Disappointing

Liberty of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5
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Liberty of the Seas

4 Night Bahamas & Perfect Day Holiday (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 19, 2022

Ship: Liberty of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1822

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Don’t plan on cruising on Royal Caribbean again. Have cruised probably 5 times before with them, but the quality has really changed—not what I remembered. Seems like they are really cutting corners in entertainment area and quality of food in dinner experience in main dining. I guess they are focusing on new mega ships they are building. Sadly a ship with 4000+ passengers is just too much for me to enjoy!! (I did like the way they do the safety drill info now over the past!)

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Quicker than in the past

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Sadly buffet was better than main dining room. Not the quality seen in the past. Buffets had a good variety of food to choose from.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Kids enjoyed two slides by flow-rider. Give up on lame belly-flop contest.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Areas to watch karaoke was too crowded—had to go at least 45 minutes early to get a seat. Name that Tune was offered same time every evening so early seating diners couldn’t see it. I would give this a 1 but the Saturday Night Fever production was outstanding! Ice skating show was very good as well. These deserved a 5 star rating, so it raised my rating to a 3 overall.

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
My 9 year old grandson loved it! Couldn’t wait to go when they were open. My 14 year old seemed entertained, but not as much as the younger grandson.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Main waiter in dining room was good, but seemed assigned to too many tables. Drink server struggled, didn’t seem very experienced. Rarely saw room steward, but he did a good job of servicing our room with towels, cleaning, and supplying ice for us each evening.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Ship was overcrowded and saw dirty glasses sitting around in odd places where guests misplaced them. Bathrooms seemed well kept.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Four in our room—too crowded. Cabin was kept clean by steward.

Ship tip

I have sailed on this ship in the past. It just wasn’t what I had expected from before. Dated carpet. Royal Caribbean seems to be going downhill-reminded me of two Carnival cruises I took 20 years ago, which I would never cruise on again.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5
Stayed after for two nights. Enjoyed the Water Taxi and shops/restaurants on Las Olas Boulevard. (Not booked through cruise line.

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5
Had been here before so chose the Atlantis Excursion. Enjoyed the time there although it was expensive.

Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

3 out of 5
Very disappointed as the water park was sold out! Tried to book a week before cruise and was told 10,000 people (2 ships) would be there and had never had a sellout before. What? Went anyway and enjoyed the free beach, activities, and food there in spite of not getting to do the water park.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Not too bad exiting ship. But so crowded outside waiting for people to get on shuttles and Ubers.
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6 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

joshovermyer    1 year ago

Liberty of the Seas is definitely showing her age. I hope RCL gives her an Amplification soon to keep up with sister ships Freedom and Indy. That said, I had a great time on Liberty in November and am going back in late January.

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate your comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your details. Sadly, JT is right, cruising isn’t back to pre-Covid levels. Sorry you were disappointed.

CruzeFan    1 year ago

Cruising is not what it used to be on any line

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