Empress of the Seas Review

3.0 / 5.0
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Ship was newly furbished and after the larger ships I enjoyed the smaller size.

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Empress of the Seas
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Christophe
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Mar 2017
Traveled with children

11 of us chose this cruise because it was spring break and the price was reasonable. My wife and I, her two sisters and one's husband, three 17 year olds, and three 27 year olds and we all enjoyed the cruise. 3 were first time cruisers and they loved it. It turned out to be very enjoyable and we will take it again when the ship moves to Tampa and sails to Cuba.

Teens met other teens even though the first meet and greet was a bust because the crew member breezed in and out. Not sure they went to another teen get together after that but we only caught up with them at dinner so it didn't keep them from enjoying the cruise.

Labadee Haiti was beautiful and the zip line was fantastic. Loved the idea that the food was provided by the ship and we could use our ship drink package on the island. It was St. Patrick's Day in Key West so we spent a lot of time waiting for transportation so we didn't get to use our full hop on hop off ticket. Anyone wanting to do this should stay on until Southern most point and then get off and work your way back to start from there. Ship excursion desk did not give us very much info about this ticket and even gave us the wrong time to be back on the ship. Luckily their time was earlier than we needed to be back and not later.

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Had a porthole view and the furnishings were new, clean and comfortable. I slept great every night.

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Key West

Was supposed to be hop on hop off but when we got off on stop 3 we could not get back on because no one got off. Waited for 2 more trolleys then walked. Then couldn't find the next stop. Never did get to do the entire tour.

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