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Mariner of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 52

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Mariner of the Seas

4 Night Bahamas & Perfect Day (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 18, 2019

Ship: Mariner of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8242

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I know on the next trip we will not fly into Orlando....absolutely horrible experiences at that airport. Very uncomfortable; TSA personnel were awful.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Went very smooth, no problems at all. Everyone was very friendly.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The main dining room was beautiful, specialty restaurants and buffets were delicious and plenteous. Anything special that was asked for was delivered with a smile.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We swam in the pools and sat on deck enjoying the sunshine, ocean views and warmth. The water was cold but it is November.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The ice show was wonderful, Disco night was fun, DJ's were good, some of the performers were really loud kind of unneccesarily, the variety show was great.

Children's Programs

No children with me.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone was always friendly and very accommodating.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Everything was very clean and well-maintained. I have learned where I would like my stateroom for my next cruise to cut down on some of the walking.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The size of the cabin was very surprising to me, I truly expected a much smaller cabin! The bed was very comfortable and the balcony was absolutely wonderful even though the cabin next door smoked all week and it came over onto our balcony. We did tell our cabin crew and it stopped the first night but started back up again. The cabin was very sound proof and very comfortable. Plenty of room for my sister and I.

Ship tip

Take multiple pair of walking shoes and more than one outfit per day. Get a map of the ship/use the maps of the ship that are available.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5
Did not do an excursion on Port Canaveral but enjoyed Cocoa Beach very much.

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Except for all of the taxi drivers, straw market vendors and others being right in your face all of the time it was wonderful. Great food, good shops. Balmoral Island was beautiful.

Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Beach was great, shops were good, buffet food was wonderful!

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
We were turned back to go to the service desk which was aggravating but other than that it was OK.
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4 Comments

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise despite TSA harrassment

TheSnoMan    5 years ago

We have had zero issues with TSA at Orlando returning from a cruise. Just be careful about what you try to carry on.

Ally57    5 years ago

Fly into Melbourne, smaller airport

NJCruiseGuy    5 years ago

What happened at the airport? None of them are fun, but we’ve never had an issue at Orlando. There aren’t many other airport options if cruising from Port Canaveral unless you are lucky enough to live near an airport with flights to Sanford, Melbourne or possibly Daytona Beach.

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