ve traveled RC and other cruise companirs and never had that kind of experience before.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

It was awful — we stood in an eternal line through the parking terminal. Caused by huge groups that all arrived st similar times — we were still in the line well after our noon check in — 😖

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Very good and very friendly staff

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Fitness center, trivia, headline shoes, solarium all great

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Good apart from some tacky digs at other cruise companies and airlines 😖 by comedians — Not funny.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Dining room staff were exceptional, both in dining room and Windjammer.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Great — balcony trim needed paint — we got a memo about future painting of outside while on board.

Ship tip

I prefer smaller ships but the layout is same on most RC ships — which make it easier.

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5

Enjoyed the quiet time on board.

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Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Nice — we did a cruise around town, into the countryside and took the sky lift from the Christ the Redeemer statue to downtown and port. Good excursion.

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Just stayed in port area — bus to town was too crowded.

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Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I. Did not visit port

Weather

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Much better than embarkation — we self assisted and were on the road before 8 am.

9 Comments

Godsdaughter 8 months ago

What would you recommend to do at Labadee and Puerto Plata? First time to either destination in May. Thanks in advance

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Bernals 9 months ago

Noticed your room number as a Grand Suite. Sorry you had not been informed of special "suite guest" line. In November I saw the extremely long line and asked an RC attendant where the suite guest line was...we were 1st in line. We did the early walk off too and marvelous to be on the road by 8. Hope you have better embarkation next time.

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javawoody 9 months ago

Appreciate the review

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HeavySeas 9 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Ruby13 9 months ago

Glad you had a good time

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AuntPinkie 9 months ago

Appreciate your feedback. I dislike it when large groups takeover a sailing. Sorry you had that for embarkation. Glad you enjoyed your cruise in spite of it!

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Lounray 9 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

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TiffyTaffy 9 months ago

Thanks for the review

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Gwbigdog 9 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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