First time cruise and impressed

Item: Grandeur of the Seas
Rating: 4.3
Author: louC5

Grandeur of the Seas Cruise Review

louC5

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

8 Night Southeast Coast & Perfect Day (Baltimore Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 12, 2019

Ship: Grandeur of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 7584

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

First time cruise and despite reading reviews of this being a small ship, wasn’t disappointed

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Service on the ship was friendly, the waiters will remember your preferences after a while,

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Ship was well maintained, elevators took forever to come

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Visit the park cafè for late night snacks, and definitely bring entertainment, the programs on tv is repetitive, if getting picture package definitely take advantage of all the photo opportunities

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5

Nothing to do in the immediate vicinity, we rented a car from the nearby Enterprise/ Alamo and went to Orlando. It was cheaper to rent a car than to go through the excursion for the shuttle to the mall

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Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5

The thrill park isn’t necessary but it is fun to just chill in the park. Cococay is definitely the best part of the cruise

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Charleston, South Carolina

3 out of 5

There is a free shuttle that will take you around the city. Didn’t do an excursion but just went around the city.

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Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Went on the pearl island excursion and the island was private. They got us back early enough to visit the shops.

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Baltimore, Maryland

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Expected to be in and out, our luggage number was called off, went down and stood almost 30-45 minutes to finally be let out to retrieve our luggage

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3 Comments

Veronica619 4 years ago

Our first cruise was 10 years ago on the Grandeur and we loved it. Been cruising ever since. Have tried many different ships and haven't been disappointed on any of them.

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15mustang 4 years ago

We loved Grandeur. Its nice to relax and enjoy your cruise.

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CruzeFan 4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed it and didn’t let some negative reviews discourage you. I always smile when I read the reviews where people complain that a ship that holds 2,500 passengers was too small. They never would have survived cruising in the 80s when a ship that held 750 was considered huge. As far as the wait for debarkation, we always do self-debarkation and take our own luggage and are off very quickly.

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