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Item: Navigator of the Seas
Rating: 3.9
Author: Dolganar

Navigator of the Seas Cruise Review to Transatlantic

Dolganar

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 74

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

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14 Night Transatlantic Eastbound (Miami To Southampton)

Sail date: April 22, 2018

Ship: Navigator of the Seas

Cabin number: 8115

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The dining room is not worth the time and food quality has gone down hill. It seems Royal Caribbean is trying to push everyone to the specialty dining. We tried the Dining room for 4 nights and then just stayed with the buffet. The ship needed more to do for a 14 day cruise. The staff was great, especially in the Windjammer.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Dining room has gone down hill. Buffett was great.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

Ponta Delgada, Azores

5 out of 5

Lisbon, Portugal

4 out of 5

Vigo, Spain

2 out of 5

La Coruna, Spain

4 out of 5

Le Havre (Paris), France

3 out of 5

Southampton (London), England

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

5 Comments

wgammon1 4 years ago

Sorry you had a bad dining experience.

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newtraveler 6 years ago

Navigator was my first cruise and I loved the dining room. The waiters were giving me so much food it was ridiculous. They were awesome. I have never found any that compared to that one. But I have to say that it seems like they are all cutting back. I was just on Holland America and the dining room -I was not happy with at all. Not many choices and small portions. The buffet is very controlled. You do not serve yourself in most areas. They control portions- again. I do like serving myself on a buffet and salad bar but I also understand their side of it. A lot of wasted food and over eating as well. I think it's probably good to keep everything cleaner and controlling the spreading of sicknesses. I actually used room service quite a bit. I like peace and quiet. I was on Navigator 3 yrs ago. Glad you shared the info as I was hoping to go back on again. Now - I can move on to other cruiseships.

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Gillian1959 6 years ago

Hope you still had a great time

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jstubblefield 6 years ago

I agree. And the specialty dining wasn't impressive either.

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commodoreW 6 years ago

Shame to hear it’s gone downhill. It was fabulous last year. Hope it’s not a trend now for RC

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