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Empress of the Seas Cruise Review to North America

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

1 out of 5
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Empress of the Seas

Key West & Cozumel Cruise

Sail date: October 29, 2016

Ship: Empress of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 4524

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

OH- YES- WE HAVE ALOT OF FRIENDS THAT HAVE USED ROYAL CARIBBEAN FOR CRUISING.. US OURSELF HAVE BEEN ON A FEW TIMES- AND WE ENJOY IT EVERY MINUTE. I WOULD MOST CERTAINLY TELL OUR FRIENDS ABOUT YA ALL.

 IMPROVEMENT::  YOUR GRADUTTIES CHARGE IS A BIT MUCH.  IT SHOULD BE A DAILY CAHRGE- NOT $ 13.95 PER PERSON PER DAY-- REALLY.. ( I CAN MAKE MY OWN BED -I WOULDNT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT...) HOPEFULLY THERE CAN BE A CHANGE IN THAT --- THANK-YOU 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
I CANT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU HAVE ON BOEARD- THE BAND OUT ON THE TOP DECK WAS GREAT( IN BETWEEN THE RAIN DROPS ) AND THE PLAYS - YOUR CRUISE SINGERS & DANCERS-COMEDIANS-EVERYONE,, EXCELLENT,, GREAT ACTIVITY DIRECTOR. KEEP UP ALL THE GOOD WORK. THANK-YOU

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
A GREAT SHOUT-OUT TO FRANKY-- HE WAS WONDERFUL, THANK-YOU !

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
COULDNT BE ANY CLEANER, GREAT STAFF ALL AROUND,

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
VERY COMFORTABLE- AND CLEAN- RELAXING- TV WAS GREAT- FRANKY WAS THE BEST... DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH OUR CABIN- IT WASNT THE CABIN- IT WAS US...ISSUE TAKEN CARE RIGHT AWAY. THE ONLY THING -THAT I HAD AN ISSUE WITH WAS THE GRADUTTIES-- $ 13.95 PER PERSON PER DAY -IS A LITTLE TOOOOO MUCH- I CAN SEE THAT PER DAY--NOT PER PERSON-PER DAY..( I CAN MAKE MY OWN BED--NO PROBLEM... ).. SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD KEEP ME FROM TRAVELING AGAIN WITH ROYAL CARIBBEAN. BUT WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME CELBRATING OUR ANNIVERSARTY-- THANK-YOU !

Ship tip

ITS A GREAT EXPERIENCE-- YOU WILL ENJOY YOURSELF AND THE SERVICE IS GREAT. ( EXCEPT FOR THE GRADUTTIES CHARGE )

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Key West, Florida

5 out of 5
TAKE THE TROLLEY - SHOWS YOU ALOT OF KEY WEST HISTORY.ITS WONDERFUL !

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
TAKE THE VAN TOUR- THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING! SPECIALLY THE TEQUILLA TASTING.. LOL
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4 Comments

glomarrone    8 years ago

Originally posted by: capeman

Did you know, you can, if you want, reverse the daily room charges. ‚‚ You can then if you want, tip at will to those who made your day.‚‚ 

After seeing your poor one star rating, I was quite surprised to read your glowing review of everything - except the gratuity charge. Yes, you could try to tip all those who you deal with but so many others would never get tipped. Those behind the scenes crew members help make the one you do see perform so well. The gratuity used to work the way that you suggest. We used to spend a lot of time searching for crew members to tip. However, crew members have days off, get sick or are scheduled elsewhere on the ship. You might miss someone that you really wanted to tip. It happened years ago to us, several times. So, i am happy to have the daily charge automatically added to the bill. The crew works hard for the tips. The jobs sound glamorous but believe me they aren't. Why let the matter of a few dollars a day spoil your wonderful cruise. Just figure it into the cost of your cruise and spend the time just having fun.

 

noname111    8 years ago

Thank you for posting your review. A couple things worth noting..

- Cruiseline.com is not a proxy for the cruise line that you took.  Your review is written as if directed to Royal Caribbean. They will never see this review because this is not an RC-company website.

- Most of your comments were favorable but you only give the cruise a one-star rating. I'm not sure I understand that either.

- TYPING IN ALL UPPER CASE LETTERS IS SIMILAR TO YELLING AT EVERYONE. Try modulating a bit. If there is a point you really want to emphasize, try bolding those words or using upper case only for those words to make them stand out.

BDRebel    8 years ago

It sounds like you really enjoyed your cruise -- Why the one star?

capeman    8 years ago

Did you know, you can, if you want, reverse the daily room charges.  You can then if you want, tip at will to those who made your day. 

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