Great cruise but rushed itinerary. Check the port times before you book.

Item: Harmony of the Seas
Rating: 4.7
Author: danguyen1999

Harmony of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

danguyen1999

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 10, 2023

Ship: Harmony of the Seas

Cabin number: GTY

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

Overall the cruising experience is on par with what I expected and based on previous cruises. However, this itinerary is very strange and I felt the ship was rushed to complete the itinerary. The ship sailed at 22 knots for 7 days with ship in continuous rocking and weaving motion; no sea day was slow and relaxing due to it. The itinerary was Galveston, Roatan, Cozumel, Costa Maya, Galveston. If you look on a map, you will see that Costa May is in between Cozumel and Roatan; most cruises will finish with Cozumel LAST before ending at Galveston. But this trip is first headed south to Roatan, rushed north to Cozumel, rushed south to Costa Maya (we only a HALF DAY there instead of a full day; depart at 1 pm), rushed north to Galveston. Why was this crazy itinerary chosen? It made no sense in term travel nor in fuel consumption.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Main dinner was great. The buffet is disappointing; every day had the same food with very little variety.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Live bands playing rock and ball room music or latin and salsa music were great. Why was the latin/salsa live band/music has a dedicated room to listen and dance for the entire trip, but no such dedication to listen/dance to American rock or ball-room type of music. There was a great Philippine band but they played in deck 8 for only 1 day.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5