Not for sure if it was just the heat or what? But looked like a lot of miserable people for the most part. Which only made things worse when the ship started to list bad to port side. 70mph winds made things exciting. All the pool water leaked out into the inside of the ship. So no one could get outside for hours. At least we can say we gave it a shot.
Embarkation
1 out of 5
Must of stored our luggage in the swimming pool or hot tub. Everything was just soaked. They did do the laundry for us so we had clean clothes. Added a star for that. Can’t dry clean the electronics that are now junk tho.
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
3 out of 5
After day 4 you’re begging for a home cooked meal. Plenty of food and no reason anyone should be hungry for very long. Plenty of options. No soda dispenser on the ship, so you had to go to bar or restaurant to get a 4 oz of soda on top of your full glass of ice and they acted like it was an inconvenience. Not for sure why there is no soda dispenser on the ship, every Circle K gas station can manage that much.
Onboard Activities
5 out of 5
We walked around the ship a few times and watched the others with the surf simulator and rock climbing. Kids were having fun on the basketball court. After 3 back surgeries, I prefer to just watch kids be kids lol.
Service and Staff
3 out of 5
Total hit and miss. Room steward we had was the absolute best. So we rewarded him well for making the our trip better.
Ship Quality
4 out of 5
Ship was clean for the most part. Even after the 70mph winds and the ship listing to port side throwing most things to the ground. Plates, cups, alcohol bottles. A lot of broken merchandise. So the pools and all outside was closed for quite a bit and even with everyone stuck inside, they were able to clean it up fairly fast.
Cabin / Stateroom
5 out of 5
Our room steward was the absolute best. Went above and beyond and just an all around chill guy. Room was comfortable enough.
Constant selling of something. Every 5 steps someone is selling you something legal or illegal.
Ended up just renting a golf cart so we wasn’t sitting ducks for too long.
Cab ($15 each way) directly to Paradise Island. Nice place, decent food and drinks kept coming. Didn’t have to deal with as much upselling to get to where we needed to be.
Best part by far. Carried our own bags off without any service to wait on for our luggage to show up. Off to Houston to fly home and taking the rest of the month off from stairs and elevators of any kind.
Sorry you experienced that wind! Saw videos it looked terrifying. Thanks for sharing your experience. We didn’t even get off the ship in Cozumel - too hot!
Thanks for the responses. I mean I don’t hold any hard feelings over any of it. Something I got to check off the bucket list. We all know you cant control mother nature and it really is controlled chaos. Insurance should be able to help with the electronics. I guess I was just a little taken back when they advertise the biggest ice rink at sea, yet no soda dispenser lol.
I use my voice so let me start this again. Not all work Caribbean ships have a self-service soda machine so with that I had the soda package and I went to the bar to get my soda I asked them to put more ice in the cup so it will be called. Also with that, if I want a Diet Sprite they don't have it in the machine that they squirt out the soda but I asked if I can have the rest of the soda and they gave it to me in a glass and I pay for that I want the whole thing. There was no problem. If you don't have the soda package then in the glass you're going to get yes they're going to put a lot of ice in it that's the way it goes you don't have to have a lot of ice if you don't want to just tell them no
Sorry to hear about what had happened. Not every RC ship has a self serve. We were on Liberty of the Seas and they do not have a self-serve machine I have the soda package and they put like one scoop of ice but I asked them what so we could be cold in my cup and also if you ask for sprite they don't give you the whole can because the ice is in there but I said I want the rest of the can so she put it into a glass for me and that was in the buffet bar and also at another bar as well so I spoke up for myself I paid for that
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