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Grandeur of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 9
Helpful Votes: 136

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
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Grandeur of the Seas

7 Night Southern Caribbean Explorer (Bridgetown Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 12, 2021

Ship: Grandeur of the Seas

Cabin number: 3068

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

It was great onboard except for major technology issues. Voom internet service only works 50% of the time, so a 50% refund should be issued. With all the COVID protocols in place we felt safer onboard than at home. The ship only had about 800 passengers so there was plenty of space everywhere.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
RCI botched the COVID protocols. Testing was easy but then we were told to sit in a waiting area for an email with the results. But if you could not access either terminal Wifi or the ship WiFi, you never got results. They never told us to look for a whiteboard that listed negative test results for passengers. Because we were not told to print the sailing pass in advance we had to wait in an additional line.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Almost every meal was great and servers were incredible.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Pool was enjoyable. Some of the games were a lot of fun.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Bill Cook, the magician, and Aaron Bonk, the juggler, were amazing. Other shows were excellent.

Children's Programs

No children with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Constant cleaning going on.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Smallest shower ever. One drawer opens by itself when ship moves. Another drawer does not completely close. The ship is dated.

Ports of call

Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5
Stayed here before and after cruise.

St. George's, Grenada

4 out of 5
Seemed like an interesting place but we were limited to riding in a van only.

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5
We loved everything about the island and our excursion to the Pitons.

Kingstown, St. Vincent Did not visit port

They would not let us leave the ship without going on an excursion.

Roseau, Dominica

3 out of 5
Our trolley excursion was enjoyable but short. We did not see much as there was no independent searching allowed.

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5
St. Kitts is wonderful. Nevis is even better.

St. John's, Antigua

4 out of 5
The island seemed very nice. We had problems with a poorly executed shore excursion that dropped us off in the middle of the street so we could make a mad dash to board the ship in time

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Once again, no instructions or signage regarding all the steps involved. This is RCI fault.
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7 Comments

Adventourist2    2 years ago

Thanks for the information, I’m on Jan 9th 2022

SRAlbritton    2 years ago

Thanks for the review, my next cruise is on the Grandeur Feb 10, 2023.

izrgreen    2 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to write a review.

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for the update

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Sorry your boarding was such an situation.

BarbConway    2 years ago

No comments

cruising2004    2 years ago

Thank you for sharing your experience.