Small ship but good quality of services

Item: Empress of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: forgetgoing

Empress of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

forgetgoing

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

Key West & Nassau

Sail date: October 20, 2016

Ship: Empress of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 7672

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Outstanding oceanview stateroom room services and dining room services. The shows were excellent too. I would recommend this cruise, although the ship was too small, or the smallest I ever cruised with.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Dining hall services were outstanding. Nina and Chris... were the two deserving compliments. Also the cabin service guy was very nice and working real hard.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

First time to get an ocean view cabin. Excellent.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Key West, Florida

3 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

19 Comments

fatrabt467 8 years ago

Food on this ship is not good

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phgraves 8 years ago

Thank you!

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er1977623 8 years ago

5 night

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phgraves 8 years ago

er1977623, how long was your cruise?

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er1977623 8 years ago

PHGRAVES, no formal nights, but don't let that stop you from getting fancy. NLAMENS, if you booked with a 3rd party, they should be able to assist you with the itinerary information for your booking. Stateroom credit info too. If you booked with RCL, they will assist you.

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phgraves 8 years ago

I have seen reviews that say there is not a formal night on this ship. I have a 6 day cruise planned, hoping for a formal night or 2. Any input??

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nlamens 8 years ago

Thank you! How do we know which port we're going into? Also, how do we get our on board credit? Is it like a gift card we get once we check in?

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er1977623 8 years ago

Was on the Oct. 24 sailing. Empress OTS DOES have stabilizers, but they did not help much. We had rough seas (up to 13 foot swells in the Gulf for two straight days. Docked with Oasis in Cozumel and even that goliath was rocking south of Cuba. This was my 10th cruise and never had experienced that, BUT it's a ship....on the open sea. It happens!! Otherwise, great little ship....VERY clean and all staff were gracious and accomodating. Would definitely recomend this to a person with an open mind that small ships can be just as nice as the big ones.

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kknorr0320 8 years ago

Yes but it probably won't be on sale on the boat. Log in to your cruise planner. If you don't know what that is, go to Royal Caribbean's website and create an account, then add your cruise.

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nlamens 8 years ago

And you can purchase it on the boat?

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kknorr0320 8 years ago

Depending on which wifi plan you get.

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silviandrito 8 years ago

Lol, wife. Wifi

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silviandrito 8 years ago

If you buy the wife right now it is $8.99 per day per device.

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nlamens 8 years ago

Thanks!

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kknorr0320 8 years ago

Not sure about stabilizers but your cruise planner will have the wifi options and cost. It might be on sale for your sailing right now.

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nlamens 8 years ago

What about the stabilizers? What was the cost of the wifi?

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kknorr0320 8 years ago

No free wifi on any ship that I know of

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nlamens 8 years ago

Does the boat have free wifi? Did it feel rocky? Does it have the stabilizers? Thanks!

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kknorr0320 8 years ago

It's the smallest ship in Royal's fleet :)

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