We sailed on the Grandeur of the Seas sailing from Baltimore on May 26, 2006 for a 9 night cruise to the Western Caribbean. We drove to Baltimore the day before and stayed at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore. They had a cruise and snooze package that included keeping our car for the duration of the cruise. We arrived at the hotel early and were allowed to check in right away. The hotel is beautiful but is now a non smoking hotel.

The day of the cruise, we arrived at the port about 11:15 am. The port is very well organized. The taxi dropped us off; we were assisted in getting our luggage tags, filling out the Bahamas entrance form and directed to the check in line. By 1130 am we were on the ship eating lunch. We were not able to get into our cabin until 1:00.

This was our first cruise with Royal Caribbean but we have sailed many times on other cruise lines. The cabin was much smaller than we were used to. There is plenty of drawer space but the closet space is very limited. This is the first time our luggage would not fit under the bed so we had to constantly move it around throughout our cruise. That was very annoying. The beds in the cabins definitely need to be replaced. I became a great fan of Motrin throughout the week. Our cabin steward did what was needed during our stay. Read more