We went on a 9-day caribbean cruise with our family of 4. We had 2 rooms - balcony and an outside stateroom. I'll go through the entire cruise.
Embarkation
Shockingly simple. We set an 11-11:30AM time to board and it went perfectly. We parked at the cruise terminal, grabbed our luggage and walked across the street to drop off our luggage. From there it was a short stop to get our seapasses ...
We chose this cruise because it was short and the grandkids had off from school. WE were a party of four adults and three children. Embarcation was organized and smooth. Once on board, we first stopped at our Muster Station and then went to our outside cabins. I noticed that our cabin had a balcony which was walled off! What a waste. We then grabbed a bite at the Windjammer. The food was ...
My son & daughter-in-law have been on many cruises and decided to take their 7-YO and 5-YO on one. As grandma I went along to help. The three shows we went to were amazing and kept the attention of the two boys, one who is super active. The climbing pad was a huge hit and they spent a significant amount of time on it. The time spent in Cozumel was at a beach resort and the boys really needed ...
I chose this cruise for me and my two sisters who have never taken a cruise. This cruise line has been my favorite in the past. I am a gold member. it was completely disappointing.
Our cabin and cabin attendant were pretty much the best part of the cruise.
The communication was terrible. with only the app on our phones, it was difficult to make a plan for entertainment. in the past there ...
Allure
Very good service in the main dining room (we did anytime dining). While the food varied from good to very good, my overall impression was it was under seasoned and pretty bland (no, ol not a smoker). The specialty restaurants were very good and 150 Park was excellent. I was surprised there was nowhere to grab a burger etc while hanging out by the pools. Hint: The adults only Solarium is ...
Our last cruise with royal was in 2016 and was the reason we chose to sail with them again. It was a nightmare experience. The shower was broken and we reported it to guest services. They told us maintenance would be by to fix it. Day 2 maintenance had not been by so we went back to guest services. This repeated until day 5 of our 7 day cruise! 5 days without a working shower, no apology or ...
I could sit here for hours telling you all about the disaster of a cruise we just came off yesterday but I have a flight home to catch.
Main issues;
FOOD IS INEDIBLE AND NOT SAFE IN MOST AREAS--we watched some very unsafe food practices in the windjammer--most food here is constantly cold and the choice is shocking--believe us!!!
MDR is so poor with over hot held food that has been ...
We have been on 10+ cruises with Royal Caribbean. We're experienced salty and seasoned cruisers. In the last year we've been on the largest ship RCL has the Wonder of the Seas to the smallest ship Grandeur of the Seas. The Brilliance of the Seas falls right in the middle of the the two ships mentioned above. We really liked the ship!
The ship is a little dated but it has good bones. It didn't ...
This was to be another fantastic family cruise - post COVID crap and back together celebrating. What a bomb. Our first cruise (circa 2001 - we have been on 10 cruises since) was on Navigator - I still remember being offered a Pina Colada the minute we hit the entry hall on the ship - "you are on vacation mon .... we've been waiting for you!" Well, this is a fond memory never to be had again. All ...
My husband and I chose this 10 day cruise because of the ports. We had not been to several of them even though we have cruised the Caribbean about 50 times.
EMABRKATION: Very fast and efficient.
ROOM: You use to have access to your room by 1pm but we were told it would be 2pm----it was 3pm before we had access. RCCL only offers room cleaning once a day - morning or evening - which we ...