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Item: Empress of the Seas (RETIRED) 223
Rating: 4
Author: RichM1

Empress of the Seas (RETIRED) 223 Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

RichM1

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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11 Night Exotic Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 28, 2008

Ship: Empress of the Seas (RETIRED) 223

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 16 years ago

Review summary

Great cruise, absolute flawless service. Happy, outgoing crew - all of them!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ports of call

Margarita (Isla De Margarita), Venezuela

1 out of 5

Watch out for poisonous spiders by beach! Biggest things you'll ever see! I don't know why cruise ships even stop here. Nearest town is almost an hour away in a taxi. Decent beach by the ship, but who wants to swim next to a port? How clean do you think the water is?

Thumbs Up 0

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

Nice downtown shopping. Great beaches. Good local food.

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Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Castries, St. Lucia

3 out of 5

Watch out for "30 minute boatride" to Pitons which actually takes 90 minutes. How many people can you cram onto a boat? Not comfortable. Pitons beautiful, volcano and waterfall good, but very, very poor areas. The only place on our whole trip where we felt uncomfortable.

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Beaches! Forget "duty-free shopping!" That's the most overrated thing ever! Learn how to use "yahoo shopping" or go to Costco.

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Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5

Very friendly. Good beaches.

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Bridgetown, Barbados