Great ship and nice relaxing vacation

Odyssey of the Seas Cruise Review

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Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Odyssey of the Seas

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 20, 2024

Ship: Odyssey of the Seas

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Nice relaxing cruise. Ship is beautiful and the staff was exceptional.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Our scheduled time was 1pm but we got there around 9:45. The line was short and we passed check in at 10. We waited in the terminal until around 11 when they allowed passengers to board the ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Never had a bad meal in the main dining room or specialty restaurants. Food was fresh and flavorful.

Teppanyaki

5 out of 5

Our first experience at Teppanyaki and it was great. The experience is wonderful and so is the food.

Giovanni's Italian Kitchen and Wine Bar

5 out of 5

The service at all the restaurants was exceptional but even a notch better here. The food was delicious.

Izumi Japanese Cuisine

5 out of 5

We never miss Izumi if it's on the ship and Izumi never disappoints. If you like sushi, then you have to try Izumi.

Chop's Grille

5 out of 5

Excellent service and the food was fantastic.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
There's plenty to do but the ship does get crowded on sea days. Forget hanging out by the pool unless you get up at 5am

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Being a quantum class ship I was hoping for a cover band to play at music hall but there wasn't one on this cruise. They did have live music but not the same as when we were on the anthem and DSB played (journey cover band). Beatlemania was good and the Effectors show was great. I didn't care for The Book or Showgirls. The other shows were fine.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All staff was exceptional. Not one unpleasant encounter.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Love the quantum class ships. Ship is well maintained and staff was constantly cleaning. Room was very clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Our cabin steward Roderico was exceptional and very friendly. Cabin was clean and has plenty of storage space.

Ship tip

It's a great ship but does get crowded on sea days.

Ports of call

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Beautiful island. We went to eagle breach and walked around the area by the Port.

Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

2 out of 5
It's fine as a beach day but we feel everything that has a cost associated with it is very expensive. We would prefer to skip this island.

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
Pretty island. We watched the opening of the floating bridge and some larger ships come through. We walked around the area by the Port.

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5
Not my favorite port for embarkation. We did not do any excursions here.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
If possible take your bags with you off the ship. We left at 7:30 with our bags and were at our car 15 minutes later.
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7 Comments

KevinOMReb     9 months ago

We saw DSB on the Wonder. They were fantastic

Ruby13     9 months ago

Beautiful ship, we took it out Civitevechia.. great, cruising the med on the Odyssey

Gwbigdog     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody     9 months ago

Appreciate the review

cruising2004     9 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise! Thank you for your detailed review.

Niavlys     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing your view with us

karlgrgurich     9 months ago

Nice cruise!!

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