We chose RC because we have been with them before and they were excellent. This ship has passed its sell by date. The sun loungers are old and some of them broken. As always they have signs prohibiting you from reserving chairs and leaving them unoccupied for more than 30 minutes, and restricting the 9th floor pool to adults only but these rules were not implemented although there were " ...
Chose this cruise for Dubai stay,time of year for weather and because friends rate cruising.
First impressions of ship not good,dingy and full,cabin okay no toiletries, pillows stained and Grubby, advised we would be able to be upgraded but told no.
Bingo and Belly Flopping contest smacked of Butlins 30yrs ago not what was expected.
Sun beds slatted and uncomfortable,pool music ...
I chose this cruise for its itinerary. Checking in and embarkation was excellent, however the first area I visited was the pool and I was disappointed as it looks tatty and the sunbeds are horrible. Never seen any thing like these before. Like wide elastic bands with gaps in between. Next was my room. A large outside, it was a good size and the bathroom was great. However, the room had dated old ...
Chose the cruise as part of longer stay in Dubai.
Embarkation process was smooth.
The main reason for writing this review is to set some facts straight about the drinks packages.
My wife and I are not big drinkers, but do like a drink when we want one.
The inference we drew was that we would be very disadvantaged if we didn't commit to a package at leat 3 days before sailing. We would ...
We decided to stay the first night in Dubai prior to boarding the cruise due to landing in Dubai at 0730 and only being allowed onto the ship after 1230.
We have cruised with Royal Caribbean and Celebrity on previous occasions and found them to be second to none.
This cruise was very disappointing. The ship is clean but tired. The minute you arrive at the port terminal its a 'hard sell'. ...
Just Returned from a 3 night Dubai stay and a 7 night cruise vision of the seas, paid £1198 each, Atlantis palm hotel stay superb, transfers very good and embarking the ship very good
DINNING area and waiters i thought were good and professional, i thought the food was good not as much choice as some ships
ENTERTAINMENT i thought this was very poor, there was a dance floor and music every ...
This cruise was part of a package whch seemed to good to be true at the price,
We travelled as a group of 4 who are very experienced cruisers.
The embarkation ran very smoothly and efficient, but we were some of the first to get on board.
FOOD
Whilst we were waiting for our luggage to arrive to our cabins we decided to go to the main restaurant to book our ANY TIME DINING as we had ...
Booked this cruise because of the price mainly and the timing was just right. After reading some of the reviews was a little worried but on getting aboard these vanished. Had an ocean view cabin on deck 2. Plenty of space for all our luggage loads of coat hangers etc. One small complaint, not enough information, for instance, where to get towels for sunbeds.
We were on anytime dining and ...
chose for the itinerary.
We wanted to see Dubai, and thought this would be a great way to do it. We were not happy that it was on R.C. but did it anyway. I was very pleasantly surprised. We did not find the ship worn out as some other reviews have stated. The public rooms, showroom and lounges were in very good shape. the crew could not have been more friendly and helpful. We had a suite that ...
The ship:
We have cruised many times before including Princess, Celebrity, and RC.
We travelled as a party of six, all but one had cruised before.This was the smallest ship any of us had been on and we were interested to see how it compared.
We all enjoyed our stay on the ship, it was in good condition and well maintained.
We certainly wouldn't worry about booking a cruise on this size ...