Eastern Caribbean Cruise Reviews

We sailed July 19 - 26 on an Eastern Caribbean loop. Our party was 2 adults and 2 teenagers. This was our first time with Royal Caribbean and our first Caribbean cruise. Our previous cruise was with Disney to Alaska. This was a very different experience in terms of overall service, atmosphere and food quality. We had a good trip with memories to last a lifetime but it lacked the WOW of our first ...

2nd cruise (1st was on Carnival Conquest out of New Orleans in 9/2013). Noticed the following on this cruise: 1) Liked Lanai deck going around the ship, but did not like that it obstructs balcony view of the water. 2) Did not like larger crowd. Issues with the behavior of some kids which left my 12 year old twin sons not feeling very comfortable with Circle C. 3) Saw two people ...

The ship is nicely remodeled loaded with many activities and restaurants as the new Carnival ships. Food was amazing and much better than other Carnival ships as well as Royal Caribbean by far. One main problem with the ship is the crowding. There are far too many guests for a ship this size and only one small pool for over 3000 guests. They have small adults only area that you cannot ...

Overall experience was ok. We have cruised about 7 times and been on royal, princess and another Norwegian ship. First off I could not believe there was only 1 pool. They did have a kids pool, but was small because they have a water slide over that area. Pool was small for 3,000 people. Packed and deep in the middle of the pool were you could not stand. Could not find seats if you weren't out ...

I guess I expected a whole lot more. I did enjoy the staff in the dining room, the guys we had were amazing and they were our servers every night. Their names were Sunpop, and Roderick... LOVED them. As for the rest of the dinning, the food was horrible. 7 nights we dinned and on the 4th we walked out and went to the buffet because were were tired of the same stuff and the additions were of no ...

We sailed on the Carnival Sunshine in July, this cruise with just our family of 4 (two adults, two teenagers). We had a good cruise overall, but it definitely was not our favorite cruise. After going on 5+ Royal Caribbean cruises, we gave Carnival a try one more time due to the location of the port and the price. We sailed on the 8 night itinerary, going to Aruba, Curacao, and Grand Turk. ...

My husband and I just returned from our Southern Caribbean cruise. My overall impression of this trip was just average. The ship looked tired and needs a little bit of maintenance to restore it to what one would expect of a Royal Caribbean ship. Let me start with embarkation in San Juan. This was a complete and utter failure. We got to the pier sometime around 3:00 p.m. and joined a line ...

This is our 8th cruise on RC; our 2nd without our adult children. We had an interior, so we could add airfare and leave from San Juan. We used RC airfare offer because at the time it plus transfers were cheaper than Southwest. Usually don't do this, but were glad we did when the plane from Philadelphia left an hour late. We knew RC was responsible for getting us on the ship. We didn't get ...

We just returned from our cruise and I must say disappoint is my key word. We are veteran cruisers (20+) and have been on Ncl, Royal,Carnival and Princess. We go way back with NCL and cruised on the Norway a beautiful ship. The last few years we have gone with Royal Caribbean on the Oasis and the Allure but last year we switched up and tried the NCL Epic and other than the ""strange" bathroom ...

When the reviews say crowded, they are RIGHT. I don't know where they found any quiet spots on the ship for more than 5 to 10 minutes. It seems like everywhere you go there is crowds of people and loud music playing all over the ship. I guess that is to keep people moving. All of the older people looked mad, and if you talked to them they were mad. Granted if you want to stay in your tiny ...