Grandeur of the Seas Review

San Juan to Bermuda repositioning

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panamatiger
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Apr 2009

This cruise was our April school vacation week in New Hampshire. We liked the idea of this repositioning cruise because it stopped in Bermuda where we spent our honeymoon. We flew into San Juan a day early and hung out at the Conando Beach. Its was nice to warm up after our cold New England winter. We took a taxi to the new ( 5 yr old) Pan American pier. Checkin began at 11.30, went smooth, and was in the Windjammer for lunch at noon.  This was our seventh cruise and second time on the Grandeur.  Looking around, the ship hadn't lost its luster as bad as some other folks said.  The central Atrium  is quite bright and sound quality for the musicians were excellent.We are in our mid fifties now and wanted a good mix between relaxing and action.  The Solarium was definitely the quieter of the two pools but sometimes a bit crowded.  The sun was really effective at the outdoor pool and the reggae band did many tributes to Bob Marley.We ate breakfast and dinner in the dining room and lunch and evening desserts at the Windjammer cafe.One comedian said it is your God given right to eat as much as you want ... so we kind of took him up on it and really ate well on this cruise. The food was 4 to 5 star and the desserts were incredible. If you see Campanos at the dessert bar in the Windjammer, have a dance with him before you chow down.The shows at the Palladium Theater were pretty standard cruise ship fair. The singers and dancers really performed well and the Broadway show numbers they selected were quite appropriate. John and his wife Katrina did a good job on their respective parts of cruise direction and activities. Neither of us drink alcohol, so we were quite pleased that our table mates also didn't drink. It certainly made for a more relaxing cruise. Our waitstaff did not "push" any booze on us  nor did they hurry us along. Dinner usually took from 6 - 7.45 (main seating).RCCL has a pre-pay gratuity option. It bothered us at the beginning, but we decided to use the option.Check out was not as efficient because it was the first time the ship had been to Norfolk so customs was a little slow. Besides, we didn't really want to go home anyway. 

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