Enchantment of the Seas Review

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tyler6597
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Jan 2011
Cabin: Panoramic Ocean View Stateroom

We boarded the Enchantment of the Seas on 1-17-2011 in Baltimore at approx. 11:00 AM. The weather was cold and cloudy. As we drove up to the ship we were all excited about the upcoming cruise. The ship looked great. We had to wait a short while in the parking lot because they were still off loading passengers. The wait was about 20 minutes. You prepay the parking charge so you can disembark and leave quickly. The waiting line to get on the ship was less than 15 minutes if you have your boarding pass. Of course it helps if you have someone who is in a wheel chair like we did. We went up to the windjammer and easily found a table and prepared to have lunch. We were a group of four. We were able to go to our room by 2:00 PM. If you're going to pick an outside cabin make sure you get one that's close to the centrum and champagne bar. It's a great location that's close to a lot. They have dance and other music and a 70's party in the centrum. The elevators are close. The first night was a roller coaster. There were a lot of people that were sick including me. It smoothed out the next day. The windjammer is great for breakfast and we used the windjammer and the dining room equally. If you go to the dining room you bypass the crowd at the windjammer. The windjammer does get a bit crowded especially on sea days but if you wait till just past prime time there is no problem. staff is great at clearing tables quickly. Omelette station was fast in windjammer and they were fluffy. Omelettes were like crepes in the dining room.

The first place we visited was labadee. We didn't get off at labadee,samana or san juan. My father who is 87 and slightly disabled didn't really want to get off on these stops so we took the time to rest and investigate the ship. The daily activities on the ship were very nice. A lot of trivia games and of course bingo on the at sea days. The crew was great. The crew members that managed the trivia games and the bingo were very good and had great personalities. This was not a bingo crowd and smaller group than on other ships. Even on jackpot final day it wasn't a huge crowd. Jackpot was $4,000 but to get to that number the payouts on previous days were rather low. On a 12 day cruise passengers seemed to be more into cards, books and visiting friends with cocktails. Activities crew were very personable and always took extra time for those of us who participated in trivia, jewelry making, scrapbooking, etc. The daily report by the captain was informative and he had a great sense of humor. Dry humor. We did get off at St. Johns, St. Martin and Tortola. St. Johns of course is great and there are a million places to buy jewelry. The ship pulls up to the dock so no no tenders. The ship also pulls up to the dock at St. Martin and Tortola. I always went to the top deck to watch the sun come up and the docking. Very interesting.

It's amazing the way the ship can maneuver next to the dock with such ease. The ship's condition overall was very nice and doesn't show its age at all. There's a few worn places but overall very clean and nice. The shows were geared to the average age of the guests. The Happenings, a singer and a comedian from the late 60s Johnny Carson era, and two other comedians, one with a cute puppet. theater was always packed. People started going into theater before staff could even retrieve all of the glasses in order to get a seat so they stopped even closing the doors between performances. This cruise had a lot of older retired people and there was quite a few walking canes. You can expect this on a 12 night cruise in January. Very few children. The wife and I are 59. They play 60's, 70's and 80's music on the ship for background. I enjoyed it very much but I'm sure the older crowd didn't. They played music like the Beatles and Led Zeppelin and other rock music. I was on a holland america 3 years ago and the crowd age averaged at least in the 70's or 80's. The music was from the 40's and 50's time period and I couldn't stand it. The meals varied from outstanding to average. We used My Time dinning and it worked out great. We found a table of 4 the first night and asked the head waiter if we could have the same table and wait staff for the rest of the cruise. The casino is very nice and has an ample amount of machines. The only problem is the cigarette smoke. although this casino seemed better ventilated than others have been. You can't smoke anywhere else on the ship except the open decks and casino but there were a lot of people who used the casino it for a giant ashtray. There was one or maybe two smoke free nights in the casino.

Cabin Review

Panoramic Ocean View Stateroom

Cabin F

Cabin 4072 which is a large outside cabin is a bit small but functional if your not there a lot. The appearance of the cabin is very nice but the TV is not a flat screen and rather small. The TV repeat the same shows every day except Fox News.

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