Havana & Key West Review

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

Empress of the Seas Cruise Review to Cuba

tkors

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

Key West & Havana Overnight

Sail date: June 26, 2017

Ship: Empress of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 9672

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

It was very interesting to travel to Cuba and see Havana and meet some of the people. Probably only a small on Americans will get to go and experience this. Royal Caribbean was adequate and overall did a good job. Whereas they provided good service I think the line overall is mid range in the industry. I have sailed Holland America many times and feed that they ars a class act and overshadow RC. Oversall RC provided a fine service but is a step below in elligiance commitment and that extra touch. I think both lines know their markets well and provide commerence service ,facilities ,entertainment and quality.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Designed for a place to sleep,change and spend as little time in it as possible. Very small but I knew that going in. A chair to sit and relax and watch TV would be nice.

Ship tip

Adequate but not too comfortable. Small and hard to relax. Coffee maker, chair, and a foot or so widel would go a long way.

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Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5

I live there so really no comment.

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Key West, Florida

5 out of 5

HAVANA, CUBA

5 out of 5

Great tour and knowledge & helpful guide.

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5 Comments

floridapoppy 7 years ago

celebrity is fantastic

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geminigirl52169 7 years ago

I have cruised both HAL and Celeberity. I prefer Celeberity, but it's personal preference, but I also like RC

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cece1951 7 years ago

Great analogy. Been on HAL not Celebrity. But never ever hear bad about Celebrity. Just the price.

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Tammytyler 7 years ago

Holland is carnivals step up and celebrity is royals step up. celebrity is more elegant and more quality food and entertainment. comparing royal to Holland not the same. celebrity to holland same scale.

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cece1951 7 years ago

Yeah I agree. HAl does a great job. The reason I have never even gone on RCCL is all the negative comments about food and service. Now I hear their beds are hard and they quit adding eggcrates to the beds!!

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