This is one HUGE SHIP!!!!

Item: Harmony of the Seas
Rating: 4.7
Author: 65Sunshine

Harmony of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

65Sunshine

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 10, 2018

Ship: Harmony of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 8564

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The is one HUGE ship!!! You loose the personal touch with a ship this huge!!! The elevators were always crowded. It was hard to find a lounge chair around the pool. The adult pool is right next to the family pool, which was used a lot for pool games, so u couldn't use it. The Solarium which is the adult area is way at the end of the ship with just one small jacuzzi. The smoking area have HARD wooden chairs with no coffee station. So many rude foreigners. Entitlement not found on the smaller ships. A lot of kids running all over. Long lines at the Buffets/no available tables

Embarkation

5 out of 5

We were in a suite so we were escorted directly on board/no waiting

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Be prepared for a lot of people!!! long lines and pushy/crowded people at $10 sale!!!! grabbing

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

This is a quaint island!!! Very safe and GREAT SHOPPING!!! Jewelry is the best price here!!! A lot of jewelry shops and an interesting local straw market. Took the train trip around the island....VERY BORING!!!!

Thumbs Up 3

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

1 out of 5

The straw market is horrible!!! PUSHY, PUSHY, PUSHY!!! They yell at you constantly to get u to come into their huts!!! Shove Haiti bracelets on you then demand money!!! Push merchandise in your face, try to put it in a bag and get money from you!!! Fast talkers!!! They have some nice wooden pieces, but it's hard to shop being so pressured!!!! I finally had to walk away because I was overwelmed by constantly being called into their shops!!! They are relentless!!! Will skip shopping next time...!! what a shame.it's hard to even think with their yelling!!!

Thumbs Up 2

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

5 Comments

dreams008 5 years ago

And yet you give 5 stars LOL

Thumbs Up 0

Flag

Bigmoma 5 years ago

I kind of felt the same way. Ship crowded. Pools were good on port days. Long lines for everything. Solarium was great cause it had like 5 hot tubes. A great wait staff and buffet area.

Thumbs Up 0

Flag

zumba70 5 years ago

Could you get coffee in the solarium area?

Thumbs Up 0

Flag

BnaKyle 5 years ago

My sailing was packed and I just made sure all 8 of us were up by 7 in the buffet and at the pool by 830. Even when we left during the day there was always plenty of room on the upper decks. But I don’t want to be right by the pool. I don’t mind a short 90 second walk down the stairs to the pool.

Thumbs Up 2

Flag

TrulySarah 5 years ago

Interesting review for a five star rating

Thumbs Up 3

Flag

Other reviews of this sailing

Loved, loved, loved it!!

Such a great time on Harmony

Found out that we are not a big fan of the very large ships