Great cruise. Rough seas, so shows, pool and slides were canceled or closed. But that’s ok. We had a great time. Absolutely do the Sky Bar. So cool and so much fun.
My only complaint would be the layout of the ship. Other then that, awesome cruise
Embarkation
4 out of 5
I didn’t like the fact that you didn’t get to choose a time to check in. All my cruises thus far I was able to choose. This one, it just said arrive 2 hours before. Well you can imagine, a bit crazy. Also the women who was taking our “group” card was very rude.
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
5 out of 5
Food and drinks were amazing. We tried specialty dining for the first time. Cagneys was my favorite. Did not care for the French or Italian place. Food was so-so.
Onboard Activities
5 out of 5
All the slides and rope courses were closed for most of our cruise as the water and wind were rough. The pool was closed on our sea days as well
Entertainment
5 out of 5
Loved, loved, loved the entertainment. Six was an amazing show as well as Switch in Syds Poorhouse. Syds Pourhouse was entirely too small for the amount of people on the ship. Standing room only as the seats were taken. Not enough seating
Service and Staff
5 out of 5
Everyone was amazing
Ship Quality
3 out of 5
I’m giving it a 3 because of the layout of the ship. It was all jam packed into 2 decks. You had to walk through the smoky casino to get to the atrium. Couldn’t really walk outside as they didn’t have a lot of area to walk around. The pool layout was not good either. You had the pool and bar, then most of the seating was up on another level
Cabin / Stateroom
5 out of 5
Jose was our room steward and he did a fantastic This was our first balcony as we always get an inside room. It was nice to sit out on the balcony and have coffee in the morning
Ship tip
Bring a travel mug. The cups and coffee cups are way too small
And that's how you do it! 👏 Spoiled brats need somebody else to organize, schedule and then serve up their great vacation on a silver platter with no effort of their own.
I’ve heard La Cucina often compared to Olive Garden (which I don’t like) so never tried it. We personally loved Cagney’s and Moderno. Kind of disappointed there’s no Moderno on the Encore but we are excited to try Q and Onda!
Im new to cruising. I just saw that a tender is needed at Great Stirrup Cay, how was your experience with this? Did you have to wait all day or are tickets available?
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