Enchantment of the Seas Review
We were enchanted but not overly impressed.
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This was our 3rd cruise and 1st on RC. Overall we were pleased and had a great time, but I was annoyed at a few things. I realize that cruise ships make most of their money while guests are on board. My husband and I are more than happy to purchase bottles of wine at dinner and drinks while at the pool, and being from NYC, we think the prices are reasonable - in fact some seem cheaper than what we are used to. This cruise I was annoyed about 80% of the time - I was approached by every waiter while at the pool - even when I would have a full or nearly full drink in my hand. I don't remember being this annoyed on my other cruises. At one show in the theater a waiter literally stood next to my husband the entire show and as soon as his drink was low, he would say to him 'Mr. Michael' (using his first name, which I thought was rude - our last name is an easily pronounced name) can I get you another? While it was nice to have the waiter on stand-by, it was annoying to have him hoovering over us like that.
Another thing that annoyed me were the organized pool activities. I am sure some people loved it - they were often crowded and people seemed to enjoy it. My husband and I like to sit close to the pool, so we were subject to hearing the staff on the microphone doing various contests, etc. One contest, Mr. Enchantment of the Seas, was over an hour long. It was very annoying. I guess we could have moved, but we were already set up and had good chairs, so I didn't want to. At times the contest was funny but 60 minutes of it was just too much. The ship had a lot of activities to offer and we didn't participate in many. Sea days we slept late and enjoyed the pool and port days we went off the ship.
We went to all the shows in the theater and everything was great - funny comedians, great musicians, and a fun production show. The 2 other cruises we went on had several productions, this only had one. I think it was due to the short length of the cruise. We also went to see various musicians at various bars on board and all were great.
Cabin Review
We had an inside stateroom in the front of the ship. It was a typical size. The layout was OK, not the best layout we have had. Sometimes we would hear very loud cranking sounds - it wasn't related to ports, but maybe it was related to the speed? Maybe we were speeding up or slowing down for some reason? It wasn't all the time, it happened maybe 4 times during our trip. But, if given the chance, get a cabin in the rear of the ship!
Our room was always clean upon our return from the pool/ports.