expected wow but was just whew

Harmony of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 34

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
Harmony of the Seas

7 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 11, 2017

Ship: Harmony of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10200

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The ship being new, i expected Royal to put there best of the best on it. It was little less what i expected.  The ship was completely full, so i will give that a break.  What bother me was the cleanness of the ship.  Being new helped keep a lot of the general public areas looking good.  You never saw staff walking around cleaning like i have had on other ship.  First time getting off a cruise and most people in our part got sick.  As a matter of fact, one person in our group got quarantine.  Reason i mention it is because they noticed alot of other people were getting it as well.  So, something was spreading around the ship that infected alot of people.  Also the staff wasn't making people wash there hands as much as they have on other ships.  Our stateroom attendant didn't show up until the second day in the cruise.  When they did appear they would not do a great job cleaning.  With that negative out of the way.  The positive on the ship was the shows.  Shows were great, everything and more then what i expected.  The fine line was one of the best shows i have seen on any ship.  Our wait staff at dinner was also excellent.  He was experienced cruise employee and it showed.  The ult abase was also a nice feature, but not like the water slides.  Best thing on the ship for fun.  Also the adult only area was nice but i am missing the pool that they have on the front of the allure of the seas.   I love royal but this is the first time we had a flop overall.  I am hearing alot of this on the newer ships as well the staff is just not as good.  Still peffer the oasis class out of any other ships royal has.   

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Room was a good size but the attandent was really bad at cleaning the room

Ship tip

When the large crowds leave events. Go up a few flights of steps and it is alot easier to get on a elevator.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5
Do the zip line

Falmouth, Jamaica

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
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3 Comments

MickieB    7 years ago

@Larmac1234, carry purell with u and remember washy, washy, washy. If you are not sure u washed used ur purell. I always put one on my keycard holder.

karaskidz    7 years ago

I just got off the harmony a few days ago & I saw people cleaning all the time everywhere I went. My fianc© & I had commented to each other many times about how great it was to see them cleaning so much. I also saw pretty much everyone using the Purell hand sanitizing stations or the hand washing stations at all the restaurants before entering.

larmac1234    7 years ago

I got flu like symptoms last year on Allure last half of the cruise. just kept Advil to releive body the body aches. going on Harmony April 29th. hope it's not a repeat

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