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Empress of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
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Empress of the Seas

8 Night Eastern Caribbean & Perfect Day (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 25, 2019

Ship: Empress of the Seas

Cabin number: 9179

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Might have been that we were in smallest ship, but have cruised Carnival 13 times & never this unsatisfied. Wasn't overly impressed with Royal Caribbean. Won't say we won't try bigger boat, maybe just this small one just wasn't us.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
extremely easy, fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main Dining room service was excellent, food was pretty good, buffet was horrible, same food all the time, leftovers day after day

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
pool was nice, hot rubs were overloaded with kids, shows were ok, seen better

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Comedy was great, shows were below par, music was ok, just not impressed.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Dining room servers were great, cabin steward was extremely accommodating, bar staff didn't seem to out going.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
yes

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
clean, extremely small, had to crawl in bed, couldn't get on one side.

Ship tip

Get some better food ideas, food was boring, not alot to write home about.

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Ports of call

Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5
absolutely beautiful, fun, would go again
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San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5
enjoyed our tour
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Tortola, British Virgin Islands

3 out of 5
Not impressed with shopping areas, not a lot at port, have to go outside of port area to see anything, kind of dirty
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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5
Ported into a different port than we did another time, was nice, but not as nice as other docking area.
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Disembarkation

5 out of 5
extremely organized & speedy,
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5 Comments

wgammon1    4 years ago

Sorry you caused yourself to have a bad experience, by not doing your research.
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NJCruiseGuy    5 years ago

I wouldn’t judge the entire cruise line based on an older, smaller ship. We prefer the smaller ships and don’t care to cruise on a waterpark / amusement park, but many seem to want all the extra activities.
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missnotanlines    5 years ago

You were dissatisfied with mostly everything wow 🤔
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agfstamps    5 years ago

Love the smaller ships for just relaxing. If you want more bells and whistles you’ll have to book on a newer, larger ship.
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DerekMire    5 years ago

U never been on a cruise
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