The best part of the cruise was we didn't have to fly. We live close enough and only takes an hour to get to the pier. Embarkation was a breeze.
The overall cruise was okay. The food in the main dining room has gone down hill again from when we last cruised on the Grandeur in 2013. The food was usually served warm not hot. The selections were not as good as previous cruises. The soups and ...
We took a chance sailing in mid-October from Baltimore to Canada and New England, but we hoped to be in the area at the height of fall colors. It really paid off- Weather was beautiful- warm and sunny at each port. The trees were colorful. We packed for cold and wound up with a tropical-feeling cruise after the first two days.
Embarkation at Baltimore was efficient. We took Elite ...
The Gradeur is my 5th RC ship. At the beginning of the week, I contacted RC about this particular cruise and the possibility of the itinerary changing. Hurricane Matthew was brewing and Nicole was heading to Bermuda. I was told RC would be monitoring the situation and inform me of any changes. People who booked through AAA, knew Saturday that RC wasn't going to Bermuda. Customer service said ...
Ok before I say anything else, let me say RCCL and the crew of Grandeur of the Seas did nothing wrong, and went above and beyond the call of duty to make this cruise the best it could be for all passengers. Bottom line if you book your cruise during hurricane season and get caught up in a hurricane, it's the chance you take.
I heard a lot of cruisers saying "RCCL should of known, they should ...
This ship is 20 years old and shows every day of it. It is in need of a re-fit or probably a trip to the scrap yard. Showers are so small as to be almost unusable. Best bet is to go to the spa for a shower. Alcohol prices are very high, the beverage package is outrageous but you can negotiate it done by 20% if you are willing to work at for an hour. The only bargain is a 25 oz. Foster's ...
We usually travel on Silversea, a small ship cruise line, the largest carrying 540 passengers which has double the number of crew per passenger than on RCL. We have only cruised on one other large ship, that being the Carnival Pride, so our comments and comparisons will be with that background. Three of us traveled in the Royal Family Suite 8518. We were celebrating a 70th birthday, which ...
We cruised over a dozen times mostly on RCCL. This was our second cruise on the Grandeur of the Seas. Last time was one of the first cruises after the aft area fire. This ship is showing it's age. Some of the common area furniture was torn and worn. Fitness equipment not working. Yet the theater must have been recently upgraded. The show seating was great. The show were great too, especially ...
My husband and I cruised with our adult children and 2 grandchildren. Nice time but, on day 2, my daughter and her friend were getting ready for Formal Night and dirty water started pouring from the light fixture over their beds. The desk was called. No response. I personally went down and asked them to do something quickly because the beds were getting wet and the trash cans were overflowing ...
The best way I can summarize this is by comparing the cruise lines to fast food joints. If Carnival is the McDonald's of the seas, then RC's Grandeur of the Seas is Wendy's. By a hair. Not even a Panera. A Wendy's.
The good: The customer service was much better than I expected. The crew seemed decent and friendly and responsive. At times they were a little too eager to remind you to take the RC ...
This was a family cruise to celebrate my parents' 60th wedding anniversary, so they selected the ship and the destination. It was....okay. This was the 6th cruise we've done in the last several years, and the second on RCCL. I won't go out of my way to do RCCL again; we have also sailed on both Carnival and Celebrity and had much better experiences on those. The Grandeur itself was fine- I had ...