A fair cruise

Item: Mariner of the Seas
Rating: 3.5
Author: MajorUSA

Mariner of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

MajorUSA

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 24

Helpful Votes: 177

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 09, 2022

Ship: Mariner of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

A fair cruise with fair food and questionable issues that left one to wonder if RCI is on a down slide. The entertainment was poor to fair.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

The ship is showing its age. The crew does its best to keep it clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

For an inside cabin for two individuals, it did serve its purpose.

Ship tip

Many questionable issues on these cheap cruises. Appears as if RCI is fast going the CARNIVAL route.

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida Did not visit port

I live close to the Port.

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Nassau, Bahamas Did not visit port

No interest, I've been here numerous times.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Great!

8 Comments

QueenConnie17 2 years ago

My first RC cruise was on Oasis. I’ve since cruised on Freedom and Explorer. The bottom line is that entertainment and service are much better on the bigger newer ships, but the smaller, older ships are less expensive.

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JayGeeFL 2 years ago

I’ve been on this ship august 2019 and loved it. Just been on Mariner again ‘post covid’ and it was a totally different experience and tbh not In a good way. The entertainment was sparse and very shockingly poor /amateurish. Glad we went with another couple snd had great time with them or would have been totally bored in evenings. Very little going on during day too. Just so disappointed. Won’t go again.

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marjan131313 2 years ago

So you chose the cheapest room available and the only goods you could find was disembarking the ship thanks for your review

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robyn1013 2 years ago

Really?? We were JUST on her and had ABSOLUTELY no issues. Would you care to elaborate on your issues???

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willwork4cruz 2 years ago

So what were some of the questionable issues?

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javawoody 2 years ago

Appreciate the review

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deboftheseas 2 years ago

We also thought food wasn’t up to par on Oasis recently. Everybody had issues with suppliers. They’re doing the best they can.

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CruzeFan 2 years ago

Cruising is not the same as Pre-Covid and probably will never be the same again.

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