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Item: Mariner of the Seas
Rating: 4.1
Author: JonR2

Mariner of the Seas Cruise Review to South America

JonR2

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 0

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

Verified Review

14 Night South America (Valparaiso To Sao Paulo)

Sail date: February 01, 2011

Ship: Mariner of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 13 years ago

Review summary

We have been on the Mariner before in the Caribbean, and since we did have so many days at sea, it was nice to have a larger ship with lots of things to do. But even with that 30 days is a long time especially when half of them are at sea. But the size of the ship mitigated this to some extent

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Since we were on two separate cruises, that made up the entire 30 days there was a lot of repetition with the food. Also, since Miami obviously controls what the menus would be, we did not feel like we got to sample the local South American food on the ship. Had Indian food, which didn't make a lot of sense

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Realize that being a repositioning cruise around the bottom of South America does not lend itself to top notch entertainment, some of the entertainment was very bad.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Without a doubt the best part of the cruise, with very few exceptions everyone was very helpful, especially our stateroom attendant Dale

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Balcony room was nice for the class ship we were traveling on.

Ports of call

Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina

3 out of 5

Just being at the end of the South America and a stones throw from Anartica was enough. Town a bit touristy, but after numerous days at sea we were ok with that. Tendering was horrible and it shortened what was already a short time onshore.

Thumbs Up 0

Don't Miss: Darwin's resturant-Best vegie pizza I have ever had.

Valparaiso (Santiago), Chile

5 out of 5

Great Port and would go back again.

Thumbs Up 1

Don't Miss: Wine Country tour on our own

Montevideo, Uruguay

5 out of 5

Another "can't wait to hit land port", but overnighting there allowed us to roam freely and see many things.

Thumbs Up 0

Don't Miss: Pedestrian friendly street which starts at Indepence Square