Royal Caribbean Hamburg Cruise Reviews

This was a short (4 night) repositioning cruise from Hamburg to Southampton in May. We flew British Airways from the, recently opened, Terminal 5 at Heathrow, without any problem (luggage arrived safely). Met by a cruise representative at the airport and taken swiftly to the coach for the short transfer to the dock. We had to wait around for approx 30 mins until embarkation, which again was ...

We flew from LHR from the much maligned new T5 - but must admit we were most impressed. Less than 10 minutes from the automated check-in through security. Nicely laid out, very modern and bright, good range of shops and eateries. It is only a short fight to Hamburg. We caught a cab into town for €27 to meet with a friend for lunch. From the restaurant we walked to the port which is in the middle ...

This was my 15th cruise with Royal Caribbean and my 6th time on Brilliance of the Seas. I was on the transatlantic crossing on April 14th, 2008 and took this cruise as I was interested to see what changes had been made to the ship while in Dry Dock in Hamburg. Initially, I was a little disappointed as there did not appear to be much change but as I walked around the ship, I saw quite a few ...

Freedom of the Seas  Maiden Voyage 04/25/06-04/26/06  Hamburg to Oslo Royal Caribbean International invited me to the first sailing of the Freedom of the Seas from Hamburg to Oslo on 04/25/06  04/26/06. While this was not the official maiden Voyage as the ship will be christened on 05/12/06 in New York it was indeed the real maiden Voyage as it was the very first time Freedom of the Seas set ...