Voyager of the Seas Review

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Review for the Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Voyager of the Seas
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Karysa
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Aug 2011
Cabin: Interior Stateroom
Traveled with children

After reconnecting with family for a few days while visiting Vienna and Budapest, we all took the nighttime train to Venice to begin our Adriatic Sea cruise. In all, we had 4 adults and 5 teens. The train ride turned out to be a wonderful adventure and we arrived rested and eager to see Venice. We left Santa Lucia train station and carried our luggage over the bridge, which was not easy by the way. For 5E per bag we stored our luggage at the luggage storage at Piaza Roma. After that, we took the #1 Vaporetta on the Grand Canal to Lido and back. This turned out to be a great way to take in some of the sights and to get a feel for Venice. We picked up our luggage and took the people mover next door and within an hour we had boarded the Voyager of the Seas.

The Voyager is a grand ship but I did not find it to have the wow factor that it had when we cruised on her in 2004. Much of the granite has been covered with carpet and many or the fine works of art have been replaced with carpet wall hangings. To DH and myself it was more than just the wear and tear that we expected. It seemed to us that the ships interior had been downgraded on top of the expected wear and tear. We are an active family and enjoyed the many offerings that this ship has. Rock Climbing and both inline and ice skating along with dance classes were our favorite activities on board. These activities along with all of the walking that we did on the port days kept most of us our of the gym on this cruise. We found the ship to be filled with live music in the evening which we found very enjoyable. Most of our evenings ended with a nightcap in High Notes bar listening to the Latin band on board. Although our girls did not find the teen club to be to their liking, they did however, meet several other teens on board and enjoyed spending their evenings with their new friends. We found Mercedes, the Cruise Director, to be informative and witty without being corny and over-the-top. The shows that we attended in the La Scala theater were enjoyable. We especially liked the shows by the Los Gouchos and the Beatle Maniacs. The iceskating show was a favorite of ours as well.

We had dinner at Carman's dining room at the 6:30 early seating and we were seated by a window. This was great as on most of our port days we were treated with watching sail-away from our table. We found the food to be rather salty and on many days more than one of us didn't enjoy their dinner. Our wait staff were pleasant and efficient but we did not enjoy mealtime as much as we had when we were on other cruise lines. We found that the food on board in general had room for improvement except for the Cafe Promenade where the sandwiches, pastries and desserts were always very good. We did enjoy our meal at Protofino's but our DD's thought that Johnny Rockets was just o.k..

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