I chose RC because my husband was taking me to celebrate my 60th birthday. We thought as it was supposed to be a higher ranked cruise line that there would be a bit of luxury and not a lot of kids considering the cruise arrived back in Sydney on 31st January after the return to school. Arghhhhhhhh was I ever wrong., It was full of kids, racing around the ship, taking up seating in the bars while ...
This was our 7th cruise & the 3rd with Royal Caribbean. This is quite an in depth review but worth reading if you are a first time cruiser or want the ins and outs of cruising. We did the 12 day south pacific cruise from Sydney on Voyager of the seas from 19th of Jan to 31st of Jan 2017. We are a quite young early 50's couple from Sydney (Castle Hill) and had our adult kids & extended family with ...
This was our first RCI cruise, and we would do one again with them, but not in school holidays. On a ship carrying 3,500 passengers, approximately 1,000 were under 18, and they were everywhere. Even into the evening, you would find young children all over the ship.
Embarkation was surprisingly quick, considering they had two major computer meltdowns (not the fault of RCI). They generally ...
Royal Caribbean - Voyager of the Seas
Stateroom 9664 - clean, quiet, comfortable, well serviced by cabin steward. Exactly what we expect from RC. Balcony was in good order.
Dining - My Time - Sapphire Deck 5 More like "Their Time". Very much steered into a compromise time. We like eating early and finished up going to the same table (55) at ~ 5.45 each evening. (Our first night table -11 - ...
This was our second cruise on Voyager of the Seas. Once again Royal Caribbean didn't disappoint. Embarkation took about 30 minutes and we were on board in time for lunch at the Windjammer. Room was ready at 1.00pm Disembarkation was even quicker.We were in cabin 9310 a superior with balcony mid ship on deck 9. We chose My Timing dinner for 6.00pm so that we could attend the 8.15 / 8.30pm shows. ...
This was our fifth cruise second on royal Caribbean and first on Voyager class. Overall impressions very I fluenced by the crowded nature of the New Years cruise. Felt. Bit like being in Bali with drunken Aussies sometimes. Long waits for lifts. Food was very average and not as good as previous experience on Oasis. Our last cruises were with Celebrity which was a nicer experience with food and ...
Everything was very ordinary from food quality to all other ship services.
It felt like the ship staff numbers were reduces to the minimum, just to cover the basics.
Cleaning of public areas was very basic, including around the swimming pools, both restaurants and buffet.
Our booking for the time and table in the restorant which we have selected at the time of the booking was mistaken or ...
Really positive experience overall, found the ship and most facilities clean and easy to navigate, although will add our first day embarking and settling in was confused, and some notice / info about needing Lanyards would have been good to know in advance. Also our stateroom was not set up for our family of four but just had two twin beds, which on boarding was a disappointment and meant delays ...
We have cruised with RCI on 7 occasions and with the exception of this last cruise, they were all sensational. RCI appears to have cut back on staff as the service levels have dropped dramatically. For the first time we experienced relatively long waits at bars to get drinks. At times the guests were 4 or 5 deep to get a drink, in particular around the pool bars. Remember when drink waiters were ...
We recently returned from an 8 night christmas cruise on Voyager of the Seas - yes, this was the dreaded cruise that everyone was up in arms about missing Lifou on Christmas Day.
Embarkation was reasonably smooth, on arrival we were advised that check in was behind schedule and we couldn't board immediately. This shouldn't have been a big deal really, but the way the information was ...