Grandeur of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Overall a good experience. The staff was friendly and helpful. The ship was clean and the service was excellent. The onboard shows and entertainment was great.

Wish we had more time in port, would have liked the gratuities charged explained better, show schedule could be a little better so not to conflict with other activities.

This was our second Royal Carribean cruise, first on the Grandeur of the Seas. The trip was a five day cruise out of the Port of Baltimore.  Although the ship is one of the older ones in the fleet and does not have all the bells and whisltes of the newer ships, it did not disappoint!  The staff was extremely helpful and friendly and the ship was super clean.  Our only destination was Bermuda and it was beautiful.  Would highly recommend going to Horseshoe Bay Beach.  It is as beautiful as any pictures you see.  The entertainment aboard was your typical cruise entertainment and the food was plentiful.  Looking forward to another Royal Carribean cruise in the future.

I really enjoyed my first cruise and happy that we chose Royal Caribbean. Service was very good on the ship! Overall we enjoyed the food but definitely preferred the Gatsby dining room to the buffet especially for dinner.

We did this cruise in conjunction with a 7-day visit to DC and a 2-day visit to Hershey, PA, driving from the St. Louis area.  I had never been to DC or to New England, so it was a treat to see so much on vacation and make the drive really worthwhile.  We are active seniors, but this was a little tiring for us.  The weather was sometimes cool, often foggy, even rainy, but we were in Boston in record heat. We were not enthused with Boston, but that could be because of our visit to DC just before the cruise. We loved Bay Harbor and Halifax, and enjoyed walking around Portland and St. John.  Baltimore was an easy port, and embarking & disembarking were easy.

We had never cruised on RC, being partial to Princess and HAL, but this route was perfect for us. RC is not in the same class as our favs, but it was still a good cruise. The staff was attentive and cheerful, John and Katrina Blair were great, the Great Gatsby (we did MyTime dining but requested a table with servers Melroy and Victor each night) had delicious & well-prepared food, and the ship was well-maintained. We enjoyed the musical entertainment; we did not attend the comedians or game shows. There were some opportunities for us to dance a bit, which is always a plus. The Windjammer food was repetitive and disappointing, the port information was scanty both on line and on ship, and we packed extra clothes for the Smart Casual evenings which never happened.  Still, it was a good cruise and a decent value.

Time to relax, adequate staterooms, love the pool and spy facilities for adults, dining staff and choices are good, staff very efficient and friendly, entertainment very good for smaller ship.

The worst room, in size, presentation and  "amenities"

Refrigerator,   under the dresser, cable on top of the dresser

the smallest room ever,

balcony barely fit  2 chairs and a table, no people

We of course asked for a change and they said "not available"

2 days without water

3 times the toilet stop working

no soap, or shampoo or nothing, when I asked they brought it.

out of the 6 shows just two where good i mean excellent, the other ones in the theater, where boring, noise and repetitive, we have lo leave the theater in one occasion.

The other ones  presented in the "Centrum" where absolute impossible to be seen, no space for all people.

The only wonderful experience where the people:

Room attendance did as much possible for us to be better.(not in his hands).

Formal Dining room beyond excellence

Windajamer, more than excellent, all of servers went beyond themselves to help.

Customer service good 2 persons specially.

The ship in general needs too much work, all the windows dirty.

Things broken here and there.

In the balcony you could see , dirt and unfinished parts.

So beside the wonderful people that help us.

In conclusion the ship was not a good experience.

Believe it or not our children will let you now very quickly if they are having a good time or not. My son who's 5, did not leave Adventure Ocean until closing time everyday. I hardly saw him the entire cruise. The ports of call are awesome and some of the best historical sites yet. If you don't like a huge ship but one just large enough that has all the basics then this one is tailored just for you. Great main dinning seating along with specialty setting as well for a small up charge that you can't beat anywhere. Overall I rated this 5 stars because of value and I love bang for my hard earn bucks, and this was less than $85 per night pp. Take your time and shop they do have some great deals out there you just have to look and watch for them and grab it and this is one of them.      

Very disappointed with the shows. Had an excursion to Boston for a harbor and city cruise that was awful. They overbooked the cruise to the harbor so a lot of people had to stand.

We had a lot of fun. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.................................................................

This was the first time we had sailed on Royal Caribbean, so we knew nothing about the ship's layout, dining, etc.  We worked with a travel agent and he booked us an inside cabin that we assumed would be fine.  I should note we booked this cruise 7 months before departure so there were plenty of cabins for our travel agent to pick from!  The room was NOT OK.  I will talk more about that in the cabin review section.  Overall, the cruise was fine.  We loved the ports and the food in the main dining room!  We never ate at any of the specialty restaurants because the food in the main dining room was so good.  Also, the ship offered a sushi-making class that was a fabulous deal!  For $30 each, we got to make a Calofornia roll, a shrimp tempura roll, and two pieces of nigiri (when sliced, that made 18 pieces of sushi)!  We also got miso soup and unlimited bellinis.  It was a great class with lots of food and drink.  I definitely recommend it!

