Grandeur of the Seas - March 20-30, 2016

Item: Grandeur of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: Cruiser711

Grandeur of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruiser711

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

10 Night Eastern Caribbean (Baltimore Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 20, 2016

Ship: Grandeur of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2048

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

ship is old and showing its age. staff and service was excellent and made up for visual shortcomings. way too much space allocated for smoking sections, and at times was very unpleasant. Food was good to very good, but not quite excellent. charge for internet access was obscene and should be eliminated or at least drastically reduced. Think starbucks / mcdonalds

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

ship is old and it shows

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

bathroom had continual odors, and toilet was difficult to flush. stateroom attendant and supervisor did everything they could to minimize the issue, and were moderately successful

Ship tip

our wait staff at gatsby was superb. windjammer could be laid out better, cost of internet access is ridiculous; cost of excursions are over priced.

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Ports of call

Baltimore, Maryland

3 out of 5

need to work on accommodating larger or newer ships. understand that bridges are a problem. maybe a different port should be investigaed

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

3 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island) Did not visit port

never made it there (breakdown)

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3 Comments

jilesgulf 8 years ago

I think she's due for a refit in 2017. In the meantime we'll just enjoy the best crew we've ever enjoyed on any cruise. We sailed on her in June of 2014 & made lots of friends amongst the crew. We sail on her again at the end of this week & we really hope some of them are still around! Thanks for the comments.

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Deejay43 8 years ago

We sailed her across the Atlantic in 2012 and she was in terrible shape then. After getting us to Malaga she went to Cadiz for a 30 day refit. A friend of ours travels all over the world doing repairs on cruise ships when in refit. He worked on Grandeur and told me he would not have crossed the ocean on her. Fortunately we met some very nice people aboard so we were able to overlook the deficienci

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bagenalan 8 years ago

I agree, ship needs a lot of Reno,water coming in main hall skylights and crack in the upper deck track, railings that were broken.

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