Royal Caribbean First-Time Cruisers Cruise Reviews

In preparation for any trip, I read as many reviews as I can. I am submitting this short review of our recent Harmony of the Seas cruise in the hopes that someone might find it helpful. My husband and I wanted to take our adult children on a special trip to celebrate my retirement from 30 years of teaching. We decided upon Harmony of the Seas because we wanted to have a multitude of activities ...

Do better RC. Last cruise I did before this was in 2013 and it was amazing. Standard has significantly dropped. Dinning experience felt rushed every night not sure if it's the 515pm.. the food was not good at all. Desserts win though. They billed my account before I could decide fully if I wanted the service. Everything on this ship is sooo rushed geez. It's a cruise ..relax! I witnessed a ...

Harmony of the Seas is quite a ship! We were part of a large group so this ship was chosen for us. Our room was beautiful, balcony overlooking Boardwalk. However, it was noisy. Our room steward was the best of all of our dozens of cruises. The entertainment was amazing. Two aqua shows, two ice skating shows, two musicals (Grease is full length). Good comedy show. We did not care for the ...

We had some good experiences with RC but this ships flow and design was horrible. The pool deck is choppy and hard to get around. The bars are packed and take a long time to get walk to and get a drink. No entertainment no large screens no live band and again very hard to get around unlike navigator of the seas. Food is horrible but isn't it always? If your expecting good food don't cruise or only ...

We had nine in our travel party, and everyone could find something to do. (The youngest was 13 and the oldest early 60's.). We all really enjoyed the aqua show and ice-skating show. We did not see Grease in the Royal Theater. The live music around the ship was excellent. We all especially enjoyed Central Park and would love to see if they could add more seating there for the music without ...

This cruise was our first, but it won't be our last. My daughter, granddaughter (age 8), and I all had a great time. We chose this ship mostly with my granddaughter in mind, because she's a water baby and was intrigued by all the pools and slides. We did pretty much everything: shore excursions, shows, and one specialty dining dinner. We have no regrets. I was pleasantly surprised with how ...

Most of my calso when you book reservation ask about how doyou like riuises are in Royal Caribbean International Cruises especially on Oasis class I love those ships but lately the food in Windjammer aren't very good and it's because the entrees, all of them, have the same taste. Also the cabin TV doesn't have the spanish channel 24 hours as Symphony of the Seas and Oasis of the Seas do only ...

The ship is just incredible, always entertainment going on somewhere, a million things to do and explore. Prepaid for three nights of specialty restaurants, all were incredible, fantastic food, drinks ambiance and service Main dining room was also great food and service. We did "My Time Dining" only difference between that and 1st or 2nd seating was the flexibility of when to actually sit ...

This was our first cruise post-Covid, and honestly we had a really great time! We had read so many negative reviews that we were concerned, but happy to say we would gladly get right back on the Harmony if we could!! We have sailed Royal 6 or 7 times previously, all the way back to when there were still Midnight buffets and Ice sculptures so we have a lot to compare it to. We went into this ...

Loyal to Royal for 20 years with over 40 cruises with them. After the pandemic we booked the Allure,( reviewed here ) which was a mixed bag but specifically bad Main Dining Room food and then Oasis very good food because we only did Specialty Dining because of our Allure experience. Had a horrible service experience being outright lied to when we had a leak and smell problem in all the cabins in ...