Pros: Massive size, plenty of privacy, 3 pools, 7 hot tubs, great promenade, outstanding waitress and head waiter in dining room, good sized casino, the most beautiful granite urinal I have ever seen - gotta experience this for yourself...I'm not going to ruin it. Top notch gym and spa.
Cons: 1 Pool and 1 hot tub are supposed to be open 24/7 but all were closed the first night - even in the ...
Because I don't want to struggle with luggage or porters, and because my cruises are typically portions of longer trips, I travel light and carry my own bags on and off a ship. I never carry a suit or even a jacket and tie, let alone a tuxedo. I therefore appreciate Holland America's policy of serving in the cafeteria lobster or whatever else is served in the dining room on formal nights, so that ...
We just returned from a great Trans-Atlantic voyage from Barcelona to Galveston on the Voyager of the Seas and wanted to share some of the high points, as well as a few low points about the experience. We had an online package deal that included air transportation, a hotel for two nights and the cruise. The air portion from Houston was uncomfortable on a packed Lufthansa 747, but uneventful. The ...
We wanted to cruise off-season with many days at sea, as those are the days we like most. So we chose this transatlantic cruise sailing from Barcelona: it was pretty easy for us to reach the pier, there were many days of navigation, and cruise stopped at some places we had never been before.
The drawback of this type of cruise is the long flight back home. We discovered that in a west-bound ...
After some time in Barcelona, a wonderfully exciting and interesting city, we took a taxi from our hotel to the pier. The embarkation was the easiest we have encountered. The ship was clean and already beginning to look a lot like Christmas, with the huge Christmas tree in the center of the Promenade Deck. Ports were interesting, sea days were great, and we enjoyed the shows. The Broadway Music by ...
We loved this cruise. The food was wonderful. Mike Szwajkowski was the CD and he was fantastic. Unlike other CD's we've had experience with, Mike was always visible not just at the show in the evening. He has a super personality and made everything fun. His staff was fantastic. With so many sea days, it was important to have a good CD and CD staff and these kids were just super.
This cabin is on ...
Jezebel's Master was spot on. I was expecting much more in the way of quality from what others had told me about this cruise line. The food was not as good as on my cruise with Carnival Spirit in September. The waiters were about the same. I've had much better food and service on NCL as recent as last year. I talked to many passengers who said the quality of this cruise had slipped considerably ...
This was our third westbound crossing on the Voyager so this review will mostly deal with the shipboard experience since we had been to all the ports before. I'll be glad to answer any questions about the ports from previous cruises. We are in our mid-60's and have done over 30 cruises over the years.
We flew in a day early and stayed at the Hotel Continental where many cruisers were staying ...
Wow, how to summarize 14 days in just a few paragraphs? Note to self: thank the weather gods for their work--every day was beautiful! Three of us boarded VOS in BCN Nov 29th, bound for Galveston.
Back in the day, ship's staff and crew worked hard to accommodate special passenger requests on the spot. Now that the ship emails 'Miami' with every complaint and request, no one on board is ...
We have heard of repositioning cruises for years. When we heard of this one and the great price we jumped on it. We spent two nights in Barcelona. We loved the city and will go back. We were some of the first to check in and we had to stand in line before they would let us board. Once aboard we were not supposed to go to our cabins until 2pm. We did sneak in and dropped our stuff off. We went to ...