Full ship- too many smokers

Enchantment of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Enchantment of the Seas

8 Night Southeast Coast & Perfect Day (Baltimore Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 26, 2023

Ship: Enchantment of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 8040

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

overall a good cruise and we like leaving out of Baltimore. However, because the Casino allows smoking in one area, and it was cold, many non-gamblers cam in to smoke and the ventilation system could not handle it. It was horrible for non-smokers. A sign clearly says only people gambling could smoke, but every day there were 10-30 extra smokers filling up the smoke space just to smoke and that was never enforced. Made it unbearable toward the end.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Fantastic- got right on when we arrived

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The best service anywhere. Jared, our head waiter, was fantastic and went out of his way to make our dining experience better

My Fair Lady Dining Room

3 out of 5

The new menus are not so great. We need them to add the classics back. Also, the chef needs to learn how to cook the various foods. On Italian night they featured Lasagna tyhat did not follow any recipe known to mam. The meat was not cooked in the sauce and was layered on the noodles. Dry. No cheese layer. the lasagna was placed on top of the sauce. horrible taste and even hard to cut. However, the Head Waiter Jared and his team went out of their way to make our dining experience wonderful. My wife has food allergies (shellfish) and restrictions (no soy) and would routinely eat the grilled salmon (previous classic) every night. We asked fort salmon and the chef came out and told us he could not provide it. We then discovered the grilled salmon was on the room service menu so there was no reason not to provide it. Jared got her the grilled salmon from room service each night after he learned it was available there.

Park Cafe

5 out of 5

great quick venue for all meals and the pizza was very, very good.

Concierge Lounge

5 out of 5

outstanding service albeit limited snacks and hours. Ava, our concierge was great. She go to know every one of her guests. Unlike the Oasis where the concierges never got to even know our names.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
gym and walking track are always used. to cold for pools and windy for rock climbing. not much else to do except gamble.

Casino Royale

2 out of 5

too smoky. Non-gamblers were using the casino to smoke so they didn't have to go outside. Royal, and all cruise lines, should consider a total smoking ban for inside venues. Non-smokers make up a much larger portion on travelers than smokers.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
good shows, albeit limited.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Service was great overall. However, casino bar staff were very slow to serve even after I tiopped each time.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
old ship, only one specialty restaurant. pretty clean, just dated.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
This is a Grand Suite directly under the Windjammer. After midnights the crew was moving a lot of carts across the floor and kept us up.

Ship tip

pick another ship or nothing above the 7th floor.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5

Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
quick and easy.
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8 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

cliffs56    1 year ago

We will be on the beyond in December. Looking forward to it.

lincoln    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your experience!

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your feedback. Sorry the smoking restrictions were not enforced. Glad you managed to enjoy some of your cruise.

deboftheseas    1 year ago

Cruise Celebrity next time, the casinos are all non smoking, in fact for the most part, so are most the passengers

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the review

tavo6    1 year ago

Thanks for your review glad you enjoyed your cruise 🚢

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us

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