Enchantment of the Seas Review

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Great Winter Escape Cruise

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2-5 Cruises • Age 30s

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Sail Date: Feb 2013
Cabin: Panoramic Ocean View Stateroom

Overall, my husband and I had a very enjoyable time aboard Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas during our nine-night cruise to the eastern Caribbean out of Baltimore, MD. For reference, I'm twenty eight and my husband is thirty. We traveled alone. The majority of cruisers seemed to be older people, though there were an unusual number of families on this cruise because of winter break in the local school districts. The first day at sea was extremely rough, with 20-25 foot seas due to a storm off Cape Hatteras. Although I was in bed seasick most of the day, I believe that Captain Shaun did the best he could and I realize the cruise line cannot control the weather. The other sea days were very smooth. We were surprised to find three formal nights scheduled, rather than the two we'd planned for. However, it worked out well, since we didn't attend the first formal night due to the rough seas.

We found the ship very clean and nice. Our room attendant, Bobby, did a fantastic job of keeping our room clean and we loved the towel animals he'd leave for us. The recent dry dock added some nice features, my favorite being the Park Cafe. The food there was usually very good. I loved the grilled three cheese Panini and my husband thought the roast beef sandwiches were fantastic. They would sometimes have left over desserts from the dining room as well, and always had some sort of cookies or pastries. Fresh fruit was also abundantly available.

The staff was exceptionally friendly and courteous. In fact, there was some instances I felt the crew was too nice. For example, the Solarium is supposed to be for ages 16 and over when the outdoor pools are operational. However, we often saw small children running around unattended in the Solarium pool and hot tub even though the outside pools were open. No one on the crew said anything or called security. Another example was the rowdy teenagers in the Viking Crown lounge during "quiet hours." Not a thing said by the crew, and the one passenger who said something to the group of twenty-or-so teens was ignored. Our only other mild complaint with the crew was getting tender tickets for the port of Samana. Instead of setting up a queue line for people to wait in, so that those who arrived first got the first tickets, it was a free for all process in the Centrum. A single crew woman was responsible for handing out the tickets, and she got mobbed as soon as she started giving them out. It seemed very disorganized and could have been handled better.

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Panoramic Ocean View Stateroom

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Cabin 4004 is a large, ocean view room. We enjoyed having the sofa seating area and the large sill between our bed and window was a very cozy reading nook. There was lots of storage and the closet was plenty big enough. Our only complaint about the room is that, because it is so far forward, you feel more of the ships movement, including the up and down of the bow, than other state rooms more in the middle. If you get motion sick easily, I wouldn't recommend this room, because in rougher seas you get both the side to side and front and back motion, which can really mess with your equilibrium. The room was soundproofed really well, and we didn't hear anything from the other cabins. The Orpheum Theater is behind the wall on the other side of the hall way, and while you could sometimes hear music while in the hall, you couldn't ever hear it inside the room.

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