Not quite ready for Prime time
Navigator of the Seas Cruise Review
4 Night Catalina & Ensenada (Los Angeles Roundtrip)
Sail date: August 22, 2022
Ship: Navigator of the Seas
Cabin type: Suite
Cabin number: 1560
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 1 year ago
Review summary
Navigator organization needs work. Food is overly seasoned and excessively salty. Staff is nice but lacks the coordination and hustle that makes dining experience a joy. TV room channels are pathetic and lack any variety.Embarkation
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Jamie's Italian
Sooo overrated and menu is pathetic. You cant even get spaghetti and meatballs at an Italian restaurant. Had the short ribs...covered in gravy to hide the fact over 1/2 the piece of meat is fat and gristle. At $49.00 a pop, one would think the quality would be there. Overly salted and he side dishes were mushy vegetables. Ordered a cappuccino with my dessert. Dessert took 20 minutes (tiramisu), 15 minutes later still no cappuccino before i asked for check and reminded them to cancel the order.Money best spent at Johnny Rockets
Chop's Grille
Able to have breakfast there each day as part of the Suite amenitiesService is very lacking. The servers were nice people, yet unorganized. The pantry was under supplied. Each day, staff would need to run around Windjammers to find milk. One would ask what you want, then 30 seconds another to only have it take 30 minutes to get it. 4 cooks standing around watching 1 cook. Its not as if it was overly crowded as well. Disappointing.
Main Dining Room
Dinner should not take over 2 hrs to eat. Waited an hour for food just to get to table. Nice people, Unorganized and had difficulty with getting order correct. Escargot was over salted, as if it needs it, prime rib was still mooing on a medium order and a side of mushrooms had a total of 3 pieces. Dessert took 1/2 hr. to get after ordering. RCCL has other ships better prepared to handle cruises.
Viking Crown Lounge
Bartenders are slow and a bit rude and unfriendly
Onboard Activities
Entertainment
Service and Staff
Ship Quality
Cabin / Stateroom
Ship tip
Wait a while until they get better organized and are properly staffed