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Boring 1 stop cruise

Voyager of the Seas Cruise Review to Other (Asia/Africa/Middle East)

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 3

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Voyager of the Seas

3 Night Far East (Singapore Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 31, 2019

Ship: Voyager of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9065

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Would have been great if we had a full day in penang.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
So many lines, fairly confusing

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Paid for the upgrade, it was a good idea. Long cues for windjammer. Breakfast in main dining room the first day, cold toast, mud in a cup, powdered egg scrambled egg. Had breaky in promenade cafe everyday after that. Lukewarm burgers and fries at johnny rockets. Giovannis table for dinner was good

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Didn't use them but they are there

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Always something going on in the promenade and other places. The casino is there if you like breathing second hand smoke from the smokers. Ice skating show was good and other shows in the main theater were good

Children's Programs

They're grown up

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room steward was great, waiter in Giovannis table was excellent, others we encountered were all professional

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
It's a big ship and a bit confusing until you get your bearings. Cleaners did a marvellous job

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Upgraded to a junior suite. It's the same as a balcony room and not really worth the extra. No perks. Room was a nice layout and quiet

Ship tip

Don't waste your time doing a penang stopover cruise. This cruise was supposed to stop in Mallaca, arrive at 8am and depart 8pm, and KL, same times. But RCI cancelled the Malacca and kl stopover blaming water levels in Malacca straights (we sailed past Malacca and how does water levels in Malacca straight affect KL) and made it into a penang stopover. We arrived at 2.30pm and left at 10PM. Organised tours start at 1PM. So you are left to your own haggling with the hundreds of taxi drivers who descend on you once you clear the immigration hall. We found a guy for USD50 who took us to the usual places and we went back onboard at 7PM. Now at would I recommend this cruise purely because of the change in stopovers. A day in Mallaca and KL would have been interesting. A day (8am to 8PM) IN penang would have been interesting. 3 hours wasn't.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Singapore

5 out of 5
Singapore is great. We arrived the evening before the cruise and stayed 2 days after.
Thumbs Up

Penang (Pulau Pinang), Malaysia

4 out of 5
Penang would be a nice place to spend a full day
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Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Long cues

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