Navigator of the Seas Review
Eastern Caribbean Cruise on with Embarkation Disaster
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Having recently experienced an airline luggage issue, we decided to fly to Fort Lauderdale on Friday instead of our day of departure. Luckily, our luggage arrived without issue. We stayed at the Renaissance Cruise Port Hotel. It was exciting to look out the window the next morning and see all the ship funnels in port (seven ships that day). We met several of our Cruise Critic fellow passengers in the Lobby. How we missed each other the night before, we will never know.
We used the hotel shuttle and arrived at Port Everglades (Pier 29) around 10:55 AM. (We have to admit the pier was not what we expected compared to the our first stop at the pier for Oasis / Allure to drop off other passengers. Pier 29 felt like a warehouse for cargo instead of boarding a cruise ship.) Upon arrival, the porter met our shuttle and quickly transferred the bags to the baggage pallets behind them. We then proceeded to a rather disorganized zigzag line.
Shortly after our arrival, the port staff, realigned the line to run parallel to the buildings entrance in a zigzag pattern. Oddly, we waited and waited and waited, but the line did not move AND we had no idea what the hold-up to boarding was.
Cabin Review
Junior Suite
The cabin was very spacious, significantly larger than the Superior Ocean View Stateroom on our previous cruises. The décor was consistent with Adventure (and Serenade) comprised of pastel blues, greens and peach with oak wood tones.
The bathroom was well appointed with a bathtub / shower. The tub was slightly smaller than a "standard" tub, but large enough to actually turnaround in and take a relaxing shower. Water pressure was good; however, hot water most mornings was an issue -- warm showers became the norm. (We typically showered between 7:00 and 8:00 each morning. A few mornings, we showered after 8:00, when hot water seemed to make it to the room.) The vanity was standard size, with ample storage on each side of the mirror and below the sink.
Speaking of storage, this was the first cabin where we had more storage space than we knew what to do with. The cabin has a large walk-in closet with double poles for hanging clothes and ample hangers. The closet also had floor-to-ceiling shelves for storing clothes. Additional storage is available in the cabin around the desk area.