A visit to a once forbidden city...Havana.

Item: Empress of the Seas
Rating: 3.9
Author: beth7strat

Empress of the Seas Cruise Review to Cuba

beth7strat

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 6

Helpful Votes: 124

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

4 Night Bahamas & Havana (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 02, 2018

Ship: Empress of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Quickie cruise with 2 ports plus Miami Home port. Enjoyed the Winter getaway although it was cooler than normal for the Caribbean at this time of year. Small ship was fine except interior cabin size was too cramped.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Ship tip

Avoid the interior rooms. We were on a "free" cruise as a time share promo gift. It was no where near free as we had to cover all the extras like gratuity taxes port fees and a visa fee for going to Cuba. Point is we were in am interior room and it was tiny. Not much bigger than the bed. No sofa.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Took a tour post cruise since our departing flight was late in the day. Glad I got to see Little Havana, South Beach and the graffiti neighborhood. Amazing.

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Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

This port really didn't have much to offer. The big hotel on paradise island is turned into a tourist attraction where they just want you to spend money in the shops and casino. Didn't care much for that.

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HAVANA, CUBA

4 out of 5

The stay was short. Cruises that overnight there or go to more than one Cuban port would be better. It was an interesting place however and the old cars are for real.

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