Cruise Customer Reviews

Overall Rating: This vessel has a 3 star rating

About the Reviewer:

Age:

50 - 65

Cruise Experience:

4 - 6 cruises

Traveler Type:

Couple

Stateroom Type:

Oceanview

A Good Cruise - But Less Than Expected by James S from Franktown, CO

Sailing date: May 2009

Pros:

Clean, well sized stateroom.

Cons:

During dinner and in our stateroom, the temperature was uncomfortably hot. Dining Room meals had some delicious moments, but in general were not as good as we had come to expect from Royal Caribbean.

Ship was clean and well maintained. Some procedures (check-in, muster drill, disembarkation) were significantly improved over prior cruises. Temperatures inside the ship (especially our stateroom and the formal dining hall) were frequently too hot. Formal dining meals had some great items (e.g. the garlic tart), but the food in general was not what we had come to expect on Royal Caribbean. The fare in the food court was ok, but tended toward bland tastes. Staff we encountered were enthusiastic, hard working and friendly. However, we didn't see much staff in the lounges so it took a long time to order a drink.

Ship Details:

Ship Quality

Clean, well kept ship.

Dining/Food

See above

Stateroom Quality

Size and accommodations were good. Temperature was too hot.

Ship Staff Quality

Friendly staff, but not readily available.

Entertainment & Activities

Entertaining, but not as good as previous cruises with you.

Read this user's port of call reviews:

Key West, Florida; Nassau, Bahamas

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Ports of Call:

Key West, Florida

Nassau, Bahamas

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Overall Rating: This vessel has a 3 star rating

About the Reviewer:

Age:

30 - 49

Cruise Experience:

7+ cruises

Traveler Type:

Family w/older children

Stateroom Type:

Balcony

Good spaces and food but bad management by Juan V from Panama

Sailing date: Nov 2008

Pros:

Architectural spaces

Cons:

Bad management and coordination

I think this ship has very nice spaces and good food quality. But the guest service management is very poor and the coordination between activities are bad too. At the second day of cruise I request for an appointment with the cruise director because I have experience in cruising and I am still waiting. The activities are too short and that makes that it is impossible to make an environment to enjoy them. The restaurants are very well attended and you can feel good there. Our cabin was dirty and the bathroom with bad smell.

Ship Details:

Ship Quality

The ship isnt well painted, it has many parts oxide. In my experience a cruise ship has to be painted in every port I didnt see it in this cruise. The public areas have good appearance but in some parts lack of cleanliness.

Dining/Food

This is a good point for this cruise.

Stateroom Quality

The cabin was good, but the stateroom attendant didnt change the linen in the whole cruise. The only exception was the towels. She was knocking the door to "clean" the stateroom too early in the morning and if you spend more time in your cabin you lose the turn to make the room.

Ship Staff Quality

The only exception was the captain and crew members. The staff had only a repeating tape when you ask something.

Entertainment & Activities

I think they didnt coordinate the activities. They cut the good ones shortly.

Children's Programs

The children activities were very poor in this cruise. Few children in this cruise, maybe in other route become better.

Read this user's port of call reviews:

Cartagena, Colombia; Ocho Rios, Jamaica; Puerto Limon, Costa Rica; Santa Marta, Colombia

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Ports of Call:

Cartagena, Colombia

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

Santa Marta, Colombia

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Overall Rating: This vessel has a 3 star rating

About the Reviewer:

Age:

30 - 49

Cruise Experience:

First cruise

Traveler Type:

Couple

Some bumps along the way. by Nicole from US

Sailing date: Jan 2007

Pros:

Our cabin was nice.

Some serious issues, ranging from heating of pool to lack of access to certaim activities, made the cruise less enjoyable.

Ship Details:

Entertainment & Activities

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Overall Rating: This vessel has a 3 star rating

About the Reviewer:

Age:

30 - 49

Cruise Experience:

First cruise

Traveler Type:

Couple

Ship Review by Gary from Jersey City, NJ

Sailing date: Nov 2006

Ship Details:

Entertainment & Activities

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Overall Rating: This vessel has a 3 star rating

About the Reviewer:

Age:

30 - 49

Cruise Experience:

2 - 3 cruises

Traveler Type:

Couple

Overall a good cruise. by Lucrecia from Chesapeake, VA

Sailing date: Nov 2006

Pros:

Many cruise dates.

