Great trip despite Hurricane Norma causing a change in itinerary

Item: Navigator of the Seas
Rating: 3.8
Author: vandevej

Navigator of the Seas Cruise Review to Mexico

vandevej

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 30

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

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7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 16, 2023

Ship: Navigator of the Seas

Cabin number: 9601

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Enjoyed our time on the ship, but need to avoid cabin 9601!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Attentive, and happy to assist when we had an itinerary change. Only the inability to address the cabin noise (documented below) knocks the service level down.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Had A/C issues on upper decks and quite a lot of humidity in areas around Windjammer made for slick floors.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Avoid this cabin. Every night between 12:15am and 12:45am we woke to a large noise. Likely a cart being slammed into place in the crew area next door. Also a lot of waterline noise in our cabin associated with washing equipment in the crew area.

Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Did not visit port

Ship was unable to operated tenders safely despite seas not looking that dramatic.

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Mazatlan, Mexico

4 out of 5

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Did not visit port

This was the port we most had interest in, but Hurricane Norma had other plans. We ended up stopping in Ensenada where we had excellent fish tacos!

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Very easy process, albeit early!

10 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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rob315 1 year ago

I was on this sailing as well. Seemed there were A/C problems all over the ship, I was hot and sticky most of the trip especially in our room (8451). All in all we really enjoyed the trip even with the missed ports. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

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Suzie68 1 year ago

Unfortunately traveling during Hurricane season has its ups an downs. Its a hit or miss situation

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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livlifenoregret 1 year ago

Navigater is one of our favorite ships! Glad you had a decent time despite the noise issues. We sail on her again it a little over a month!

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enjoyurdaysmile 1 year ago

Glad you had a good cruise

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javawoody 1 year ago

Thanks for the cabin update

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise despite of extra noises. Thank you for your review.

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basssacker 1 year ago

Thanks for your review

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SRAlbritton 1 year ago

Thank you for taking the time to share your cruise with us. Glad that overall you enjoyed it.

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Other reviews of this sailing

Great cruise despite Hurricane Norma

For the most part the trip was great. Sadly due to a hurricane we had to go to Ensenada instead of Puerto Vallarta.

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