Harmony of the Seas Review

4.5 / 5.0
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Apathetic crew, low quality food, terrible service

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mvasturo
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Nov 2016
Cabin: Junior Suite with Balcony
Traveled with children

I do not usually post reviews because they are only a snap shop of an individuals experience however, given that every passenger I spoke to on this cruise was of the same opinion, i am sure many reviews are coming. From the moment we arrived at the port, being a diamond plus member, we were promised expedited boarding. What a joke. no one knew or cared what promises were made. Everyone was cattle called into the same long lines with understaffed check in agent trying to hear passengers over a loud marching band in the terminal with loud drums which made it impossible to speak or hear.

After that 2 hour debacle it was on to the ship where guest services could not answer even the most basic questions. Reservations that were made days prior to sailing were either missing or incomplete. Crew members were rude and unhelpful. Now to the restaurants. The first night was ok. We ate at the steakhouse chops whihc was good with decent service. It was all downhill after that. Breakfast the next day at the buffet was a joke. Every table full and dozens of people walking around with food on plates and no where to sit. After 20 minutes I finally found that there was an omelette place on a deck above that also served breakfast. I waited 10 minutes until a worker finally came behind the counter and asked for our order. We said and I flagged down a waiter to get a soda since we had all bought the drink packages. The waiter said the machine was broken and he would have to walk too far to get a soda. So I was so aggravated I left.

Dinner that night was even worse. Went to there serenity restaurant which had 5 tables seated an 20 tables open inside and 20 open outside which were not being used. Hostess told us we would have to wait at least 20 minutes even though there were many tables open. We waited and ordered skirt steak. What was served was not skirt steak but was a low quality London broil which I wouldn't feed to my dog. We didn't even attempt to eat it because it looked so bad. Again we were so aggravated we didn't eat. We decided to skip breakfast the next day to avoid the windjammer buffet experience and go to Johnny Rockets for Lunch. We arrived at 11:15 and sat outside waiting for lunch to start at 11:30. There were no servers and only 1 manager walking around as people started to arrive. The place quickly filled up and by noon there was no one to take an order. When I flagged down the manager he said his crew was not there yet. (I guess they got stuck in traffic). Finally 1 server arrived for the entire outside which by that point was about 60 customers. Needless to say we finally received food at 1pm. 90 minutes!!.

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Junior Suite with Balcony

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Cabin mate was great. One of the few positives of this ship

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