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Navigator of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Navigator of the Seas

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 05, 2016

Ship: Navigator of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 7455

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The ship was full but there were still many places available for seating outdoors, in the show areas or in the cafeteria. Staff was courteous and efficient.

We didn't appreciate the constant upselling for dining, tours of ship areas, spa, shopping and casino. Casino was a smoking area and the smoke permeated the surrounding areas (lounges and the are above it on the main promenade). They need a better air filtration system to control this. We avoided theses areas.

Be aware that 18% gratuity is added to any drink purchases and they also add a line for additional tip.

Arrival and departure was very slow going. The arrival process could have been expedited if they had more attendants. The departure process was impeded by poor announcements. Customs staff was efficient.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Calvin was a wonderful cabin steward and Depak provided excellent dinner service as did Basil.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
staff was always cleaning and sanitizing -good to see. the ship looked old and in need of updating carpets.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Small but clean. We appreciated the amount of storage spaces available.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

3 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
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3 Comments

jjcwsimmjen    8 years ago

But if you prepaid gratuities they shouldn't have charged you anymore. You can tip above on your own.

budandchuck    8 years ago

What shows are showing on the 21st of May from Southampton

floorman1    8 years ago

Sounds like you had a good time. Why the 3 star rating? Because of the smoke? I'm not going to disagree with you there, but it's not like it hit you in the face when you walked by those areas. We where on the same cruise and loved it.... Sure there's a few problems, nothing that's going to ruin the trip.

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