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Odyssey of the Seas Cruise Review

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
Odyssey of the Seas

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 29, 2022

Ship: Odyssey of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10664

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Not my favorite ship, but overall a great vacation

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very quick. Off the shuttle and first drink in hand within 20 minutes

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Food was just ok, nothing special. Main dining room was nice, wait staff was friendly. Chops was not worth the price. Very disappointed with my birthday dinner. Ribeye was cooked correctly but very tough. Red velvet “birthday cake slice” was dry and lacked flavor.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Bumper cars was awesome. Got to feel like a kid again. I was disappointed that there were no pool side activities. I totally understand about the Covid thing, but come on, no belly flop competition?

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Great bunch of young entertainers. I don’t want to say anything bad about the show “Showgirls”. It just wasn’t my thing. The classic rock band was pretty good. Legends of Classic Rock. (Not ship entertainers) They were even friendly.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Food venue staff was all friendly and made sure we had everything we needed. Pool side waiters were awesome. I have to give a big Shout-out to Rey. He was always there with a cold beverage for us. All that walking he did all day long, never saw him waiver but always saw him smiling under his mask. I have nothing to say about the cruise director. Saw him 1 time, never near the pool. No poolside activities at all.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
The ship layout was very cut up. Had to walk through a bar and another specialty dining venue to get to Chops. The ship was extremely clean. Hands down (and washed) the cleanest ship I’ve ever seen. Even the Hot tubs got a nightly cleaning complete with pressure washing.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Room was clean and well stocked. I liked the towel animals, however the “frog” was a miss. It fell apart when we moved it.

Ship tip

The smoking section on deck 14 was clean and comfortable. You can meet some awesome people there.

Ports of call

Willemstad, Curacao

2 out of 5
Very unfriendly and rude people on shore.

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5
Friendly cab driver and beach staff.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Besides the long walk down the gang plank, things were quick. One piece of our luggage wasn’t in our little section, I found an employee near by to ask about it. She walked over to our section with me and asked if I was sure it wasn’t there. The 4 other sections near ours had 1 piece of luggage. I looked at her and said, “um, I’m sure. Not hard to tell since there only one piece to look through “. We did find it at the security desk.
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