Grandeur of the Seas Review
Bumpy ride, but you can't change the weather.
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This was our second cruise on Grandeur (plus two prior on Enchantment), all out of Baltimore. The big plus for us is being able to drive just ninety minutes to the port of departure. We're both in our mid-sixties, and over the past 38 years we've cruised 21 times on several cruise lines: RCI, Oceania, Windstar, HAL, and Uniworld (in Europe).
Embarkation, as we've experienced in Baltimore before, was quick and efficient. You drop off your heavy/checked luggage by driving right up to the longshoremen who take it out of your car, and then you drive to the line to pay for parking. It's not far to park your vehicle, and walk back to the terminal building. There are several security lines inside the terminal, so there wasn't a long wait, and then there are lots of RCI check-in desks beyond.
Grandeur still looks good inside and out. Our cabin and everything we saw around the ship looked very clean and in good order. Wireless Internet service seemed to work well wherever we tried it, either with our smartphone in our cabin or down on deck 4 just off the Centrum where the ship passenger PCs were set up.
Cabin Review
Owner's Suite
Deck 8 forward, starboard side, next door to the Royal Suite. Cabin was well appointed, comfortable, well laid out, and had an efficient cabin steward. Unfortunately, as with all Owner's Suites (and the Royal Suite) on the Vision-Class RCI ships,... From early morning until late at night there is a constant annoying rumble of heavy carts on the steel deck above, along with heavy objects dropped onto the deck above. (It's what it must sound like to live directly under a bowling alley). The Windjammer Marketplace galley is located immediately above these suites.
Port Reviews
Bar Harbor
Beautiful drive through Acadia National Park in a new, small-ish 16-passenger scenic van with a local guide/driver.
Saint John (New Brunswick)
Saw the highlights, jumped off at the reversing falls.