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Item: Mariner of the Seas
Rating: 5
Author: PatriciaB

Mariner of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

PatriciaB

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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12 Night Holy Land (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 14, 2011

Ship: Mariner of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 13 years ago

Review summary

This ship is beautiful, the staff wonderful, the food and shows - excellent. Only wish they had more activities on board during sea days.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Excellent food. Had dinner at Chops and loved it. Service everywhere on the ship was top notch. Everyone seemed to go out of their way to be helpful.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Entertainment was top notch. Just wish they had had a few more activities on the days you were out at sea, but otherwise - wonderful.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Excellent

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Although the Mariner of the Seas is a large ship, we became acclimated and after one day knew where everything was that we needed to get to, i.e. library, restaurants, etc.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

My husband walks with a cane so requested a disabled outside cabin. Stateroom was spacious and bathroom easily accommodated. Only wish their mattresses were a little softer.

Ports of call

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

5 out of 5

Took a tour to Ephesus and to Mary's House. If we had not seen these beautiful places before, the guide would have ruined it for us. Limited information on these ancient places and left us alone a lot of the time. Only interested in keeping us at the rug factory and a leather good store he took us to.

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Don't Miss: Both places should be seen with a good guide who can bring life to each of these fabulous places.

Souda (Chania), Crete

3 out of 5

Went ashore and did our own thing by taking the shuttle into town. However, demonstrations were going on again and it made getting around very difficult.

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Don't Miss: Don't bother going in unless you take a tour or want to go shopping

Rhodes, Greece

5 out of 5

Have visited many times before and all I can say is that it is a wonderful place to explore on your own and have a little lunch at in a lush garden spot and enjoy!

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Don't Miss: Lindos

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

What can one say about Italy except that the short tour we choose gave us another view of the city that we had visited many times before.

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Don't Miss: Herculineum

Ashdod, Israel

5 out of 5

Jerusalem. Although seeing the Holy City can be strenuous (for people our age), it was well worth it. The Via Dolorosa is a strenuous tour, but I'm glad I went. Bethlehem - didn't appreciate first stop being a shopping place.

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Don't Miss: The Rock of the Dome Church

Haifa, Israel

5 out of 5

Took a tour to Nazareth, Galilee & Tiberius. Wonderful guide, very knowledgeable. Loved the tour because the guide was so enthusiastic about his City and he brought even more to this beautiful spot.

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Don't Miss: Everything!

Pros: everything

Cons: nothing

Recommends Mariner of the Seas? Yes!

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