Let me start with my cruise history. The Voyager of the Seas was my first Royal Caribbean experience but I have cruised three other times. One time each with Carnival and Celebrity and once on a small ship no longer in service. We are a family of 4 with my kids DS 11 and DD 14. Over all I would rate Royal Caribbean just where I figured it would fall, right in between Celebrity and Carnival. I am ...
First let me say this trip was great. This was my third cruise and everyone enjoyed it. I've read a lot of complaints on this board about this ship. All I have to say is that if you want to be miserable on your vacation, you will be if you nit pick everything thing that does not go your way or is not exactly the way you think it should be.
Embarkation - Unfortunately this was a disaster. The ...
My Family: Me dad (turning 41 on cruise) Wife, Son (7), Daughter (2), Previous Cruises (9). For a family of four on a 9 day cruise we got a great deal, we booked the cruise for the week in November that NJ schools are closed so that our son would not need to miss school.
EMBARKATION: Cape Liberty, NJ (embarkation a nightmare). We planned on taking our son out of school early on embarkation day ...
Review of My Cruise ~ 11/4/05-11/13/05 On Board Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas
11/2/05 - Days till cruise 2:
I found out through Cruise Critic that Voyager was delayed in Bermuda, and not expected to arrive on time for our Friday 5pm departure.
11/3/05 - days till cruise 1:
I finished my day at work at 2pm, came home, finished packing, making sure I had my shoe rack door hanger, ...
Embarkation: Very smooth, very well run getting ON the ship. Leaving the ship at the end - a different story. We waited and waited in one of the three areas they wanted you to wait, and then when our color was called, we found out that they were letting all colors off the ship anyway, whether it was called or not. Very chaotic.
Public rooms: Beautiful and clean. Even though the ship was booked, ...
This was such a disappointment. We heard so much about RCL Voyager of the Seas that we had to try her....never again.
The food was not up to par, the entertainment was fair but not impressed at all. At certain times during the day, there was no food available except if you wanted to PAY for it....Johnny Rockets was a huge disappointment. We were forced to eat there since nothing else was opened. ...
Leaving from Cape Liberty was a breeze, much better then New York. We arrived at the terminal around 11:30am, and were on board by 12:20, our room was ready upon arrival. The other two couples we were traveling with had to wait until after 1pm to get into their rooms.
We were impressed with the size of the room, having sailed NCL balcony cabins, we thought that the room felt more spacious on ...
Overall we had an excellent time for our first cruise. Seas were a bit rough on day 1/2 so it was limited exploration until we gained our "sea legs". After that we had a blast.
Service was good, ship was clean, plenty of activities, food was good (Portofino's was excellent!).
The shore excursions were a bit of a disappointment, when you weren't being attacked by the vendors you were being sung ...
After a wonderful experience on the Grandeur of the Seas in May, my wife and I just returned from our second 9 night cruise this year .The embarkation process went incredibly smooth especially with the on-line check in option. Less than an hour from the time we were dropped off at the pier, we were eating lunch in the Windjammer.
We booked a Promenade view cabin and our mother, a first-time ...
We are in our 3os no kids. Picked Mid Sept to avoid the tons of kids we heard about . The few kids on the ship were well behaved and often not seen about. Lots to do whether with or w/o kids. Lots of multi-generation families on board (grandparents-down to grandkids etc.).
We booked a Junior Suite w/balcony on the `hump and had extra balcony space and maybe a skosh more cabin space then non hump ...