This is our 2nd cruise on the Grandeur. The first in 2001 was the Med and our first experience with Royal Caribbean and it was a positive one. The ship had been updated since then and is scheduled for another in 2017. The staff was very friendly and helpful. Ike was a fabulous room attendant. The Head Waiter, Yilmaz Komsu,  was very friendly always welcoming us by name and making sure our meal & table (My Time Dining) was satisfactory. We were fortunate to have Michael & Meldon and Melroy & Victor as our servers. The captain was a gracious host at several parties. John & Katrina Blair were wonderful hosts as our Cruise Directors and the "headliners" they scheduled were great, especially James Stephens 111 and David Klinkenberg. We enjoyed the music of the  "Grandeur Band", Fresh Beat, Harmony Duo and Doug playing the piano in the Schooner Bar. There were 2 "aerial act" performances in the Centrum that were most enjoyable. The shore excursions were very informative and entertaining. It was a great cruise to Maine, especially Bar Harbor, and St. Johns and Halifax in Canada. The Port of Baltimore was very efficient.

i would like to recommend that there be NO SMOKING on board.  The ship and staff were excellent. Had a great time. Would recommend this to my friends. 

Service was outstanding. This cruise was one of the better one I have had. All aspects of the cruise form beginning to end was very good. I loved my room and my room attendant provided outstanding service. The food was excellent. I especially enjoyed the wide food variety provided in the Windjammer café. The activities were very appealing, especially the dance classes. There was a major improvement in the internet service, it was much, much faster than the last time I cruised. I very much enjoyed the shows.

CAN'T RECOMMEND ANY IMPROVEMENT.   FOOD, SHOWS AND STAFF WERE ALL GREAT.

 FIRST TIME IN A BALCONY CABIN. THE EXTRA ROOM AND THE FULL SIZE TUB MADE THE DAY.

VIEW FROM OUR BALCONY VERY ENJOYABLE AND RELAXING.

this cruise was surely not what we expected.  We are frequent cruisers, but this was a disappointment. The ship is in bad shape, but that is apparently caused by little energy from staff.  Railings needed dusting, floors needed cleaning, tables needed wiping off.  One day it rained and they had 30 gallon buckets catching the rain leaking from the ceiling...and it was full of water.  When the floors were wet there was no effort to fun a mop over them.  I feared for walking over the puddles on deck.  The staff was just not concerned about their customers.  At times during this cruise, I would have been hard pressed to even find a staff if an emergency happened.  We did have attentive wait staff for our evening dining.  The food was okay.  Not enough activities to keep the guests busy.  This ship had a huge screen on deck, but they ran pictures of Royal Caribbean signs and the ocean.  What a waste of time.  Our room was very small.  I realize staterooms are usually small, but this was not comfortable.  The beds were nearly on the floor and looked more like cots at summer camp than beds on a cruise ship.  As I mentioned before, we cruise and travel several times a year, but I think we would rather stay at home than do Grandaur of the Sea again!

Favorite was John Blair/cruise director, We have been on 26 cruises and by far he was the best cruise director ever.

Entertainment was excellent especially Tony Tillman.

The ship showed some age and the shower in the stateroom was very small.

We will definitely recommend it to friends.

I would also like to thank Joann Cornelius for being very helpful with our booking.

I would recommend this cruise. Good value for the money. Also if you were never in Bermuda.   The ship does show a fair amount of deferred maintenance. 

They have major events in the Centrum, which just is NOT big enough to

hold all the people, while the Crown Lounge that is much larger is nearly always 

virtually empty.  The most popular event as usual is the 50's and 60's party.  They did have that in the South Pacific lounge, but it only lasted 45 minutes.  They don't seem to understand who their demographic is and give the guests what they want.

The outside pool has enough chairs even on sea days.  But we hung out in the adults only Solarium.  The ship is easy to navigate and is user friendly.  I asked the cashier in the casino to turn the music  DOWN  in the speaker over the blackjack tournament table so I could hear the instructions and concentrate on my   game and to my surprise, SHE DID!  I came in 3rd in the tournament and won a reasonable cash prize.     

We  experienced excellent service in the dining room from our servers as well has in our suite from our steward.  The ship was very clean and the staff were very friendly and helpful.  We especially enjoyed the evening shows.  I would recommend d your cruise service to my friends and family.

The Grandeur of the Seas Ship is on the small, but mighty side. It has everything that you need for a wonderful trip, but no so big that you get lost or confused. The staff were excellent. The Dining Room Servers and our Cabin Steward, were especially accommodating. The waters were choppy on the way out to Bermuda, some rain, which was disappointing. However, our time in Bermuda was fantastic! The weather was perfect. We took the Catamaran trip (offered by , not Royal Caribbean). It was excellent and I would highly recommend it. The Restless Native offered up plenty of activities and hot chocolate chip cookies on the trip back to the ship. Truly a fabulous day! The meals were very good.  We had your traditional beef tenderloin, lobster and shrimp nights.  There was always something for everyone. The comedy shows were  pretty good. My only suggestion is that there should be more activities during the day when you are sea.  The schedule looks full, however, there is usually and upcharge (Bingo at $20.00 per game) or a trivia game with a crew member.  If you are looking to relax and not have a hectic schedule, then this is the cruise for you. The time in Bermuda was short, but we made the most of it. Bermuda is beautiful and certainly worth the trip to see and enjoy. Our cruise consultant Teresa Rechy was so helpful. Her advice was spot on! Would recommend booking with her to help get the most out of your trip!

I have cruised with Royal Carribbean twice before.  And this was my 5th cruise.Felt the service in the restaurant was outstanding. Loved Chops and the food quality there.  Waiter was amazing and he was new.

Room attendant was good.  Did not see big improvements on the room side of the renovations they did. 

Was as very disappointed in the quality of the shows. Comedians were OK. Second night show was great, the rest were mediocre. Expected more from RC.

Loved going to Bermuda. Great destination.