Unimpressed

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

Liberty of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Tovi

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 15, 2017

Ship: Liberty of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9386

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Royal Caribbean used to be the top of the line shipline; however, Carnival has a lot more for what you pay for. I've been on 12 cruises and will not return to RC. They just charge for everything now. Should be all inclusive like it used to be except for drinks.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Easy to get through. Friendly staff

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Always an upcharge with this ship. Room service is not free anymore, aeema like everything you want to do they charge you for. One ice cream machine for entire ship and food was not great. Raw steak and undercooked desserts too. Frozen desserts for sure. Very hard to get ice tea. There are zero eating places by the pool. You have to go to the cafe or the mall and wait in long lines.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Slides were fun. Rock wall is always closed.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Our state room attendant was awesome. Long long wait times on elevators.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Ship was not super clean. Lots of dust in the windjammer cafe around poles. The floor stayed dirty. Ship was pretty and the mall area was cool. Too many places charge money even for ice cream at Ben & Jerry's.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Our cabin was awesome and stayed very clean. Our attendant even folded our dirty clothes over and made them really neat.

Ship tip

Not too.

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Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

2 out of 5

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Did amazing excursion here right from the pier. The ship canceled our zip line due to weather so we found another one block from pier. It was awesome.

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Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5

Costa Maya was awesome. We did a waterpark and beach break here that had zip lines that all landed in water. There were also supercool water slides.

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Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

No excursion but awesome shopping.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Very fast! Got off an hour early.

Traveler Photos

3 Comments

Patrick4 7 years ago

it's always interesting to me when I read posts like this. I never pay for anything extra except alcohol and gambling...it's all inclusive to me!

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GIL155 7 years ago

I agree with twangster, just want to add, very aerobic pictures. Fun, exhilarating, full of life, NICE!

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twangster 7 years ago

The big 3 lines are all doing that now. The flip side is they've added options that weren't there before. Some are fine with the old options and don't want to pay more for something they don't need. Those that do can step up and pay more. A lot of people don't want internet. If they raise base fares so it's included for everyone, a lot of people won't like having to pay more for something they don't want. In Carnival's last financial call with investors they disclosed the largest source of new revenue growth is from on board charges. Which ever line you end up sailing, just say no to the things you don't want.

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