We had cruised with Carnival and Princess before and this year went upscale to a Viking Med. Ocean Cruise with our brother and wife as travel partners. The positives: 1) Food was excellent, 2) Less crowds with smaller passenger loads. The negatives: 1) Simple requests required escalation to management. We had a plumbing problem with the shower, special requests for honor bar drinks, that took ...
The ship is old, the WiFi is terrible, especially for the price and the food was meh. The menu was repetitive.
This was my very first cruise and I was quite underwhelmed. We didn’t even get the horn when we pulled out of Barcelona.
The stops were absolutely amazing. Which is the point of the cruise I guess.
Florenc felt very rushed, and it felt like we were led to shop in the ship ...
We chose this cruise due to the iternary which did not disappoint! Felt ship was nice clean and well appointed. Shore excursions were awesome. Food was just okay. Steakhouse was a joke and not worth the additional funds. Crew and staff were semi pleasant but not overly friendly nor helpful. Bartenders, wait staff, front desk and room stewards were delightful and seemed to care. My 21st ...
Selected this cruise as we were taking the family for their first cruise experience, we were keen to have a cruise that was fun rather then formal and the ship was billed as a "fun ship".
The cabins were fine and the ship overall was clean.
We found the self service restaurant area good with plenty of choice and comfortable seating both inside and out, the tables were cleaned effciently and ...
The itinerary was excellent! Wished for a better ship! The gift shop needs more items related to the ports of call. This one had things from ports we didn’t even see and barely any from the ports we did see. The food in the Windjammer was so monotonous everyday and very few chocolate deserts. Most desserts were bland and disappointing! Even the cookies weren’t good like on past RCCL. They ...
Loved our hotel-Arc La Rambla precruise in Barcelona. Excellent location right on Las Ramblas and very close to cruise port. This was my 20th cruise and unfortunately see negative changes on Royal Caribbean. I suppose new cruisers would be happier than us "oldtimers" since we know "how it used to be"! Royal Caribbean is "nickel and diming" every chance they get! Drinks, internet, speciality ...
Itinerary was good, food was terrible, crew was very good, ship was average.
Royal Caribbean seems to be nickeling and diming you for everything these days...$3 for the bingo pen! Extra $300 to get from ship to Venice with no walk off options, $7.95 to have breakfast delivered, most wines did not qualify (they were over $12) for the "Deluxe Drink Package" that we bought for $3k for the ...
We booked this cruise while we were on the NCL Dawn last year during a western Caribbean cruise. We've always booked suites or the Haven (when available). This cruise was no different. We had a forward facing penthouse with a huge balcony/deck (9502).
We were a little apprehensive about this cruise because the Star was coming out of dry dock for some major renovations. We were worried that ...
My husband and I chose this cruise because of the route and knowingly paid a little more than average. The cruise ship wasn't worth the price we paid. Will be traveling with a different cruise line or ship in the future. We were extremely disappointed in the seafood options (pretty much only fish, shrimp, and calamari- even in the specialty dining restaurants). Most staff were all very ...