All Around Excellent Cruise

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 42

Review summary

Overall, we had a wonderful time with our 3 adult sons. Our oldest has Celiac disease (severe gluten allergy) and they were able to accommodate his diet. It helped that we ate at the Coastal Kitchen a lot - a chef talked to us on our first visit and then the servers knew who we were and automatically separated his food, brought gluten-free bread, etc. The only "ding" I have is that there are a lot of extra costs on RCCL. Having already booked a really expensive 2 bedroom suite (we were celebrating my youngest's college graduation), things really started adding up with drink packages, the cabana, automatic gratuities added-on, plus the extra discretionary gratuities (the service was worth that though!). Just sort of felt nickel-and-dimed (or maybe 20-dollared) to death. The last cruise we were on was on MSC (Yacht Club) and the suite experience was even more "exclusive feeling", and it included the premium beverage package (heck they even stocked your cabin with your choice of a full fifth of booze on top of that!), plus no additional automatic gratuities (just your discretionary add-on). Their suite-only sundeck had a hot tub and pool. And, they have a private suite-only beach on their island with a nice sit-down restaurant that was fabulous (all included). While we've sailed on RCCL twice now, and do truly enjoy it, we felt (at least in the suites), the MSC was an overall better value/experience. Having said that, we selected this cruise due to timing and itinerary and we certainly would not hesitate to book RCCL again!

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Port Canaveral, Florida

Nassau, Bahamas

Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

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