Adventure of the Seas Review

Adventure of the Seas 13 day Iceland and Norway Cruise May 31st 2013

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soarfrs
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Sail Date: May 2013
Cabin: Promenade Stateroom

I just got back from my Adventure of the Seas 13 day Iceland and Norway cruise from Southampton, UK. In this review, I will discuss generalities about the trip then get into the specific details on the different aspects of my journey.

Boarding and leaving the ship was quite easy except for having some temporary problems in Iceland. The ship itself was clean although a bit worn in some spots. The staff on board were generally wonderful, especially the cruise director's staff and our waiters Mario and Wilfred at dinner time. The food quality was quite good overall. The entertainment on board and the food was generally quite good. The gym had a nice variety of equipment, but unfortunately, there were a number of exercise machines that were not adequately functional or disabled. Overall there were enough working machines for a good workout though. The weather prevented too many people from using the exposed areas outside for much of the cruise, but at least the pools were heated to a nice temperature by the afternoon. But anyways, on to the specifics... I had a connecting flight from Indianapolis through Atlanta to Heathrow on Delta and took a National Express bus from Heathrow to Southampton. My flights were uneventful, although with a longer layover in Atlanta than I preferred (4 1/2 hours. It took me about an hour to go through customs at Heathrow and another 90 minutes before I was able to board the bus, but the bus ride went fine, allowing me to catch up on a bit of sleep (I can seldom catch any shut-eye on overnight flights such as this one). Anyways, I had a hotel room at Premier Inn waiting for me only about a half mile or so walk from the bus seminal, unpacked my bags and took off to walk around town. I went to the Seacity museum first and took a tour of the town's history and the Titanic exhibit that they had there. Overall, I felt that the museum was fair, not great, but a reasonably good way to spend a couple of hours. I then wandered around a couple of malls and other shopping areas for a bit before returning to my hotel room to collapse into a nap.

The next morning, I woke up, had a nice breakfast buffet at the hotel and took a quick taxi to the ship. Embarkation was rapid and friendly. Within ten minutes of arriving at the curb, I had my luggage tagged, went through security, checked in and was on the ship. Upon first impression, the public spaces appeared to be in good repair and the various crew that I met were friendly and helpful. Windjammers, as it typically is on embarkation day was quite crowded with rather limited table availability. They had the usual buffet choices which I felt to be average in quality.

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Promenade Stateroom

The cabin was a bit on the small side but clean and suited my needs nicely.

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