It was a very good cruise but also very fast paced.
Embarkation
4 out of 5
It was a little slower then past times I have gone out of Miami.But all together it was still very fast and smooth.They did also add a drug dog section sense last time I went out of Miami.
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
5 out of 5
I tried all of the included places to eat onboard. I enjoyed them all tho I did think the pizza from the Italian restaurant during lunch was the same as the pizza from Miami slice.
Onboard Activities
5 out of 5
There was always something going on. I will say if your older and want some quite time each day there is not many places to do that.
Entertainment
5 out of 5
From the comedians to the center stage shows it was all very good. Other then finding a seat at center stage (they all fill up 45-30 mins before the show) it was very good.
Service and Staff
5 out of 5
I noticed long lines at guest services most times of the day that didn’t affect me much. I did hear people saying that the drink servers weren’t timely and hard to find. Other then that I didn’t have any issues and had a good experience with the staff.
Ship Quality
5 out of 5
I enjoyed the layout it took me about a day to get used to it. Some people will find this confusing I recommend looking at the ship plains online before going. All the areas were clean and maintained. During the platinum and diamond event someone who had been on the ship many times stated that they had a surprise inspection recently and they passed with a 10/10.
Cabin / Stateroom
3 out of 5
This is a smaller cabin then all the ones around it and you can tell I like how they swapped where the couch and bed are but getting past the main bed was very hard with there only being about a foot in between the bed and the wall.
Ship tip
Look at the deck plains BEFORE you go on board. Most people in my group didn’t and a lot of the people on the ship didn’t the amount of people I saw that where walking around lost trying to find things. This ship is different but not so different about one or two days before the trip just scanning the deck plains every so often will save you so much time and stress.
We took the water taxi over after doing shopping in the port then did shopping on that side of the island. I bought a watch from Joe’s jewelry and had a great experience I do recommend shopping there. We walked back to the water taxi and after seeing how long the line was we took a taxi back to the port it was 12$ for 4 people and took under 5 minutes it was definitely worth it.(the water taxi had a reason for a long line we had carnival celebration a oasis class ship I forgot what one and the Nieuw Amsterdam so there was a lot of people using it)
We walked to the fort on the far side of the island. It was a good time but not too much different from the closer one it was a lot less busy then the other one though due to less people wanting to make the trip over. I did some shopping and I don’t think there was as many open air shops as last time I was there pre covid.
They stated they had a new system that was way faster. From what I could tell it was the exact same other then the facial recognition for passport travelers. It was sort of slow and clunky and I feel it could do better. (I know the ship has almost 6k people and that will slow it down I was on the horizon recently and that is almost 4k and it was significantly slower)
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