This cruise was selected by us because of the Aruba stop. It had 4-Sea Days and 3-Shore Days. This was our 20+ cruise, I would rate it as average. We did purchase Internet and the 3-day specialty dinning. We also got to see a night rocket launch which was really cool. For the price paid with was a good value cruise.
Embarkation
4 out of 5
Arrived early, took about 25-minutes to complete the entire boarding process
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
3 out of 5
The Main Dinning room was average, the food was not seasoned very well, boring.
Giovanni's gets 1-Star, service was awful, food was below average.
Chops gets 5-Stars, Great service, excellent food
Chef's Table gets 4-Stars, unique experience good food, excellent service
I would do Chop's & Chef's Table again and stay away from Giovanni's
Onboard Activities
3 out of 5
Used Deck-4 to get my running Laps in, some stairs are involved.
Played Mini-Golf, Shuffle Board
Entertainment
4 out of 5
Attended several shows, the orchestrar was great, the Ice Show was Great, the comedian was good and the general entertainment was good.
Service and Staff
5 out of 5
The room stewards, the Main Dining Room, Chop's, & Chef Table staff were excellent, very friendly & attentive. I will not let the dinning experience in Giovanni's spoil this rating even though they deserve 1-Star.
Ship Quality
5 out of 5
The ship although older, was in very good shape, the common areas were well maintained.
Cabin / Stateroom
4 out of 5
The room was average size, the balcony was small, with sea salt stained class that was not viewable through.
Walked around town (over the portable bridge/walkway), shopped, had an ice cream, visited a Brewery, not much to write home about. Afterword, took a local tour of the island with a local vendor, ~2-Hours, learned about history and local customs, visited a distillery. Again, nothin special.
We elected to rent a car (at Airport). Taxi was $25 for the 2.5 mile trip. We walked, the shore road. Went to the National Park ($20/PP entry) saw some cave with bats, some cool blow holes on the coast. Went to the Natural Bridge tourist spot, took some pictures and left. Overall a nice day driving around the island.
When to South Beach thinking it would be the least crowded, seeing how its the furthest away from the boat. Wrong...... We walked around the entire island checking out all the beaches and lagoons. Plenty of "free" food and drinks while on the island. Was a little disappointed with the 4:30 PM departure time considering we were not that far from Port Carnival. Overall a very good day....
Scheduled for 8:50, they announced all decks by 8:00. All my luggage was in the proper numbered. Walked out of terminal to the far left to pick up rental car shuttle. location
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