Great experience on a relaxed atmosphere small ship!

Grandeur of the Seas Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 52

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Grandeur of the Seas

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 13, 2022

Ship: Grandeur of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 8588

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

It was a nice break from the work life. Very humid in the summer-lots of sweating. The air conditioning was nice on the ship. Our room was on the back of ship so we slept nicely with the sound all night!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very fast! We had a junior suite so never stood in line.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Windjammer Marketplace

4 out of 5

Buffet style busy place. Needed to get there early to beat the huge crowds! Many food selections unless you have food sensitivities.

Great Gatsby Dining Room

4 out of 5

Nice 3 course meal with several options!

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
The only true great activity was the rock climbing wall. Other activities were shuffle board, ping pong, pools, miniature arcade and crew led activities or games. Small ship but that is why we went on it-to avoid crowds

Rock Climbing Wall

4 out of 5

Is mostly in the hot sun all day. But had 4-5 challenging routes.

Swimming Pools

3 out of 5

Small pool

Solarium

3 out of 5

Miniature pool

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Overall the entertainment shows were good. The stage show musicians however were excellent.

Palladium Theater

5 out of 5

Great musicians! Pretty good comedian. Tango show not my thing!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff were excellent! ALWAYS HELPFUL! Always smiling and greeting us! Stateroom attendant Clinton was the best and friendliest. Sometimes it was hard to understand staff since for most English is their second language.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Enjoyed the small size of the ship and overall it was clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Loved our junior sweet and the amazing balcony!!! Huge room and huge balcony!

Ship tip

Do not pick this ship if you want a lot of fun for kids. Do not pick it if you are expecting top of the line food and activities! This is a relaxing pick to your liking activities ship.

Ports of call

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
We were supposed to go to Tulum while at this port but it was cancelled. We the booked the local Mayan ruins excursions San Gervasio. It was not good. Short time at ruins quickly through it with no time to look around, take pictures or read anything. We were given 5 minutes to shop and use restrooms. Then we stopped at the Mayan Bee Sanctuary. Did not get to enter because of a cleansing ritual that would need to be performed. We were given 15 minutes to shop. Then we went to a beach along the east coast. It was nice but couldn’t really get to the water because of the huge amounts of seaweed. We did have our best meal of the whole cruise. Authentic tacos at the restaurant!!

Galveston, Texas

4 out of 5
Nice city. Might come back just to explore more. Lacked sidewalks in many residential areas.

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5
Loved it here. Did dolphins swim and these people care about their dolphins! We also went in the aviary and loved it.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
This could have been better with announcements in our stateroom since we had to stay until we were called to leave. We had to watch a channel on tv to know when, we missed our call and went late!

Traveler Photos

Aviary Aviary Mayan ruins Dolphin swim
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9 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

joyandjerry    2 years ago

Great attitude l

SRAlbritton    2 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to share your cruise with us. Sorry about the bad excursions, but glad that overall you had a good time.

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Glad you mostly enjoyed your cruise.

tavo6    2 years ago

Glad that regardless of the mishaps you still mage to make it a relaxing cruise!

GabeNSteph    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for the review

WhippetMum    2 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

dsorel    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing! I'll be on the Grandeur next January.

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