Ovation of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

We had a great time on our cruise to Alaska. We would recommend Ovation of the seas.

This was my second cruise on Royal Caribbean. Not having the pre-ordered items (8 months in advance) was ridiculous and inexcusable. Seeing other cabins have towel animals on their bed and we never got one, seeing other people with decorations and blankets when I ordered the same but you ran out??? Poor excuses and made my wife’s 55th Birthday not so great. The ship was booked to capacity and your soda machines kept running out of coke, the bars and I mean several kept running out of pina colada mix, the pad tai with shrimp is not supposed to include the hard crunchy tails, the desserts were so small that you had to take 3-4 to make a normal piece. The bumper cars I was excited about were not in service, the birthday cake was in our room the first night when my wife’s birthday wasn’t until the 5th night and Royal stated they could not deliver the cake on the proper day. The lines at the windjammer were long and you couldn’t get iced tea or lemonade at any of the bars. Water and coke machines should be accessible on every floor since you sell a soda package… quit running out of soda! I am now looking for a new cruise company to spend my money with. Thank you for all the disappointments. This type of trip takes a lot of people several years to save up for. All I can say is Thank god Alaska was so beautiful!

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The only thing I would like see improvement is with Photographers. The quality and customer service has been not up to the mark. The photos weren't that great. I saw fee photographers not paying attention to guest closing eyes and so on.

Our Marriott travel agent should have done a better job booking our group trip, the meal times were all different and she was not helpful with follow-up calls prior to the cruise.

There was a lot to like about this cruise...Now if they could just improve the quality of their food...

Great cruise! Our first time to see Alaska. Jamies Italian restaurant is a cut above all the others. Even the hamburger looked awesome! Highly recommend!

After we got through our initial issues with booking, which ended up being an absolute nightmare. We had booked for 5 in 2 rooms knowing that one might cancel, we paid extra for refundable tickets. When we went to cancel the one, our agent had booked the 3 in to a room that REQUIRED a minimum of 3 people in it, so they had to cancel the entire trip and re-book. Because of that, instead of saving us $1000+ like expected, it was only going to save us $63. So we left the 5th person on as it would save us more as we would get taxes and port fees back for our 5th and they just no-showed. VERY disappointed in that aspect of the trip. After that booking excursions at first was horrible. The one thing we wanted to do was go fishing in Sitka. I watched the excursions daily and there was no fishing, no fishing, no fishing. The next day, there was fishing, but it was sold out. Tried to go through the ship to have a personal one and was told they didn't have any. We ended up going with an outside company and they were FABULOUS. I think the biggest issue on the cruise was the Amway group. They were catered to by the cruise taking up an entire dining hall every night. They booked out the Solarium a couple of times which was also annoying to be kicked out. We could never get in to the Bumper Cars as that was always booked up by them. They were rude, pushed people out of the way, and seemed to b video blogging the entire time which basically used up all the wifi so communication and such on the ship was horrible. The staff was great in general. Got to know our bartenders and they knew our drinks after a few days which was nice. In general, if it hadn't been for the Amway group and the booking issues, the cruise would have been a lot more enjoyable.

This was our first cruise and we were skeptical how it would be with our 4 kids. We read everything we could prior and the best thing was we took Walkie Talkie radios for them to carry around so we would have piece of mind. The Talkies worked great because the internet was touch and go for the app. However after the first few days we felt more free and let our kids enjoy as long as they kept in touch. The hallways were rarely crowded and it was a enjoyable experience. We will diffidently become a cruise family after this trip;

First cruise ever! Very scenic and fun Alaska cruise

This is second time in Alaska (2022 &2023). I rather will choose caribbean

My favorite cruise so far. It was nice to spend time with family in a serene setting. So many food options to choose from. I definitely never made a decision on an empty stomach. Loved relaxing in the Jacuzzi every night I could. Will never forget the great dining experience on this trip.

Beautiful ship, high-quality shows, good itinerary. Fair food quality/variety. Staff too overworked/short staffed to provide individualized service that was recently RCI standard. TERRIBLE embarkation in Vancouver!

Beautiful boat, average food and we love Alaska! We highly recommend to book your excursions through , they were cheaper than Royal and exceeded our expectations! Compare for yourself and you will see too!

Waited four years to do this tour due to covid conflicts and travel concerns with health during this time, but would highly recommend the trip. Very expensive, but worth it. Will never leave from Vancouver port ever again based on experience we had this time.

The whole experience was an experience of a lifetime

Shirl Schiff and I waited 3 years to take this cruise and it was such a let down. We had three scheduled cruises cancelled because of Covid so we were excited to sail again. In the past, we sailed on RC's Anthem of the Seas (twice), Allure of the seas, Radiance of the Seas and have sailed on other ships from several other cruise lines. All of our other experiences have been from great to amazing!. This cruise? It is hard to share anything positive about this ship or our experience on it because it was such a disaster. The food was terrible and the drinks were even worse. In all, the ports we visited were very underwhelming. One would expect a vacation to be relaxing and enjoyable, however this cruise was none of those things. We were left frustrated and disappointed.

Relaxing trip, plenty to do and excellent food. A Cigar lounge with Whisky would have been the icing...

The Hawaiian Islands were spectacular. The 5 days at sea weren’t as bad as I anticipated. Fairly smooth in fact. It was too cold with no sun all 5 days which was disappointing but uncontrollable. There were many activities offered on the ship since outdoor activities weren’t possible.

Nice relaxing transPacific crossing. No lack of excellent activities and excursions.