This was probably my 12th time on Grandeur, but my partner's very first cruise. I always wanted to go on a holiday cruise and this was the perfect opportunity. It has been about a year and a half since I last sailed on RC, and some changes weren't for the better. The dining room menus have changed a great deal, and the food was not of the quality I have come to expect and appreciate. We listened to a talk with the Captain, Hotel Manager, and Chief Engineer, and it was said that the new menus are something they are trying...I hope things go back to the way they were. I am sure they won't, as it is obviously a cost cutting maneuver, but one can dream...

Service is wonderful, as it has always been on this ship. My daughter and I mistakenly took a Carnival cruise last fall and it made me appreciate the service on RC all the more.

My only real complaint for the trip is one that I should have anticipated from the time I booked....I thought a 12 night trip would not be full of children, but I was so wrong. The holidays brought many, many children on the trip, and between small ones whose parents let them run wild, playing on the stairways and dance floors so that people could hardly pass or dance, to teenagers who daily seemed to band into large foul mouthed groups...well, it was not a great atmosphere. But again, I should have anticipated this and only have myself to blame for choosing a holiday cruise. Read more