Took a short cruise from Rome to Barcelona stopping at Naples. Malta, Sardinia, Mallorca, and ending in Barcelona. The stop in Malta had to be aborted due to foul weather and was replaced by a stop at Messina in Sicily.
Navigator was large, clean and in pretty good shape given that is was heading across the ocean after the Barcelona stop for its refit. The ship was full but handles its capacity ...
We're experienced cruisers (Platinum status on RCL) and this was our second time on the Navigator. Our first was a short Caribbean cruise in March of 2011. Overall, we had a wonderful time and they definitely have gotten most things right on the Navigator. A few aspects could use improvement.
THE FOOD: Okay, this sure isn't in the class of Celebrity but we didn't expect it to be. Still, the ...
My two grandsons and I flew by Alitalia (not the best airline, no food only a cold drink) to Rome. I cannot fault the RC staff at the airport, plenty of staff to meet and greet and as soon as we recovered our luggage there were plenty of porters to take it from us and the next time we saw it was in our stateroom. The boys case arrived quite promptly but I had to wait sometime for my suitcase but I ...
This was our third cruise with Royal Carribbean having previously taken a mini cruise from Miami and last year sailed on Independence from Southampton to the Canaries. We have also sailed a similar itinerary on Norwegian Gem. Of the three RCCI ships this was definately our favourite. To cover the main areas: Check in - We had flown from the UK to Rome airport where we arrived at 10.45am, left our ...
We stayed at the Cicerone for one night before the cruise. We were supposed to be two nights, but one of our flights was cancelled so we were a day late getting to Rome. We were glad we had planned to get there early and had bought trip insurance. We liked the location of the Cicerone. It is a short walk to the Vatican and other spots in Rome.
We had booked the RC shuttle from Rome to ...
We're Diamond members on RC. We've cruised a lot, and I still find much value in these reviews. As I re-read this review, I realize I sound quite negative. Overall, we loved our trip, but I do feel I need to point out some issues you may encounter. We would totally do this trip again. We LOVED it! But, here are some things to keep in mind.
1. Internet is terrible slow. I wasted 10 minutes.....a ...
Overall the cruise was enjoyed by my family (husband,me and our 19 year old daughter who came with us). We had been on RCCL twice before. Last year to Alaska on Radiance and 5 years ago to the Carribean on Voyager (the sister ship of Navigator). So as far as the ship layout and theme restaurants they were familiar to us. We chose this cruise based on available dates and itinerary as we had to ...