Not Enchanting

Enchantment of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 36

Overall rating:

1.9 out of 5
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Enchantment of the Seas

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 18, 2019

Ship: Enchantment of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 4542

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Older ship, needs updating. Crew seemed sparse. Entertainment was lacking. Worst Cruise director ever. Would not recommend this ship.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Everything went well

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Windjammer buffet was mostly inedible. Horrible food choices. Not many items healthy and good for you. Food on the buffet was saucy, salty, horrible tasting. All of the beef choices were too tough to chew. Main dining room food was good. Service in dining room was good. Park cafe roast beef sandwich was too tough to eat. Overall not good food on this ship.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Cruise director on this ship had very few activities planned. Rock wall closed most of the time. Few organized activities. Even the small library had only a few books. Very boring ship

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Comedy shows were good. Very little music played in centrum, piano bars, lounges. Honestly this ship was like a ghost ship, there was really nothing to do. I’ve never been bored on a cruise, but this was the first

Children's Programs

Did not have children with us. However there were a lot of children and they were running all around the ship unattended.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Dining room staff was great. Friendly and efficient. Guest service personnel were helpful. Our room steward was one of the worst we have had. Diamond lounge staff were great!

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Ship is old. Our carpet in our room was filthy when we got on the ship. Obviously dirt and hair, fingernail clippings from previous occupants. Toilet in our room dripped water all the time and filled to the top of the bowl. Toilet at times would not flush, had to go to guest services

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Cabin was fine layout. Needed a better cleaning. Toilet did not function well.

Ship tip

Don’t go on this ship if you have other choices

Ports of call

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico Did not visit port

This ship went to Progreso instead. Staff on board told us this ship misses costa maya 50% of the time and goes to Progreso. I would not recommend going to Progreso

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
Cozumel is always good. Great weather. Beautiful water. Nice day

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Very long lines to get off the ship. Poorly organized
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9 Comments

wgammon1    4 years ago

sorry that you cruise was not up to expectations. Thanks for the review.

tennisgal17    5 years ago

I was also on this same cruise and agree with alot that said. The service was disappointing and lack of activities was very odd. I just made the most of my time onboard.

cruisebrian1958    5 years ago

Lighten up. I can’t believe everything was so terrible. We went in this ship earlier this month and had a great time.

robandsteph    5 years ago

I agree things should be clean, but a cruise is what you make it! We just went on the Enchantment and had a great time!🛳🛳

15mustang    5 years ago

We loved our cruise on enchantment last year. Older ship but a fabulous crew. We brought friends with us and they had a wonderful time.

ReidRGetALife    5 years ago

I think you can expect a clean room. We sailed B2B on Enchantment last month and our room also was not vacuumed when we boarded and was only vacuumed once in 9 days. The room steward did just the bare minimum and STILL provided a " tip me more" envelope on the last day.

us2007    5 years ago

I just can’t grasp how people on a cruise can’t enjoy the cruise?!? A little research helps tremendously.

jallaway    5 years ago

And they try to pass it off as a Kummelwick!!

NJCruiseGuy    5 years ago

It’s an older ship aimed at first time or budget conscious cruisers, so I’m not sure you can expect much more.

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