"good", not great.

Item: Liberty of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: artmaster1020

Liberty of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean

artmaster1020

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

9 Night Bermuda & Caribbean (Cape Liberty Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 13, 2015

Ship: Liberty of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

The ship itself is amazing. It's absolutely gigantic and has plenty of room for the 4500+ passengers. The public areas were great, and everything was very clean. RC is usually known for great food but that was not the case on this ship. Now, the food on board is not "bad" by any stretch; it just was not what I have been used to on RC ships. The service everywhere on board was exceptional especially in the dining areas. We went to Chops Grille, a specialty steakhouse that had a $35/per person cover fee. The food there was amazing and the service was impeccable. I had an inside cabin and found it to have enough room although slightly cramped at times. We did not stop in St. Maarten because a fellow passenger had fallen ill and had to be taken back to Bermuda.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food could have been better in main dining room and the buffet at the Windjammer always had the appearance of a huge group of people seeing food for the first time in years.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 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

Ports of call

Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey

3 out of 5

King's Wharf, Bermuda

5 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten Did not visit port

Did not stop there

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5

3 Comments

Cruisinforsanity 9 years ago

Some differences between Liberty and Carnival: better organized bathroom storage and shower doors instead of curtains; better set up of the pool areas, especially loved the adult only pool area. The entertainment was OUTSTANDING, however I've always loved the entertainment on Carnival. This trip did not sway me to be a RC faithful.

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Cruisinforsanity 9 years ago

We were on the same cruise. This was my first time on RC and everyone kept telling me it would blow away Carnival. I did not find that to be the case. As you said, the food was ok but not outstanding, although our servers were. The ship is beautiful, but so were the Carnival ships I've cruised on. I actually liked the food on the Carnival Valor better than this cruise on Liberty of the Seas.

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sherridunsworth 9 years ago

We had that problem on the Magic last October. The nurse who had been working with an Ebola patient got on our cruise. We did not to go to Cozumel even though she was negative the whole time. We had been approved by the CDC to enter Cozumel. Mexican authorities said no. It's all good though. Still a great vacation.

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