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Wonder of the Seas Cruise Review

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 61

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean & Perfect Day (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 04, 2022

Ship: Wonder of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10196

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

The fact that the head of entertainment Nick Weir was onboard and Ken Rush was also onboard, entertainment was a little dry. Not to mention bar service couldn't get a simple lemon drop shot correct all voyage with the exception of Lorenzo in the bottom deck Lime and Coconut bar. 19 Royal Caribbean cruises and never had bland food that needed so much salt/pepper for seasoning, just bland. Royal Caribbean is a leader in entertainment and their state of the art ships. Lately is has been falling service wise. Odyssey had a firework send-off and water brigade and news media. Wonder had no firework sent off as the largest cruise ship in the world? Paid a premium and probably got less then voyage 2/3 got and they paid less (minus the hat and gear if that truly was only for voyage 1). Ship wasn't ready, and the fact that 90% of Vloggers onboard agree and usually advertise Royal VERY heavily, speaks volumes.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Didn't get our luggage until 8pm. Some passengers didn't get their luggage until day 2 of the cruise! Miami may have been better suited for the inaugural sailing!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

No Broadway show, almost all shows we were told it wasn't done and it was only a portion of the show shown, BUT THIS IS THE INAUGURAL SAILING! All the hype but no shows were ready? Magic show was horrible. Comedian was "ok" that nothing was making a wow statement for the world's largest cruise ship!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Hard working crew as always. Awesome service by: Miriam - shore excursions Rudy - Photo Kalpesh - Waiter, main dining RM.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

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Ship tip

Give it some time for them to iron out the kinks. If your experience isn't good, try the other 4 Oasis Class ships they have, you won't be disappointed!

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