Adventure of the Seas Review

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Mostly a hit... a little bit of a miss

Review for the Southern Caribbean Cruise on Adventure of the Seas
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gr8tocruz
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: May 2009
Cabin: Junior Suite
Traveled with children

This was our third cruise on RCC but our 8th cruise overall.  If I had nothing to compare this cruise to, I would have to say that the Adventure met all of our expectations.  The crew was friendly and hard working.  The food was good.  Even though the ship was full, there was rarely a time that we couldn't find a place to eat or a chair to lay on.  We liked the organization of the Wind Jammer.  The lines were managed well by one of the waiters who served daily as a greeter and directed guests to the shortest wait. The best part of the cruise was our room.  A junior suite is the way to go for three people.  Our daughter (age 14) was with us.  We had plenty of room to move, tons of closet and other storage space, a huge bathroom and vanity big enough for two girls to primp in, and a full size tub/shower.  Our room steward even left us an extension cord with multiple plugs for our myriad appliances.  Our room was forward center on deck 9, and it was the best location we've ever been in.  It was very quiet having rooms above and below us, and very stable even though we had a couple of days of rough seas.  It is well worth the price for this room - especially for more than two people.  The shows were spectacular.  The RCC singers on this ship were the best we've ever heard and the guests that RCC had were extremely talented and entertaining.  We splurged for the Mystery Dinner Theater at Portifino.  The event started in the main lounge with the RCC talent performing a soap opera like murder mystery and ended in the Portifino Restaurant with an excellent dinner and service.  It was all you could drink champagne, soda and wine for the duration of the event which was approximately 3 hours.  In all, it was a great time and worth the money.  Johnny Rockets was awesome!  Go there!Cabin 9272 - awesome cabin!  This is a junior suite.  Well worth the money for three or more people.  Closet is huge, lots of storage space, huge balcony, full size tub.  The sofa bed makes into a huge queen/king size bed for the kiddos.  Deck nine was extremely quiet, and it was only a short walk up to the lido deck.  It was very quiet on this deck, and we hardly felt any ship movement - even though it got rough on a couple of the days. Complaints - Well, having done two other RCC ships (Serenade and Brilliance) we were surprised with the lack of glitz and beauty on the Adventure.  The solarium was not enclosed and was very plain in its appearance and not quite as cozy as we were used to.  The gym was small.  The area reserved for aerobics and yoga was not separated from the main gym, so it was noisey.  The gym equipment was old and not maintained very well.  The running track was closed for maintenance for most of our trip.  You aren't allowed to bring an iron or steamers on this ship (according to the cruise contract) and RCC does NOT provide a room for this like other cruise lines do.  They will launder/iron for you, but the price is steep.  The windows throughout the ship were dirty from the day we embarked.  The sheets in our room were stained yellow in many places - not dirty, but definitely not attractive. RCC is still one of our favorites, but I think we'll stick to the smaller ships in the future. 

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Junior Suite

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Cabin 9272 - awesome cabin!  This is a junior suite.  Well worth the money for three or more people.  Closet is huge, lots of storage space, huge balcony, full size tub.  The sofa bed makes into a huge queen/king size bed for the kiddos.  Deck nine was extremely quiet, and it was only a short walk up to the lido deck.  It was very quiet on this deck, and we hardly felt any ship movement - even though it got rough on a couple of the days.

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