Spring Break!

Liberty of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 29

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Liberty of the Seas

5 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 28, 2015

Ship: Liberty of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 1300

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

Had a very nice trip. Excursions were awesome! Our servers and dinner service were great, and also our housekeeper.Food not was not bad.

The issue was it was Spring Break! I feel I should have been warned to this. There were about 2200 collage students on board a ship that holds 4500. So they took over everything.  It was like going to a frat party.There were cocktail glasses and empty beer bottles all through out the ship. Condom wrappers in the hallway. And even walked upon some smoking pot. Even the employees were complaining about them. I am not a prudish person . But I had my children with me. This was our first cruise. I was under the assumption Royal Caribbean was a family friendly cruise line and this was NOT a family friendly cruise. Don't know if I will use Royal Caribbean in the future because of this.

I recommend this cruise mainly because I am a good person and have never wrote a bad review. I try to find the positive in things. But the amount of money I spent was not worth this.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Food was ok. Nothing spectacular. But our wait staff was awesome!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Activities were not to great because all of the spring breakers took over

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Shows were very entertaining. Good mix for adults and kids.

Children's Programs

3 out of 5
other then movies... I was not aware of anything

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The room was fabulous. Can't complain there...

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5
We did an excursion to the Lamanai Myan Temples. This was an awesome excursion. people were very informative and friendly. The lunch provided was delish!

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
We went to Chankanaab National Reef Park to swim with dolphins. This excursion was the best time we had the whole trip. The park is absolutely fabulous. My suggestion is to do the first excursion time so you have lots of time to spend at the park! This was worth every penny!!!
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3 Comments

glomarrone    9 years ago

Welcome to cruising.  Do some research before you book your next cruise or better still use a travel agent.  Please let us know how the next cruise goes, 

Johngold    9 years ago

Sorry about the experience. For your next cruise I would strongly suggest that you sit down with a professional travel agent and explain your experience and your expectations. They will be very helpful in planning your next voyage. I guarantee you that you will be very satisfied.

CrusinTim    9 years ago

Sorry you had a bad experience on your first cruise. This was a learning experience for you as far as cruising goes. A bit of research prior to booking goes a long way because anytime between Mid February to the end of April is usually Spring Break time. Breakers will usually choose short cruises to the Caribbean from the U.S. for their vacation. As for the trash around the ship and the pot smoking, this should have been addressed by the ship IMMEDIATELY!! Knowing of these conditions, they should have assigned more crew to clean up after these dirt bags and tracked down those with pot and had them arrested and removed from the ship at the next port. I recommend you type up a strong letter and MAIL (don't send it via the "Contact Us" link on the RCCL website) to the corporate office. It may take a few months to get a response but be assured you will get some kind of reparation for your bad experience. Best of luck.

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