Empress of the Seas

Item: Empress of the Seas
Rating: 4.3
Author: seeyalater

Empress of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

seeyalater

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

8 Night Eastern Caribbean & Perfect Day (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 25, 2019

Ship: Empress of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 7518

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Great small ship, good for just relaxing. Crew was great! Loved the Captain.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Fast and easy, one of the quickest in 48 cruises

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The food was a little bit better than average, the main dinningroom food flavorfull and very well presented.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

No children in our group

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Smaller ship seemed to make the differance. From the Captain all the way down to the room steward. Loved the waiter and the assistant waiter.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Yes the cabin is small, but your not suppose to be in it, only to sleep and take a shower. Nice and clean, very well taken care of.

Ship tip

Just plan to relax.. If you need to rest and relax this is the ship for you. Sometimes we just need to unwind.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida Did not visit port

Drove to the port, drove home, back to work next day

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Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Loved it!! What a difference...WOW! I used to hate going to CoCo Cay.. Maybe the best port of call on the cruise.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Ok, Been there done that

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands

3 out of 5

Nice island, to many junk cars everywhere? Did I post everywhere, yes everywhere.. Clean it up if you want me to come back.

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

What can you say.. Beautiful, loved Magen's Bay, nice and relaxing. Will always go back here.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Fast and easy..In the car and starting home by 8:00am

2 Comments

JPD37DDS 5 years ago

Thanks for the review. I’m glad you had a great time, because my wife and I will be cruising on the Empress in 17 days!

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cruisereckoning 5 years ago

So glad you enjoyed your cruise

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