Excellent first cruise experience!

Item: Navigator of the Seas
Rating: 5
Author: Cruiser303

Navigator of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruiser303

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 63

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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6 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 24, 2016

Ship: Navigator of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7230

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

This was our very first cruise. We were on Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas. We were immediately impressed with the ship upon entry. The decor was beautiful, the entertainment shows were awesome and the food in the dining room and the service there was excellent! The food in the Windjammer cafe was good, there were a ton of choices. Our stateroom with balcony was perfect, decent size and was nice to order breakfast room service and eat out on our balcony watching the sunrise! The destinations were great (Grand Cayman, Jamaica and Haiti), had an excellent time seeing different places and such amazing blue water! Overall the ship was pretty neat and tidy, the crew obviously works hard to keep it ship-shape!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Our stateroom with balcony was excellent. I wouldn't do another cruise without a balcony, was so nice to have that to view sunrise/sunsets or just enjoy some quiet time with my spouse. The room attendant was great, she was attentive to every little detail in making sure our room was tidy each day.

Ship tip

If you are considering a room with a balcony, get one that is mid-ship, mid-level. That way you will feel less or no movement of ship when sailing. We were on deck 7, exactly in middle of ship where balcony protrudes out the furthest and I never felt ship move when in our room.

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Do the swim with the Sting Rays on the sandbar. The water is an unbelievable bright blue, warm and stingrays were so cool to be around.

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Falmouth, Jamaica

5 out of 5

Do the Dunn's River Falls climb! Was so cool and fun, a unique experience and so beautiful!

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Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5

Get off the ship early, ahead of most people, if possible and reserve one of the cabana/awning things there, only $35 for the day. They are over by the zip line beach.The sun is hot there. Those things sold out immediately!

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