This was my third Princess cruise, and this boat should not have 4.5/5 stars. It’s really worn with marked up and beat up furniture, musty hallway carpet, and rusted railings.
We had a mini suite and I felt transported to season 10 of the original Love Boat—in the 80s.
The crew wasn’t as friendly as previous voyages, they all seemed exhausted. Many of the services I liked on previous ships ...
Sailed the 7 day Mexican Riviera itinerary on Navigator of the Seas. It was our first time cruising with Royal but our sixth cruise thus far. We have sailed primarily with Disney and once with Princess and Carnival.
The good: service was pretty good. I had traditional early dining and we loved our head and assistant server. They were polite, and on it. Fulfilled our requests and understood ...
We had family members visiting us who had never cruised before so we decided to book 3 cabins and take them on their first cruise.
We drove from Vail, AZ (The Town Between the Tracks) to the port.
We had a 1:00-1:30pm check-in time. We arrived early and we on-board, sitting in the Windjammer, by noon. Very smooth & fast embarkation process.
We booked Inside cabin. They were fine for a ...
There were 3 of us traveling...me (40's), daughter (12 1/2) and mom (70's). We chose this cruise because of the itinerary, which was CA coastal (with San Francisco overnight). My mom and I had sailed with Princess many times (8 for me and 25 for her), but had been primarily sailing Royal Caribbean recently. We initially booked a mini-suite, but had concerns of only having the tub/shower ...
We live in Southern California and got a great deal on a balcony room and booked this trip prior to my husbands unexpected quadruple bypass. We didn't cancel the cruise in hopes that my husband was well enough to go. It turns out 7 weeks post surgery we made it on the cruise, as my husband wanted to gain weight at the all you can eat buffets and fine dining's on this cruise and he did.
First ...
We had not been to several ports in this itinerary, so we thought it was a good choice. The ship is a little dated ie: shower very small with curtain as opposed to other ships with door to the shower. The cabin and balcony were a good size, except that there was no couch and just one chair to sit on. The two specialty restaurants were very good. The service and food was exceptional. The regular ...
We had a great time aboard the Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Sea. Our cabin steward was amazing, and the food was delicious at the Dining room and the buffet. We loved the guy singing the Washy Washy song!
We mainly hung out at the bar where Michael was, or The Pub, or The Sports Bar, the staff at all of them were amazing.
A special shout out to Michael, Sandeep, and the sweet lady ...
Overall this cruise was well done—everything went smoothly, staff was friendly and helpful, food was well made, embarkation and disembarkation was a clear, simple and speedy process, a wide variety of activities were offered for varying interests.
Unfortunately, there were two instances that quite negatively impacted my experience. The first being, I attended a minute-to-win it event that was ...
To begin, we spoke to numerous staff members who shared how severely understaffed they were on this ship for our trip. Room service took hours to complete and, that was IF you were lucky enough, they actually came. Guests we spoke with all joked about how useless the medallion app was when ordering anything. People were getting their food and drinks the following day or items that were not at the ...
This was the only sailing during my anniversary. All the dining rooms were booked as they were only open for 4hrs a day. We were forced to eat in the cafeteria dining where the food was most often overcooked or undercooked and rarely open during posted hours. (24hr cafe listed in daily paper)
Ordering on the my way ap took 2-5 hrs to get our order. Only 1 person was attending the bars, pizza, ...