booked in january to see what the refurb looked like and to try a shorter cruise,, couple days away!!! full of hens and stag chasing around the ship, drunk on top deck, loud... ordering rounds of drinks at the bar for around 15 people at a time.. couldnt get to the bars, not enough staff, service terrible, food warm in fine dining restaurants... long waits to be seated although time slot booked.. ...
I wouldn't cruise with them again (royal Caribbean). They don't inform you that there were shuttles available at the ports. They want you to buy there buses to bring you into town at 50.00 each. There were shuttles available for 6 to 8 euro to town. They nickel and dime you to death. No washers on board. They will wash everything for you at 35.00/bag very small. Do your homework ahead of ...
Food and Shows are getting worse over time... Don’t do this cruise if you have kids. I would spend the extra money and go Disney. The shows were dated and there were several days with comedians which were boring... Excursions were not worth the price payed. Everything is very rushed as some ports have 6 hrs before you have to back on the boat and driving to the loacation takes about an ...
There is not enough staff
The bar service was very slow, Trying to get a beverage at the bar forget about it.
The Windjammer, food good never enough clean tables chairs MUGS or staff like Woolworths Cafe 30yrs ago
The overall crew did the best they could. I asked some of them if they where going ashore they told me that they would like to but they where either working or where to tired ...
See part of the world and cities we heard and read about.
FOOD Nothing for Diabetics - HIGH carb meals, sugar free desserts not good
Eve stage SHOWS Less singing, dancing, instrument performances and more act performances needed
CENTRUM Enjoyed the music but way TOO LOUD
Following: how we felt about each city stop
SKAGEN: OK excursion (castle / pastry) - did not see the city. ...
We enjoyed the places we visited on the cruise but not the ship - food was not great, very poor maintenance with rust everywhere, things broken and missing including furniture and chairs in lounges and public areas, and the office staff and management uncaring and not obliging. It lacked the lounges and bars and the forward located crow’s nest outlook of the smaller Holland America boats. Alcohol ...
I sailed on the April 14 sailing on Symphony of the Seas and it was one of my worst vacation experiences.
I’ll start with the positives:
The ship is beautiful. The artwork is beautiful, I love the whimsical feel and every room is classy. The staterooms are nice and the beds very comfortable.
The shows are cool. Some of them are a bit high concept. I honestly think if the ice show was ...
My wife and I obtained our emerald level on this cruise which shows we have limited knowledge of expectations. All our cruises have been on Royal Caribbean and we have been satisfied with our previous cruises. This particular cruise became very unsatisfactory for me personally very early in the cruise when the staff froze all my insulin rather than just putting it in the refrigerator as I ...
Royal Caribbean was very cheap this time around and I will never sail with them again. I felt I had to pay for everything if I wanted it.
They didn’t heat the pool everyday, some days it was great and some the pool was so cold that we couldn’t go in. We were told it was the same temperature everyday and that was not true.
The internet service was inferior, some days we couldn’t sign in at ...
We took the same cruise last year and had no complains but this year there are problems.
We have a Junior Suite, every day the toilet is blocked, took a week for them to admit that the problem is in a whole block of cabins from 2 deck to 10 deck. I was accused of using too much toilet paper! The balcony rail is in a dreadful state. The carpets on the stairways are threadbare. The ship is in ...