Flooded room

Grandeur of the Seas Cruise Review to Bermuda

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 48

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
Grandeur of the Seas

Sail date: August 13, 2016

Ship: Grandeur of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2592

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

This was my first cruise. We arrived Saturday August 27, 2016. My husband and I were on the 3rd level. Our room looked great. We got settled. After rinsing off in the shower, I got out and the bathroom floor was dry but stepped out into our room and my feet were soaked in water. 

We told our Cabin Stewart and he had several people check out as to why the cabin floor was so wet/soaked. No water soaked the bathroom floor. They put an industrial fan in our room to dry the carpet. It was full of dust and it was so loud, I couldn't hear the knock of our Stewart. When he walked in our room, he asked if everything was ok. I asked him to take the fan out as soon as he could because the dust was so bad that my sinuses acted up. When we got back from our dinner, the fan was there and the carpet was fairly dry. We set the fan outside the cabin for pickup. We settled in for the night around 11:00pm. After my husband had flushed the toilet, he stepped out onto the carpet and it was soaked again. Now we know it was not only the shower but the toilet as well that flooded our carpet.

The next two days were miserable. We couldn't get ready without having to step through water and put our shoes on in the hallway outside our cabin door.  By Sunday we had talked to so many people about our room. We had to stay in our room because they kept sending people to look at it but nothing was fixed. It was very upsetting to lose almost two days of the cruise due to this issue. My husband spoke to customer service so many times. My husband finally said this is enough! Now we know it is toilet water and that we need to get this fixed. I was in tears. We were stuck in that room. The Customer service kept saying there was nothing they could do. The Group Customer Service lady was upset at my husband getting upset. We tried to explain how we didn't want to be this upset. We try to make the best of the situation but when we use the shower or toilet and we have to walk through toilet water, it's not an enjoyable cruise. Finally she offered to have us sleep on the 4th floor but keep all of our stuff in the cabin on the 3rd floor that was unsafe! I use a cane and have a hard enough time. The ship was booked and they couldn't put us in a different cabin. So we were told. Finally after an hour and a half, they gave me a wheelchair because they were sending us to the second floor. The cabin was halfway down the hall and not near an elevator like we had booked. This took most of the day on Sunday. So two days of enjoying the ship was down the drain.

Everyone was nice & apologetic. But unfortunately after two days we felt there was no concern. We wanted results not apologies.

It felt like my husband and I had been through the ringer. We felt there was no great concern & not important enough from the staff. Monday we arrived in Bermuda. 

This trip was our one vacation for the year. Our whole family booked this cruise because of Royal Caribbean's reputation for customer service. We did not find this to be the case.

 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Our first cabin was soaked with toilet water. Our second room was over the engine of the ship. Although it was a non smoking room, we could smell cigarette smoke from our next door cabin in our room.

Ship tip

We loved our Great Gatsby dinner compared to Windjammer.

Ports of call

Baltimore, Maryland

5 out of 5

King's Wharf, Bermuda

5 out of 5
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18 Comments

jhamburg    8 years ago

That is a good point I am going to let this go. If it were valid I would be screaming the number to alert public....

coneyraven    8 years ago

Am I the only one who is noticing a few inconsistencies in this post? And the fact that there's been no response from the author makes me question the validity of the post as a whole.

jhamburg    8 years ago

Which cabin please...I am stressed .

drum    8 years ago

I am also on deck 3. In an ocean view room. I hope we don't have any issues like that.

agfstamps    8 years ago

This ship is scheduled for updates, I think in the spring 2017.

tolondon2012    8 years ago

Yes dont let this stop u from other cruises.

hscarpol    8 years ago

Grandeur does have a waste water issue. Our bathroom floor would flood at every shower. There is a drain hole in the floor near the toilet to keep water from coming out of bathroom. If the ship in not level it cannot run towards hole and fills up floor. We had to manually push water to the hole. I'm sure it was not toilet water, most ships have to waste systems, gray water and toilet water. Gray get recycled for deck cleaning, etc and the other gets processed or dumped. Every time the room attendant entered our room he would not pull door closed and we go back and door would not be locked. This ship needed to be retired or 100% drydock overhaul

agfstamps    8 years ago

We've always had great success resolving any issues onRCCL. Been on the Grandeur numerous times. Too bad you didn't know you didn't need to baby sit your cabin. Lock your valuables in the safe and you should be fine.

lazoc    8 years ago

Bower, I would also like to know which cabin since i am booked for a November cruise on deck 3.

jhamburg    8 years ago

So sad to hear this. We are sailing in Nov. and are booked on deck 3. I have stayed on deck 3 before with no problems. Customer service was most impressive then. I hope this has not changed :(

eddiemac1    8 years ago

I was thinking the same thing coney 🤔

coneyraven    8 years ago

Something is a bit odd here -- they offered to have you sleep on Deck 4, yet they couldn't move you to a different cabin? How is that possible? Wasn't the location on Deck 4 a cabin? If you slept there, then it was available, right?

eddiemac1    8 years ago

Michelle1005, don't let this one review keep you from rc. They are wonderful cruises. If you read through the reviews of all the other lines, you'll see similar reviews.

katj    8 years ago

That's unfortunate. I had a similar issue once with water pouring in from the cabin above. I locked my valuables in the safe and left them to do their job. Access to the room for ship staff and crew is never an issue so no need to baby sit while they work. The industrial fan was horrible but until the carpet was dry and resanitized that musty mildew smell was unbearable. Take it up with the corporate office. You may be able to get a discount on a future cruise. A lot of people tend to weary customer service with non issues so by the time a real issue arises they are just numb.

brownson2014    8 years ago

I also agree with Michelle, they should have comp'd your room.

brownson2014    8 years ago

I'm so sorry you had such a horrible experience. I've been on the Grandeur numerous times without issue. I'm sure the crew did what they could, but they definitely should have moved you to an available room sooner. I hope the rest of your cruise was enjoyable.

coneyraven    8 years ago

Just out of curiosity, and only because I have a cruise book on this ship down the road, what cabin were you in?

michelle1005    8 years ago

The cruise line should have comp'd your room. Toilet water is unacceptable and unsanitary. I have not cruised with that line and now I will not

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