Left Us Underwhelmed!

Item: Mariner of the Seas
Rating: 3.7
Author: kpuiia

Mariner of the Seas Cruise Review

kpuiia

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 113

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

5 Night Western Caribbean & Perfect Day (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 24, 2023

Ship: Mariner of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7690

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

After 7 other cruises this cruise has left us underwhelmed and looking at other cruise lines.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

We had an 11:30 Check-in time and we were on the ship after maybe waiting 5-10 minutes.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

The main dining room food made our family physically sick every day. Like we were all running to the bathrooms shortly after we ate, whether it was breakfast or dinner. The food wasn’t impressive at all and often was bland and just not something we wanted to eat. We love to cook at home so this made us just wish we were home. The hot dog venue at the pool was delicious and the pizza was great. Everything else was terrible.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Our favorite thing to do is go to the Love and Marriage Show late at night, just the two of us while we ditch our kids for a bit. But on this trip it was at 2pm on our last sea day. Who schedules these things??

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

My youngest loved the kids club (age 9) but my teens hated the teen space. On other ships they had fun events and activities planned out for the kids to do like scavenger hunts, dancing and special teen only dinners. There was nothing going on in the teen space but boys playing video games.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

We loved our assistant waiter Arden, and our special bartender at the main pool Brendan! The crew were all great!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

1 out of 5

We had a shop owner offer our children (9-14) tequila while trying to get us into his shop. Hell. No!

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Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Traveler Photos

7 Comments

javawoody 8 months ago

Appreciate your comments

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HeavySeas 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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karlgrgurich 8 months ago

Hope you find what you’re looking for

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Skooby 8 months ago

Wow 😮 Hope your next cruise is an improvement.

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Gwbigdog 8 months ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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cruising2004 8 months ago

Sorry this wasn’t the best of cruises but I do hope your future cruises will be more to your liking. Thank you for your review.

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lsbs 8 months ago

Thank you for the review.

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