Adventure of the Seas Review
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We have cruised RCI many times and made it a family tradition to cruise each Thanksgiving.
After a good experience on Jewel of the Seas out of San Juan a couple of years ago we decided to try Adventure for this Thanksgiving.
When RCI announced the drydock plans we were able to convince a couple of other families to join us to experience the new ship and several new ports on the Eastern Caribbean side.
Cabin Review
Superior Oceanview Stateroom with Balcony
One of the fantastic aft-corner cabins, we were very pleased with layout of the cabin itself, however, numerous examples of poor maintenance detracted significantly.
It appeared in general that no refurbishment had been done on the room at all as part of drydock, for the most part everything worked but was not in great shape.
Mirror frames were all rusted, toilet was worn to the point that the black "interior" of the seat was showing through the white shell ... not a great look, sink did not drain properly, water pressure in the sink had two settings (off and fire hose), temperature selection in the shower did not work (it just spun around and around and you got "warm" water no matter what), bedding had ink stains, balcony curtains were stained, balcony itself had extensive rust and was in need of painting.
The only item that did seem to have been updated at some point was the bed itself which had been "upgraded" to the new RCI slab of stone variety. Requested additional padding from the cabin attendant who was able to use additional comforters to provide some relief.
Port Reviews
San Juan
Flying in was painless, stayed overnight at the Caribe Hilton (meh) and then did a self tour of the forts of Old San Juan before boarding.
Embarkation was quick and smooth.
St. Kitts (Port Zante)
Had planned to be on board and did not book any excursions. Quickly ran out of things to do on board with most of the amenities being non-operative, port was decent but nothing fun to do without taking an excursion of some sort.
Barbados
Watched the local military preparing for the arrival of Prince Harry for their big celebration coming up the following weekend. Very fun to watch.