Always top self on the Mariner going to A B C Islands

Item: Mariner of the Seas
Rating: 5
Author: bud4dale

Mariner of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 17

Helpful Votes: 172

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 13, 2022

Ship: Mariner of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8518

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Have already booked this ship for March 2023. This is one of the best for me. All cruise people are mostly happy and have met many people who have become friends

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Had time of 12 but we drive and got there early and was on by 11.30 moved quickly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Love this size ship enough to do and places to eat and not as many people

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Deck 11 Pool bar and sitting around.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Did not do much as we ate at 7pm and walked dinner off and went to the Casino

Children's Programs

NO KIDS

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

From the Buffet to the main dining hall and the pool men all were very friendly and able to talk to us.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Love this ship but starting to show some age like stained towels and table clothes, some worn areas around the doors and stairs

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Prefect size for the two of us< lots of storage and cleaned every day and loved the belcony for some am and late night fresh air.

Ship tip

Book everything you want to do the first day.

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Love this town we come her often, sometimes to watch the rockets.

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Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5

Rented a golf cart and just drove the hole island, saw bunch of wild donkeys, Flamingoes and goats but because of the wild shore line was not able to get in the water

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Always a problem, Does not matter what number you have people come down as soon as they start letting people off. I think more people are driving bucause the airlines

7 Comments

sunme 2 years ago

We love the Mariner. Thank you for your review.

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OsteoDeb 2 years ago

We sail on Mariner in Feb 2023

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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javawoody 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your cruise!

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WhippetMum 2 years ago

Meeting people is one of the great things about cruising

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RetiredRay 2 years ago

We loved our ABC trip too, glad yours went well to.

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Other reviews of this sailing

Awesome for RC’s smaller ship line.

A nice cruise to the ABC islands.

Rememerable family vacay