Splendour of the Seas Review

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Splendour is showing it's age

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ToddTodd
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Nov 2010
Cabin: Junior Suite

I cruised on the Mariner of the Seas on a Mexican Riviera cruise and one week later was on the Splendour of the Seas. Although the Splendour is a much smaller and older vessel the difference between the two was amazing.

We left on this tranatlantic from Barcelona. Barcelona is a busy port with usually two or three ships in port. That day was no different. I arrived late since I don't like to wait and since we were going to be on the ship for two weeks there would be plenty of time for exploration. Check-in went very smoothly and we got on the ship in a matter of minutes.

Once we arrived at our stateroom I was initially pleased with the large size, the clear glass veranda and the refrigerator, and flat screen TV. But, it was only a few more minutes that I noticed that the curtain divider had some magazine pages stuffed into the ceiling fitting. I assume it rattled and since it wasn't making any noise I thought I just better leave it that way. I had put some sodas in the refrigerator and thought I'd have one. They seemed awfully warm. It was two days later that I finally figured out that the refrigerator didn't work. I mentioned it to the cabin steward and then it took two more days to get it replaced. The glass veranda panels were a bit salty, but I assumed that once we were under way that they would be cleaned by either the staff, or my steward, probably at the next stop. It turned out that it was MY responsibility to clean the panels. After two stops they were still not cleaned. I noticed that this is a new policy since none of the panels that I could see were clean. I just washed them off with water using the ice bucket.

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Junior Suite

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Terrible bathroom

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