First and last cruise with RC

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Review summary

On the last cruise with Carnival, this lying sack of sh&^ said if I ever cruised with Royal Caribbean, I would not go back to Carnival. So, made a reservation for the Greek Islands on Explorer of the sea departed on May 14th. The embarkation in Italy could not have been more poorly managed. Passengers were all soaking wet from the pouring rains prior to stepping on the ship. The balcony cabins were much smaller than Carnival's and the whole ship was quite dated. No fridges in the rooms unlike Carnival but they had these useless things they called "coolers" which 3 days later, the temperature of the water bottle in it had not changed and when I complained, they said that's how they work and that they are "coolers" not mini refrigerators. On Carnival we could buy sodas and beers for the room to have in the mini fridge. On Royal Caribbean, for your drinks, you either have to call room service or the bar at 4 times the price. The only thing they would sell you for your cabin was bottled water that tasted weird as it was made on the ship from the sea water. Buffet food was not nearly as good as Carnival's. The room attendant and the servers at the dining hall were amazing but not the food. Carnival had a laundry room to do your own laundry. On RC, they want you to send them all to the laundry service to squeeze you more. Found RC to be so cheap for nickel and diming us for everything. First and last time with RC. Due to the rains, there were water puddles every on the outer decks. While trying to keep the shoes dry, I started looking down to be able to walk around these water puddles. While looking down, I hit my head so hard against this 5" pipe sticking out, that a golf ball started to grow out of the side of my head. I rushed to the medical facility, saw the doctor and kept telling me that visit will not cost me anything when I had the right to sue them. A "safety" officer came out andconcluded that there is a CCTV camera where that happened. He said he'd review the video. Whoever hears about this, says I should had asked for compensation. These SOB's on RC, never mentioned any compensation, not even a premium dinner. So DONE with RC. Going back to Carnival.

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Ravenna, Italy

Cruise Bay Of Kotor (Kotor Fjord)

Kotor, Montenegro

Corfu, Greece

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

Mykonos, Greece

Argostoli, Kefalonia, Greece

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