Liberty of the Seas Review

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Liberty - Western Caribbean

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Liberty of the Seas
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PokrChick
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Jun 2008
Cabin: Superior Oceanview Stateroom with Balcony
Traveled with children

Embarkation - Arrived at the pier earlier than I meant to - around 10:45. A porter grabbed all of our luggage (there were 10 of us so it took him two trips) and five minutes later we were heading for the building. Needless to say, there was hardly anyone there and the lines were very short. They are divided by decks and there were maybe two families ahead of us. Within 10 minutes we had our seapasses and were headed to the waiting area. Five minutes later they made an announcement that the normal boarding time is 1:30. Uh oh - we figured this meant we wouldn't be on for another couple hours. Nope - the message continued by saying they had fully cleared the ship and we going to begin with priority boarding. YAY! We were in group '5' and were on the ship by 11:15 at the latest!!

Naturally, we could not get to our rooms, so we proceeded to the Windjammer. We came prepared, so after a quick bite, we slipped off our shorts and t-shirts, grabbed our first of many foo-foo drinks and headed to the pools. We practically had the place to ourselves. This was short lived as there were over 4,000 passengers on our sailing; 1,800 of them were kids. The only time the ship felt crowded was on day 2 - our first full sea day. We didn't make it up to the pools until around 11:00 and it was tough to find a chair. We ended up going to the very front of the ship and unstacking some chairs. It was quite windy, but it was also very hot and the wind actually felt good. On our only other full sea day, we did the unthinkable - we staked out six chairs in a prime location and put down towels, books, etc. around 9:00. (Hi - my name is Holly and, yes, I am a chair hog) BUT - we were using all six of them by 10:00 and considering there were actually 10 of us, I managed to get over my guilt.

I mentioned there were 1,800 kids on board. You would never have known. Did not see any incidents or problems what so ever with the kids. We were actually two families and had six of those kids and am proud to say that they were all in their cabins long before curfew each night. One night, our cabin phone rang at 1:10am. Of course, my first thought was - OK, what have the boys done? The caller mumbled something and hung up. Apparently a wrong number (whew!).

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Superior Oceanview Stateroom with Balcony

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