Mariner of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

The Mariner of the Seas is a great value. If you don’t want the big ship experience, Mariner is a great choice.

Everything about the ship, crew, activities, and experience is 5 stars. Unfortunately I have to give the dining room food and buffet 4.5 stars. Food was good but they just missed the mark for excellent. Carnival has them beat on food choices and flavor. Plus Carnival has Guy Fieri’s Burgers and Blue Iguana Cantina which are included with price. RC has a hotdog place so no comparison. But they did handle food allergies extremely well and even made GF desserts. Everything else about the cruise is 5 stars!

Overall the cruise was fine but not up to our expectations as it generally didn't have a lot of things to do the peaked our interest. We only found one show that we thought was really good. The food was ok. The room service for morning breakfast was fantastic because of the convenience of it, although they made a mistake with our order more than once. In general this was an ok cruise, but if it were the only one I had ever been on, I wouldn't ever have interest in going on another cruise because it simply was kind of boring.

This cruise was the perfect length for us as new cruisers. There were plenty of things to do on board despite the weather being chilly and windy. Many of the activities were included in the price. The entertainment was one of these and the performers were very impressive!

Great time with friends! Wish food was better. Lacked presentation and also everything was very salty.

Really enjoyed our cruise - completely uneventful (in a good way!)

This is our second time on mariner. It was great. I would like to try another ship to see if the food/activities were better. I do love Royal Cruise line. I never liked to cruise before but I really enjoy it now. I can't wait to book the next one.

Overall, I enjoyed the cruise, but would reconsider returning due to the number of items that required purchase ("premium" food items at the main dining hall, room service, lots of activities). The Spa and many excursions are overpriced compared to other cruise lines.

We Were celebrating my Aunts 80th birthday. It was a great cruise

The cruise was great. It's sad the quality of food had diminished. Service is exemplary!!

We won't be back on the Mariner, our next RCL cruise will be on the Serenade of the seas. The theme nights in the Windjammer were quite pitiful. In the MDR we had escargot and they were incredibly salty.

Purpose of trip was to provide my adult son with autism a cruise experience. Goal Achieved! However, experienced a few RCL hiccups with luggage delivery delay, cabin prep deficiencies, and inattention to Crown & Anchor status regarding spending account charges. Ship seemed overcrowded, particularly the main pool deck, and Windjammer Cafe. Looks like part of originally dedicated Windjammer space has been repurposed to specialty restaurants. Bottom line, great itinerary/ship for families & first time passengers. As an older, more experienced cruiser, future cruises for me will be back in my comfort zone of smaller (3K) ships, longer itineraries, and alternate lines that pay just a little more attention to the details that matter.

We have been on the oasis of the sea and now Mariner of the sea I wasn’t sure if we would love the smaller ship as much as we did the big ship Mariner did not disappoint

This cruise set the bar high for any future cruises we may take. The port of calls may be better but I don’t think the staff could be any better. Unlike my local area wait staff the staff on the boat were always smiling, friendly, courteous and appeared to enjoying their jobs.

This cruise was a wonderful Christmas family reunion. Excellent dining, entertainment and activities enjoyed by all ages teens to seniors provided by the friendliest, attentive staff.

Great cruise. I was disappointed in shore excursion staff in Cozumel. They didn’t walk us out to meeting place on pier. It was an excursion booked thru RC. Other than that it was a wonderful trip!

Royal Caribbean cares more about increasing their bottom line than pleasing their customers. This was a completely different experience than the one I had in 2017. Please take your business somewhere else. Trust me!

The food was not good in the dining room but despite some issues, we managed to have some good moments.

Our cruise felt like a huge disappointment. After spending thousands of dollars and months of planning, all our ports were cancelled. We spent 1 day on land and 4 days at sea. The same things happened to Carnival and they immediately gave all the passengers $200 onboard credit, 50% off the next cruise and more activities to make their stay at sea more bearable. While Royal Caribbean did nothing. We visited guest services to see about accommodations and we were met with resistance and staff that didn’t care. Very very disappointing especially since I suggested my friends to not go on Carnival and try Royal Caribbean. Such a waste.

Good time. Loved the English pub and sports bar. Entertainment very average