Grandeur of the Seas Review

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First and LAST cruise on RCL - Did we get on the sacrificial cruise?

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

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Sail Date: Jan 2014
Traveled with children

Underwhelmed by Royal Caribbean - Grandeur of the Seas 8 night Bahamas, January 31 to February 8 2014

I have to say that I don't really know why other people would have given this ship anything above a 2 star on their reviews. I rely a lot on reviews before making purchases. I know that there are many people out there that do the same and so I would like to include as much information here as possible with the intention of providing helpful information for others. Reviews are mainly based on opinions but I will be providing facts here that are just plain basic that you can form your own opinions.

I don't know if we ended up on the sacrificial cruise ship or that maybe our cruise was a fluke but there are other reviews from previous cruises that reflect what we have seen and experienced. I'm just not sure about the other cruise reviews that highly rate the Grandeur of the Seas. I wonder how overly frozen spongy fish, the lack of attention to details and the lack of consideration for sanitation and the health of the passengers - things that are a matter of FACT and not OPINION - would be anywhere near acceptable to anyone.

Cabin Review

Cabin was okay, had some issues with the toilet not flushing a couple of times. The one upper (on your right if you are facing the window) had issues and needed maintenance to set it up and put it away at the end of the cruise.Had some noisy early morning and nights with loud banging. This was new to us as this was the first time we stayed on deck 2. Called the front desk to report the noise (it was definitely noticeable because it was making the walls and floor vibrate). They sent someone down who was rude and pretty much told us we were crazy because he couldn't hear it (it stopped) while he was there. He finally heard it the second time that we called and he had to come back and told us that it was the ship.Not enough explanation- that's the ship? I asked the captain at the Q&A session. He explained that this was the ballasts that they fill with water to balance the ship when there are a lot of waves. Sometimes the empty ballasts come loose and they roll around and make the loud noises. He said that one morning was definitely loud because it also woke him up (his cabin is in the lower deck).That explanation would have made more sense instead of just telling us it's the ship.

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