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Enchantment of the Seas Review

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Enchantment August 19, 2003

Review for the Bahamas Cruise on Enchantment of the Seas
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chriswood2
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Aug 2013
Cabin: Junior Suite with Balcony

My wife and I sailed on this ship in 2000 for our honeymoon. At the time, the ship was only a few years old, and was a great fit. We loved almost every aspect of the cruise, however, it was our first. We didn't cruise again until last year. In April 2012, I decided to take the family (now we have two children...8 and 9 at that time) on a short cruise to show the kids how "cool" it was. I selected the NCL sky. At first the kids were very excited about this "coolest hotel" ever, and loved the activities, but my wife and I decided soon after that it definitely wasn't what we had experienced with Royal Caribbean. We didn't really have high hopes going in due to the fact that I had already read the reviews about the Sky and expected a lower quality "booze cruise." That said, I booked the Enchantment 4 day, this year hoping that our previous experience with RCCL would be similar to what we would get this time around. When I realized our honeymoon ship was back in Florida, had a "stretch" in 2005, and recent renovations, I had to book it. In summary, we weren't disappointed in the least, and have decided that we will cruise more often, and it will definitely be with RCCL. The detailed review is as follows:

Booking:

I booked about five weeks prior to sailing. We received a $120 ship board credit

Cabin Review

Junior Suite with Balcony

Cabin JS

Through reviews on Cruise Critic, and after seeing online photos, I decided that cabin 7666 would be perfect. It is a junior suite in the far aft starboard corner of the ship. It is a tad smaller than the other JS's, but has a very large walk in closet with tons of hangers and drawers, and a very large wrap around balcony that has both aft and starboard views. The balcony included three chairs, two tables, and two chaise loungers, which were perfect for private sunning, and morning dining. The bathroom has a full sized tub/shower combination, a hair dryer, and an assortment of soaps, shampoos, lotions, and the like. The cabin furniture was in good shape, and included the bed, sleeper sofa, an upholstered char, coffee table, two end tables, and the desk/vanity. There is a refrigerator under the tv which was loaded with four large bottles of Evian, and six cans of assorted cola's intended to serve as the mini bar, but the fridge is large enough to put a few extra things in, and didn't include a warning not do to so. The air conditioning in the room is a little erratic. We didn't adjust it for the first couple of days, however, the temperature fluctuated quite a bit, which could have been due to opening and closing of the balcony slider, and the taking of hot showers, but it seemed like it took a long time to recover. The cabins were ready by the promised time on embarkation day, which I believe was around 1:30. Our cabin attendant Ollie was rarely ever seen, but he was very courteous and called us by name when we did see him, and we never wanted for anything. The cabin was always well cared for!

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