Harmony of the Seas Review
The Good, The Bad and The Baby - Overall a Great Ship
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I had read a lot of the reviews before I actually sailed and was feeling quiet nervous about the ship due to the volume of negative reviews. I can understand the issues that were had the first couple of weeks but was worried with the amount of continuous bad press. It’s about my 14th cruise but my first review. I decided to write this as I think a lot of the comments and ratings are a bit unfair. So I’ll try and make this a balanced review.
The Good
The Ship – the ship is amazing. The amount of facilities available on board is a credit to Royal Caribbean. In my view they are the most innovative at sea and is one of the reasons why we have sailed with them the most. The activities include two flow riders, zip line (I did this and enjoyed it), the Ultimate Abyss (a dry slide dropping 10 floors in the dark. It’s an adrenaline rush), 3 large water slides (again great fun), Escape the Rubicon (definitely recommend this if you like puzzles. It’s a one hour group game where you have to solve puzzles to get your space ship back on track!). The ship has different areas too such as Central Park which is like a little oasis in the middle of the ship. It was probably my favourite place and where a few of the restaurants were. The Boardwalk area has the carousel, Johnny Rockets, Arcade, Dog House
Cabin Review
Family Ocean View Stateroom
The room is large and worth the extra money if you like a bit of space. It comes equipped with a little mini bar, a tiny safe (why not make it bigger), and even USB charging ports!!
Room was approx 270 sq ft which is similar in size to a Junior Suite. It's also close to the Adventure Center which makes sense being a family room. Don't expect fancy shampoo and shower gel though.
Port Reviews
Barcelona
Great city if you have time to spend there. Watch for pickpockets around Las Ramblas.
It's walkable from the ship to centre so worth spending time there. Watch out for the nude wrinklies on the beach too!!
Palma de Mallorca (Majorca)
The ship was a bit out so didn't see much but from previous experience the city is lovely and the cathedral is well worth a visit
Marseille
We were 7km out so only walked out of port. Not much to see
Florence (Livorno)
It was actually La Spezia. It's a nice little place to walk around. Some nice boats to admire along the marina
Rome (Civitavecchia)
It's not a bad place to walk around although I think with all the money they make from cruise ships they could put more of an effort into maintaining the place especially by the promenade. Surely a lawn mower wouldn't go astray.
Avoid the first bar on the promendade. €16 for two beers. They are charging cruise prices. The one down further isn't as nice but cheaper (it was two years ago anyway)
Have an ice cream in Casa Del Gelato
Naples
A kip of a city. If you are getting off take a tour to Pompeii or Capri.