Grandeur of the Seas Review
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We stayed overnight in a motel near the airport and took a taxi to the cruise terminal on embarkation day. $30 one way, which was fine. We arrived much too early and had a wait until we could board. We skipped the buffet and headed straight to the Solarium and the Park Cafe. The Solarium was rarely crowded at any time on the cruise.
We got to our cabin around 1:45 pm. My suitcase was already there; my wife's suitcase was delayed because her room tag fell off. Next time we will use a nail gun AND superglue. Cabin was an inside-inside - jog off the port corridor - which suited us well. 4747 was close to the centrum but regardless of activities we had no noise.
We are finally learning how to cruise after about a dozen of them. We had been assigned to second seating for dinner and were unable to change the assignment. We never ate in the dining room. Dinner the first night was at Giovanni's Table, which was enjoyable. We believed that at $20 per person surcharge it was simply overpriced for what one got. We went to Chops Grille on March 16 for my wife's birthday and were favorably impressed. So impressed, in fact, that we changed our last cruise night reservation from Giovanni's to Chops. Well worth the $30 per person surcharge.
Cabin Review
Interior Stateroom
Relatively small, but who goes on a cruise to hide in the cabin? The "inside-inside" worked out well. Close to the Centrum on the fourth deck, but no noise (except for some exuberant neighbors). Tiny issues: the phone was not by the beds, so wake up calls were a bit of a chore. No refrigerator, but you can't have everything.
Cabin attendant was pleasant but nothing special. Average for our cruise experience.
Port Reviews
Baltimore
Embarkation and Debarkation were both handled well. No excursions. Delta Airlines let us change our return flights without a change fee since my wife was not feeling well. Kudos to Delta.