I've cruised several times before on other ships, (Sea Princess)
My Children booked this cruise for my Birthday, It was such a disappointing experience this time round,
Lack of service, Unclean , Major letdown on entertainment, and the food wasn't the quality i was expecting for this cruise line. ( the coffee )
was horrible Not drinkable coffee.
Embarking and leaving the ship ...
I chose RC because my husband was taking me to celebrate my 60th birthday. We thought as it was supposed to be a higher ranked cruise line that there would be a bit of luxury and not a lot of kids considering the cruise arrived back in Sydney on 31st January after the return to school. Arghhhhhhhh was I ever wrong., It was full of kids, racing around the ship, taking up seating in the bars while ...
Everything was very ordinary from food quality to all other ship services.
It felt like the ship staff numbers were reduces to the minimum, just to cover the basics.
Cleaning of public areas was very basic, including around the swimming pools, both restaurants and buffet.
Our booking for the time and table in the restorant which we have selected at the time of the booking was mistaken or ...
Chose this cruise as a family Christmas surprise, with our daughter and two grandchildren, 8 & 14. Notified too late to cancel that we were to go to Port Kembla instead of Lifou !!
When I complained the response was that we could cancel and lose our money and "look at the fine print re:ports. Lots of guests complained about this and received the same response.
Cruise was over run by kids ...
Booked this as a family Christmas cruise (11 people including two kids). Supposed to do three island ports but a few weeks before the cruise I was informed by my agent that one of the ports had been cancelled and Port Kembla was the substitute only an hours drive from where I live in Sydney and Sydney is where the cruise started and ended. This is by far far the ugliest port i have visited and I ...
We did book this cruise because of its departure date and itinerary were compatible with a preceding Princess cruise to New Zealand.
Although we knew from previews that the atmosphere would be more like a party ship (what we do not really like), reality was yet a big disappointment.
Even before the cruise started we had the first disappointment when we got an e-mail telling us that one of ...
We have two kids, aged 4 and 7. We usually visit resorts, and enjoy pool time. We thought that we would mix things up with the cruise. Unfortunately, we didn't really enjoy the experience.
Pro's:
1. Cabin was great;
2. Dining in the main restaurant (Sapphires) was excellent, with great service;
3. Shows were fantastic - both stage and on ice.
Cons
1. Kids club was lousy. It ...
We booked this cruise Because it was NOT during Australian school holidays. The cruise was a treat for my 60th birthday and our 39th wedding anniversary That was a major misjudgement. Of the approx. 700 children on-board at least 70% should have been at school. Why I am highlighting this is because you could not get access to most all services - Pools etc. as they were constantly full from sun up ...
The Voyager of the Seas is a very crowded ship. $80 million was spent on an upgrade which increased passenger numbers, more optional restaurants and resulted in less places to sit.
Too often there were very long lines waiting for coffee, a drink, food in the Windjammer and special events.
I found the staff were pushed to their limits. Individuals we had as cabin attendant, table servers, ...
This cruise is definitely not suited for families. We found there was nothing to do to keep us entertained. The pools were closed for the first 3 days and there was no entertainment provided so we were left bored. The kids club is just a small room with some blocks and play kitchen (3 - 6 years) and a lot of kids cried. The entertainment at night was boring (opera, orchestra - that sort of stuff ...