Grandeur of the Seas Review

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1st RCCL cruise for veteren cruisers

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Grandeur of the Seas
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Vidimom
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jan 2010
Cabin: Interior Stateroom

Background: We were a group of 7 including ages 18 to 67. We have all cruised before but never on RCCL. We were celebrating birthdays for 3 in our group. We have cruised numerous times and on several different lines so we all had prior experience and looked forward to trying RCCL.

Embarkation: We drove down from Gainesville Florida the morning of the cruise and met the rest of the family before heading to the port. We were concerned about traffic due to the President being in town but it had no effects on traffic in the area we were. We arrived at the port at 11am. We were offered valet service for $70.00 ($56.00 for self parking) and took advantage of it. We unloaded and proceeded upstairs to check in. There were no lines and we were checked in at the same time they started boarding. We had a slight glitch as one of our groups cards couldn't be found and we had to wait 15 minutes until they finally got it printed. We then had our pictures taken and were on the ship at 11:40am. They did have drinks in the waiting area for any that wanted them.

Grandeur, first impression: We entered the ship on deck 5 and walked around before heading up to the Windjammer for lunch. The ship is has a very elegant dEcor and was very clean. We loved the Solarium set up. The cabins were very small compared to other cabins we have had on other cruise lines. We had 3 in our inside cabin and were not happy that they would not put the beds together for my husband and I because our son was in the upper above the bed. I wish they would have told us this ahead of time as we may have booked a different cabin. The cabins have lots of storage and are layed out well but just very small. We did notice that the majority of the passengers were seniors. We thought it being a shorter cruise would have a younger crowd.

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Interior Stateroom

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Great for two friends but if you are planning on using one of the pullman beds, be aware that they won't put the beds together so if you want a bed together, look at other categories!

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