Excellent entertainment. Good dining room food. Awful buffet food. RCCL tries to charge for everything. Even message feature in the App costs $2 per day Ridiculous. It is free on every other cruise line. Drinks overpriced. Pop package most expensive I’ve seen. Poor value.
Embarkation
5 out of 5
Super fast to get on the ship. 15 minutes from when we got out of the taxi to when we walked on the ship. Had a time window for arrival and all the information has been entered into the App ahead of time. So simple. Can’t believe we used to line up at several points to speak to various people at counters. Brilliant
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
3 out of 5
Main dining was quite good. Nice portion size and quality of food very good. However would like to see more fish options but that is just a me problem. The fish was not good but the other options were. Service was horrible first two days and after 20 plus cruises we did something we have never done. We complained and were moved to another table and wait staff. We are so glad we did it!!! The new table and wait staff were 10/10.
Buffet was horrible I would give it 3 /10
Not enough variety. Junk type food like burgers and hotdogs. Poor quality. Dessert were always pudding type mousse in cups - endless variety of those.
Ended up eating lunch at the Park Cafe everyday. I ate salads and panini sandwiches at this venue. Pleasure to eat in the Central Park area
Windjammer Cafe
1 out of 5
Horrible one of the worst on a cruise. Been on over 20 cruises. No variety. Cheap desserts. Fast food and little else. I feel they do this on purpose so that you pay to eat at specialty dinning
Wipe Out Cafe
1 out of 5
Fast food. No healthy options. Poor quality
Sorrento's
4 out of 5
Pizza was good sometimes but not consistent
Park Cafe
5 out of 5
Great healthy options
Cafe Promenade
4 out of 5
Nice snacks and desserts. More options would be great
Onboard Activities
5 out of 5
Zipline
5 out of 5
Fun!
Dunes Mini Golf
2 out of 5
Disappointing. Flat with no variety- more like a putting green
Entertainment
5 out of 5
RCCL really invested in entertainment. They cut corners on food so if you are ok with that go on this ship.
Mama Mia was outstanding
Diving show excellent
Skating show excellent
Oh what a night - jersey boys tribute straight from Vegas amazing
Good comedians
Good magician
Service and Staff
4 out of 5
First two days in dining room were awful. We got some duds. I think they were hoping we would leave. And not come back so they could get their tips and not work for them
We complained and switched tables. New table was a 10/10 experience. So happy we spoke up
Ship Quality
3 out of 5
Ship is very tired. Beds were hard and awful pillows. Bathroom tiny with shower head mounted way too high.
Had a balcony cabin. Disappointed. More like a 3 star room.
Carpet old and dirty
Design of the ship is excellent. Did not feel crowded
An excellent feature is the deck 5 promenade that is covered and goes around the entire ship.
This is a well designed ship that needs a makeover/ renovation / remodeling
Cabin / Stateroom
2 out of 5
Old and dated. Hard beds. Need new mattress. Pillow awful
Bathroom old and small. Shower head low pressure and mounting too high
Ship tip
If entertainment is more important than food go on this ship
This private area is crowded and beach is not very good.
However if you pay $100 to go to an exclusive private island with 40 people it is amazing. Again RCCL wants you to pay for excursions. If you stay in the free area you will be disappointed
Appreciate your detailed review. Glad you mostly enjoyed your. Carnival charges $5pp for the length of the cruise for the message portion on their APP.
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