Great Cruise in spite of all that affected the cruise

Item: Odyssey of the Seas
Rating: 4.5
Author: JWayneT

Odyssey of the Seas Cruise Review

JWayneT

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 9

Helpful Votes: 95

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean & Perfect Day (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 26, 2021

Ship: Odyssey of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 9106

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

I know it's no fault of Royal Caribbean. But was disappointed we couldn't get to the ports that we booked. And as far as Dominican Republic which replaced one of our ports that has a lot of work to be done. Not a huge fan of the Dominican Republic

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Terrible place to get on a cruise ship. The staff there at port Everglades very rude disrespectful untrained and slow as all get-out. Went out of port Canaveral in October that Port has their stuff together. Going out of Tampa in March hopefully it's nothing like Port Everglades.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Playmakers℠ Sports Bar & Arcade

2 out of 5

Was not impressed. Don't think they understand the concept of a sports bar. They have TVs to watch the games and all but they also have too many kids sitting in the chairs and at the bar so you can't get a seat.

Main Dining Room

5 out of 5

Excellent food and service our head waiter Shireen and Allen gave us great service also the bar Runner Shelton always made sure we had a drink great job

Bionic Bar®by Makr Shakr

5 out of 5

What is a unique experience

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Pools & Whirlpool

5 out of 5

The solarium was great.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Even though some shows were cancelled like 270 they did put on other shows that they did a great job so all in all the shows were we're great

Music Hall

5 out of 5

Great service and great entertainment

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

I cannot say enough about the staff the friendliness kindness and just wanting to make sure that we had the greatest Cruise ever always cleaning sterilizing making sure we had you know what we needed to be safe great job I Room attendant Yomyman went above and beyond his Call of Duty every time we seen him in the hall always was pleasant stopped and said hi make sure we had everything that we needed great job

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Wish I had a picture to share plenty of room it was at the front of the ship oversized window to see out the front it was a great room would definitely get that room again

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Face recognition is the way to go least I can say disembarkment was a little better than the embarkment process

7 Comments

izrgreen 2 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to write a review.

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Oops: glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Appreciate your detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your cy.

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justlovincruisin 2 years ago

Thanks for your review. I think a Jimmy Buffett song sums it up pretty nicely, (south Florida compared to central Florida). "It's those changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes Nothing remains quite the same..."

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javawoody 2 years ago

Appreciate the update

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cruising2004 2 years ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise 🛳

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