We are an older couple and I have some mobility issues. did a b2b on Enchantment of the Seas. This was my 13th and 14th cruise and our 2nd and 3rd RCI cruise - we were excessively unimpressed with the first one which was on Grandeur of the Seas in 2007. But last winter when we cruised on Celebrity Mercury, we decided to give RCI another chance because we really really really like cruising out of Baltimore in the winter and there are only two choices - Carnival and RCI. We booked the cruise on the Celebrity cruise and asked if there was a laundry on either ship and the person booking said she thought there was one on Enchantment and she was wrong about that.

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I like the decor of Enchantment better than Grandeur - I found Grandeur depressing because of excessive beigeness and they used those Commedia dell'arte type clown masks on Grandeur as wall art. The crying one was right outside our stateroom. Enchantment uses Mardi-Gras masks which are much more cheerful. Read more