Adventure of the Seas Review

An average experience

Review for Canada & New England Cruise on Adventure of the Seas
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geomancer
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Jun 2018
Cabin: Interior Accessible
Traveled with children

Please note that my 3/5 review is taken as the literal meaning of "average" and not "awful" as some people take anything less than 5/5. Everything on the Adventure is what I would expect from a cruise with a couple exceptions.

The biggest is the food, specifically the Main Dining Room. The service was good as expected, but the quality of the food was very poor. We gave it three tries before giving up and just going to the Windjammer for every meal. The Windjammer was a typical buffet fare. They have a themed section each evening for dinner along with a standard selection that never changed. The only negative to the buffet is when you go for 3 meals a day for 7 days in a row it does get very repetitive. It seems very obvious that Royal has decided to cut back majorly on the main dining room in an effort to push people into the specialty dining restaurants that have a rather large cover charge to them. When you're paying over $100 per person per day you'd expect some decent food to be included, but instead Royal wants you to pay another $40+ per person per day on top of that. You will not go hungry on the cruise, but edible does not mean good!

The second negative for us was entertainment. We only were able to see a few shows because almost everything is done at night and traveling with kids that just didn't work out. The only daytime show they do is the ice skating show on one of the sea days. The two shows we did manage to make that started early evening were okay. The performers themselves were good, but the material was kind of meh.

Cabin Review

Interior Accessible

Cabin 3V

Note: Category 3V is not an "Accessible" cable as listed on this website. It's a regular aft interior.

The rooms are small, but that's expected across the board on the cruise ship unless you're in an upper tier suite. This was my first time in an interior and I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of space. We had 3 in the cabin, but you could have 4. A fourth would certainly feel more cramped, but with 3 it was adequate. We did have the bed kept as twins because when pushed together into a King there is no walkway space from the sides to the main area. The loveseat blocks one side and the cabinets block the other.

This cabin is a very short walk to the centrum elevators, and with cabins located both above and below the only sources of noise are your neighbors. The centrum lifts and aft end of the Adventure is where most everything of interest is including the Main Dining Room, Studio B (ice skating), Adventure Ocean (kids program), water slides, pools, Windjammer (buffet), rock climbing, and the Flowrider. The only "walk" is the Lyric Theater, but that's only across the Promenade.

Port Reviews

Bayonne (Cape Liberty)

Terrible area, not safe to walk around, the only option for pre/post cruise activities is to go into NYC.

Bar Harbor

The best port on the entire itinerary. Acadia National Park offers plenty to see, and you can get around it for free using the Island Explorer buses.

Saint John (New Brunswick)

We rented a car and drove out to the sea caves in St Martins. A worthwhile visit! Be aware of the port times as for us it was a very short stay leaving at 3 PM. We also stopped at the reversing rapids which is an amazing effect if you happen to catch it at low and high tides, but be aware that the beauty is ruined by a massive industrial complex spewing smoke right across the river.

Halifax

Not much to do here. There are a few museums you can check out that are reasonably priced. If you're able to walk a mile and a half, with a chunk going up a steep hill, the Citadel is a great place to tour around and get a bit of history on Canada's involvement in the world wars along with colonial history.

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