Tampa Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas Cruise Reviews

We've been on the Grandeur years ago. I understand it was due to be retired, but saved at the last minute. Please! Retire! It shows it's age everywhere right down to the shower curtains which leak everywhere. As with most lines, service and food keep declining in the name of profits. If you sell to the trailer park boys, surprise, they're gonna book. The 350+ pounders were in abundance, ...

Qualifications: this is our 9th cruise with RCCL since 2002. We've been on every class ship from Oasis to Empress. We did not use the main dining hall for dinner, we'd bought the specialty restaurant package so we cannot comment on the Main Dining. One irritation we found booking this cruise was that pretty much anyone could buy most of the perks of point status (we're Diamond) like wifi, show ...

The ship itself is very well maintained and there are only cosmetic touchups. The staff as ALWAYS were great, excellent service throughout the ship. Yes, my biggest complaint was my fellow passengers! I gave up watching the nightly music entertainment when well after midnight there were several unattended toddlers roaming around the stage floor every night. Rude, loud whistling, shouting audience. ...

First, we live near Tampa so getting to the port and embarkation was a breeze. Valet park for the extra $15..totally worth it if you have several bags. The ship was nice, a bit outdated. Our Jr Suite was OK. The private balcony was a must. The room had small sitting area, fridge, hair dryer, 2 bathrobes, small TV, plenty of hangers and storage. This was on deck 8. Deck 9 has the pool, solarium, ...

Wife and I did a quick 5 night cruise last week onboard Grandeur from Tampa. This ship was the 1st I ever cruised on back in 2000, and my 11th cruise overall. We booked it because it was affordable, fit our schedules and we found a fairly cheap flight from the Northeast to Tampa, originally was nonstop until Delta cancelled our direct flight and we had to transfer both coming and going in ...

After reading many of the reviews, we went in with an optimistic open mind. It still didn't help. Embarkation: Very easy. We arrived at 11am and were on the ship in Windjammer by 11:30. They had lemonade water and cookies available for us while we waited to get on the ship. My husband tried the cookies and to him they were stale. I wanted to save my calories for the good stuff. Our Room: We ...

First let me give you some background. My husband and I have been on four other cruises. Two on NCL and two on Disney. We know alot of people who have cruised on RCCL and had wonderful experiences and were looking forward to our first "childless" vacation in over 11 years :-) Here's the good: Embarkation was a breeze. My husband and I were together. We met alot of wonderful people. Our wait ...

Leaving cold New England we arrived in Tampa the day before departure. We spent the night at the Hampton Inn & Suites very near the port. The hotel was clean, comfortable and the staff was very accommodating. The neighbor seemed a bit iffy but was interesting to walk through during the day. A free shuttle was available to the ship the next morning. We arrived at the dock about 11:30 and proceeded ...

We have been on nine cruises so far, and this one was the only disappointing one we've ever had. We found this particular ship to be lackluster in the areas of food, entertainment, bedding, and knowledge and helpfulness of the crew. The ports were nice, but the ship dampened our enthusiasm for cruising. Food: I lost 1/2 pound on a 10 day cruise. If it wasn't for the cookies, I would ...

Observations on this cruise: • Our waiter was just not up to par. We never really got to know him very well. He brought breakfast to our room on day 7 and did not even recognize us! In the past we wanted to take home the waiters/waitresses. This time we hardly know them! • Our assistant waiter was never introduced and we still do not know his name. • All food seemed to be a lower grade than ...