My husband and I were on a much needed vacation. We chose Royal Caribbean because they offered a cruise schedule that met our needs. On Royal Caribbean--the food was very good overall. The shower floor was disgusting--with pink gunk in the grout. One of the "clean" glasses place on our room (with the paper cover) was obviously not clean--you could see the grime 30' away--yet someone thought it was "clean enough" for someone to drink out of??

Ship Details:

Entertainment & Activities

Entertainment: The entertainment was not very good.

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Overall Rating: This vessel has a 3 star rating

About the Reviewer:

Age:

30 - 49

Cruise Experience:

First cruise

Traveler Type:

Couple

Nice. by Desi from Florida

Sailing date: Apr 2006

Pros:

Food and piano entertainment.

The room was microscopic and the toilet over flowed the entire trip. The Mexico port was horrible with rude people and men with machine guns standing around. Very dangerous. The food was excellent BUT most did not follow dining hall dress code. Buffet was excellent as well as room service. The piano players at night and appetizers was very pleasant but the over lapping times of events and shortage of events in the deep evening made it hard to see anything good. Over all I would not recommend this ship/location but may recommend this Cruise line again.

Ship Details:

Entertainment & Activities

Activities: There was too many over lapping activities early in the evening and not many at night. Made it hard to see everything you wanted to. Entertainment: Piano singers were GREAT.

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Overall Rating: This vessel has a 3 star rating

About the Reviewer:

Age:

30 - 49

Cruise Experience:

4 - 6 cruises

Traveler Type:

Couple

Ship Review by Primus from Atlanta, GA

Sailing date: Nov 2006

Pros:

Casino.

Ship Details:

Entertainment & Activities

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Overall Rating: This vessel has a 4 star rating

About the Reviewer:

Age:

18 - 29

Cruise Experience:

First cruise

Traveler Type:

Couple

Stateroom Type:

Inside

Top 5 Vacations by Brett R from Cumberland, MD

Sailing date: Mar 2013

Pros:

Wide Variety of Activies to do

Cons:

Someone died on our cruise

The ship is very clean on the inside and is well planned. For my first cruise it was a delight and an eye opening experience. CoCoCay is a must. In the morning you could not tell of the clear water, but by mid day you could see the picturesque views anywhere you stood. What I really enjoyed were the personalities of all the crew members, especially the cruise director. I am sure he does the same routine over and over for all the trips, but he made my stay feel like we were wanted. We are already considering our next cruise with Royal Caribbean.

Ship Details:

Dining/Food

The food was over my expectations.

Stateroom Quality

Ship Staff Quality

Entertainment & Activities

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Overall Rating: This vessel has a 4 star rating

About the Reviewer:

Age:

50 - 65

Cruise Experience:

7+ cruises

Traveler Type:

Couple

Stateroom Type:

Oceanview

perfect holiday vacation by A Traveler from La Plata Maryland/ D.C.

Sailing date: Dec 2012

Pros:

days at sea

Cons:

need to add innovation to the choreography in the shows-

great time was had by all

Ship Details:

Ship Quality

Dining/Food

Stateroom Quality

Ship Staff Quality

CLinton and Marat at table 118 did a fantastic job. Great partnership between these two!

Entertainment & Activities

Need to spruce up the choreography to add innovation and a few new dazzling moves

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Overall Rating: This vessel has a 4 star rating

About the Reviewer:

Age:

30 - 49

Cruise Experience:

4 - 6 cruises

Traveler Type:

Couple

Stateroom Type:

Inside

Great cruise on a smaller ship by A Traveler from Jessup, MD

Sailing date: Sep 2012

Pros:

Port close to home

Cons:

This time of the year ran into rough seas for one day

After traveling on the Royal Caribbean Allure, I was not expecting much from this ship. It was a pleasant surprise. Common/public areas were very well maintained, clean, and inviting. The crew/staff made this cruise a great experience. The ship is small and older but was a great deal for us. A lot to do daily. Only one day of bad weather on the last sea day. Felt seasick for a few hours but the weather cleared and I was ok. However, it could have been worse because this time of the year, rough seas are a high probability.

Ship Details:

Ship Quality

Dining/Food

Stateroom Quality

Older staterooms. Need some refreshing. Wish there was a refridgerator, flat screen with ability to order room service, check bill, pay bill etc. Would have been good to have an IPOD dock too.

Ship Staff Quality

Entertainment & Activities

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