Navigator of the Seas Review
Great destinations, but overall did not meet my expectations
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This was our 6th cruise and our first with Royal Caribbean. We traveled with other immediate family, adult children and friends. We booked this cruise based on the length of cruise and especially the destinations, which were all wonderful. The ship was beautiful and spacious and offered numerous activities. Our stateroom attendant and our Sapphire dining head waiter and assistant waiter were all fantastic.
The Sapphire dining food menu was repetitive on numerous nights and some of the food wasn't as tasteful as I would have expected for a main dining room. The open buffet dining in the Windjammer was Very Good and (with the exception of the lobster meal)was much better.
This 9 day cruise had 3 days at sea which we chose to spend primarily at the pool areas, and specifically the adult pool / hot tub area. Only once at anytime on this entire cruise was there a roving bar server that actually took and delivered our drink orders for us, which has not been our experience on any of our other cruises.
Port Reviews
Labadee
very relaxing day at a nice area
Curacao
We rented a vehicle and went to various beaches to snorkel on our own.
Bonaire
We took a 2 hour (non cruise) island tour which was great and then we booked a (non cruise) snorkel tour which was fabulous! Best snorkeling ever! Beautiful island!
Aruba
We did a 2 hour private island tour and then spent several hours at the Palm Beach area which was very beautiful!
Miami
We stayed in South Beach a few days before our cruise. It happened to be spring break at this time, but we managed to navigate away from the busier areas! We had a wonderful time!