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Harmony of the Seas Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 68

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Harmony of the Seas

8 Night Southern Caribbean & Perfect Day (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 23, 2023

Ship: Harmony of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 12636

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

This a a very enjoyable cruise especially if you’ve not been to the Southern Caribbean islands.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Smooth process except for lack of staffing during security made that process take longer than expected. Additionally, staff had rude TSA energy that did not make a good 1st impression.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Had pleasure of having an exceptional waitress in the main dining room during our cruise that made evening dinner wonderful. Windjammer buffet was always crowded and stressful in terms of finding a seat. Tried to avoid this eating venue as much as possible as it was not worth the lower quality food we were served compared to the main dining room.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
As this ship is designed for multi-generational family traveling. There was plenty of variety for all tastes

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The shows were vey entertaining if you could get a ticket.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
For such a large ship with so many passengers, I was completely disappointed that Harmony still used a cruse card system. This made service slow at times as well as stressful tracking down the server who had your physical card for as much as 30 minutes at times.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
This is a very large ship, but with the app, and ample signage it was easy to get around. More importantly, the staff kept it very clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was vey spacious and our steward was exceptional/

Ship tip

Pack your patience when aboard the Harmony of the Seas if you are not used to the Mega cruise ship experience.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
Curaçao didn’t disappoint. Not as famous of a tourist destination as Aruba, I found it just as delightful.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Aruba was an absolute joy. Amazingly turquoise blue water, friendly people, and great sites.

Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
The disembarkation from the ship itself was relatively smooth, however the transport to the Miami airport was chaotic and hectic. They had only a single person (the driver) loading the luggage onto the bus. My Wife and I almost had our carry on luggage left behind had she not physically got off them bus to check and inform the driver that our baggage needed to be loaded onto the bus.
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