Aged ship - in needs of some repairs and RCCL coprorate issues

Navigator of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 146

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Navigator of the Seas

9 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 03, 2017

Ship: Navigator of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 1658

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The cruise started out of the very inadequate Miami port - more on that later - day 1 was uneventful except our junior suite telephone did not work (took 3 days to get a replacement). Second phone also could not accept transferred calls.  Day 2 started with a request for anyone with O negative blood.  That's not good - then it quickly turned to we are turning around and heading back to Miami - the person was airlifted off - and we were back on our way.  We made all ports fine - good work by the captain.  Weather was slightly off and slightly rough all week - but again we made all ports - i heard other royal ships could not dock in all ports.  Again good job by our captain.  Further - shows were good - entertaining.  Ship band and singers very good!  Now on to more issues - we purchased a special California wine tasting dinner through Royal corporate for day 3 - we did the purchase 6 months before the cruse - when i inquired about where to be - the response was what dinner?  well it even showed on my itinerary on the tv in my cabin - i asked for a manager - that is like asking for the president - again it took several days to get credit and i was finally told that this was deleted  a few months ago - Royal had my $$ for 6 months and never felt an obligation to return my funds until i complained vigorously.  Now onto more - our toilet had to be replaced - the chefs table was cancelled at 4:30 on the day of the event.  But i will say by now management knew me and did take care of us.  they did a special chefs table on the last night and then gave us a 30% off a future cruise.  I do think when the proper people found out what was happening - things got attention.  Disembarking was a joke - the escalators - all of them were broken at Miami port - again Royal needs to evaluate Miami - its a terrible port.  Luggage also was a mess - my wife's bag came off - but no where was mine - after looking for any agent that cared to help - i filled out a lost/stolen bag form - then all of a sudden my bag comes out way after the last bags were sent - who knows what happened to my lost bag form.  After all of this - i still say we had fun - the ship needs work - but Royal did get it right.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
nice size - lots of storage space - giant balcony - quiet - needs maintenance - lots of wear -

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

1 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

3 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5
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wgammon1    4 years ago

Glad you had a good cruise. Thanks for the great review.

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