Liberty of the Seas Review

Crowded, but still good

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Liberty of the Seas
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andawayigo
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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

As background, I had taken this same cruise last year with my son(13 yrs), pregnant daughter(24yrs) and son-in-law(25yrs). This year, bowing to my son's begging for the flow rider and the rock climbing wall, we took the same ship again. We did the same ports because that itinerary was cheaper and since we had been to the alternate ports on other cruises, it didn't matter that much. When we decided to go, my daughter and her husband decided to also go again and take the baby, thinking the baby's fare would be discounted. However, we were told that the baby who would be 9 months old had to pay a full third person price. Since we thought it was ridiculous to pay full price for someone who wouldn't partake of the meals, enjoy the shows etc, my daughter decided not to go. Eventually, she realized she needed rest and wouldn't get much with the baby along anyway so she decided to leave him with the paternal grandma and go, but by then her husband could not take vacation time on such short notice, so it was my son, husband, his mother and I who went.

EMBARKATION: We are locals, so just took a taxi from home(parking for the week would have been $140, as opposed for about $20 for the taxi). There were lines, but since my husband's mother needed a wheelchair due to age, we zipped right by. The ship's attendant can't afford to wait because they go right back to pick up the next passenger waiting for a chair(we waited about 20-25 minutes for ours). These are elderly people who can walk, but cannot handle the distance from the port to the cabin. I felt uncomfortable cutting in front of people waiting to have security take their pictures, but we had to follow the attendant, and like I said the attendants cannot really wait. Anyway, he dropped her off in her cabin and we went to ours.

WINDJAMMER: This year it was crazy. Last year we did not feel the number of people. I am not talking about the first day which is crazy. I am talking throughout the cruise. Many times we circled the room three times before finding a table. Attendants would ask you to stand in a corner and wait until they found you a table which they would basically pounce on to save for you. Once you sat down and you wanted seconds, someone had to wait until the rest of the party got back with their food before you could get your own so that you would not lose the table. There were constant announcements asking people to leave as soon as they finished eating, even though I did not see anyone hogging the tables. The good: The attendants were great. They would clear a table and get it ready for the next party literally in seconds and there was no shortage of attendants. People were not rude. There was no shoving, no nastiness, but the amount of people walking around holding full plates of food was ridiculous.

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