Grandeur of the Seas Review
Mid-May 2018 New England from Baltimore on Grandeur of the Seas
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The Grandeur of the Seas - 9 days to New England / Canada
This is an overview of my May 2018 cruise and my second cruise on the Grandeur. First – embarkation and debarkation is fast and the port of Baltimore has this process down. The ship is old but the crew is constantly cleaning or painting something. However, on the promenade deck 5, the metal ceiling panels are pretty rusty and showing its age. For us walkers the ship is always being roped off with them pressure washing the deck, cleaning windows or painting making it difficult to navigate where or when to walk. The food is consistently good and the wait staff mostly attentive. The entertainment ranges from satisfactory to very good (one night we had the 50’s / 60’s vocal group - The Platters).
The ship has many Royal Caribbean selling TV channels but only a few watchable entertainment channels. The only news channels are CNN and HLN (HLN is a CNN affiliate). Last year we had the Fox News channel but now it’s gone. The self-serve soft ice cream machine on deck nine actually has pretty good ice cream.
Cabin Review
Interior
The cabin is small but comfortable (but the furniture was showing its age). The beds were pushed together to make a queen size but kept separating in the middle so you could not lay in the middle of the bed. The inside dimensions of the shower are 24” to 28” inches, so it’s small. Hopefully the larger cabins have larger shower stalls. The water pressure is good but their shampoo is pretty bad. We brought our own hand soap and hand sanitizer.